global warming

Aug
12

Climate expedition traces Atlantic's future coastline

A team of three Cambridge graduates are embarking on a 31-country expedition — dubbed “Atlantic Rising” — that aims to follow the
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Aug
10

Tinkering with climate could reduce rainfall

Tinkering with the Earth’s climate systems to minimise climate change — a process known as “geoengineering” — could have unintended consequences,
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Aug
10

Arctic sea ice at low levels, still melting

Sea ice cover in the Arctic was at its third-lowest ever this past month, and unusually clear weather and warm
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Aug
05

Current CO2 goals won't prevent dangerous climate change

Current targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 aren’t likely to prevent global warming
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Jul
28

Next five years could be global scorchers

If there’s nothing like an unusually snowy winter or a summertime cold spell to bring out the climate change
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Jul
27

Climate change = Fewer clouds = More climate change

Climate change could bring with it fewer low-level clouds, which could then make global warming even worse, according to research
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Jul
14

Experiment could unleash greenhouse gas 4,780 x worse than CO2

Here’s a great idea: let’s take an insecticidal fumigant that’s also a wildly more powerful greenhouse gas
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Jul
08

Scientists: Most of world's climate policies 'off course'

The best way to combat climate change is for the world to adopt Japan-style policies to improve energy efficiency and
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Jul
03

Scotland's sheep are shrinking: Blame climate change

Add to the ever-growing list of emerging signs of climate change … shrinking sheep. Yes, Scotland’s wild sheep are apparently
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Jul
02

Germany tops, Canada, Russia last on climate

G8 countries as a whole aren’t doing enough to protect the world against climate change, but some nations are
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