items tagged with Global warming
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-25 21:11:49
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) was launched by a Pegasus XL launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:26 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on April 25, 2007. Its 26-month mission is to study very high clouds called noctilucent clouds (NLCs).
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-11 05:13:53
OSLO (Reuters) - Fighting global warming will be inexpensive but governments have little time left to avert big, damaging temperature rises, a draft United Nations report shows.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-04-10 18:55:47
There are many in the scientific community who believe that the solution to our planet's global warming problem is to plant more trees. However, according to a new study, wholesale unplanned reafforestation could in fact worsen rather than improve the climatic conditions of Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-04-10 10:14:56
If global warming is true, then scientists have shown that changes in circulation and density will cause the Earth to spin just a tiny bit faster.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-09 06:57:33
TOKYO (Reuters) - China, the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will take part in negotiations on a framework for limiting global warming after 2012, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun said on Saturday.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-09 06:50:34
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Climate experts issued their starkest warning yet about the impact of global warming, ranging from hunger in Africa to a fast thaw in the Himalayas, in a report on Friday that increased pressure on governments to act.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-04 16:52:39
More of the famous red dust that has resulted in Mars being called the Red Planet may be the cause of why NASA scientists have seen increased warming of the planet over three decades.
Read More About Global Warming On Mars: May Not Be Unique To Just Earth...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-04 06:29:48
MENLO PARK, Calif (Reuters) - Venture capitalists in Silicon Valley have been searching for the next big thing in high-tech for years, but now many have switched to greener pursuits -- finding technology to help cut global warming.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-04 05:52:54
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global warming is starting to have a significant impact on Australian marine life, driving fish and seabirds south and threatening coral reefs, Australia's premier science organization said on Wednesday.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-02 04:27:33
OSLO (Reuters) - Northern nations such as Russia or Canada may be celebrating better harvests and less icy winters in coming decades even as rising seas, also caused by global warming, are washing away Pacific island states.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-02 04:25:11
OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming could cause more hunger in Africa and melt most Himalayan glaciers by the 2030s, according to a draft U.N. report due on Friday which also warns that the poorest nations are likely to suffer most.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-03-29 06:51:31
A report co-authored by Australia's leading Government funded scientific body and the Bureau of Meteorology has concluded that man made greenhouse gases is having alarming consequences for the climate of the Western region of Australia.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-28 04:14:51
OSLO (Reuters) - One in 10 people in the world, mostly in Asia, live in coastal areas at risk from rising seas and more powerful storms that may be caused by global warming, an international study showed on Wednesday.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-27 06:13:17
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming could re-make the world's climate zones by 2100, with some polar and mountain climates disappearing altogether and formerly unknown ones emerging in the tropics, scientists said on Monday.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-03-26 01:31:44
It's a pity that the climate change issue has descended to the level of politicisation. However, should we expect otherwise when the most vocal proponent of the human induced global warming argument is a political figure who has ascended to the level of pop star status among his adoring legion of fans?
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-25 03:54:41
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - China is on course to overtake the United States this year as the world's biggest carbon emitter, estimates based on Chinese energy data show, potentially pressuring Beijing to take more action on climate change.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-25 03:51:00
EL ESCORIAL, Spain (Reuters) - With climate change set to bring ever more frequent storms, floods and natural disasters, 21 European countries have created a unified weather alert system, its creators said on Friday.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-25 03:48:07
HOBART (Reuters) - Rising sea levels and melting polar ice-sheets are at upper limits of projections, leaving some human population centers already unable to cope, top world scientists say as they analyze latest satellite data.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-03-24 17:17:23
Melting Arctic sea ice may have reached a tipping point triggering global climate change according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. The climate change could reach into Earth's temperate regions.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-22 04:07:25
MADRID (Reuters) - Some of the world's leading meteorologists said on Wednesday they had no doubt that humans were responsible for global warming.
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