items tagged with Climate
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-13 10:37:42
A pair of NASA solar observatory probes called STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is positioning themselves apart in space so they can take three-dimensional images of activities on the Sun.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-02-12 11:36:22
Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark has concluded that the Earth is experiencing less cloud cover because cosmic rays are not entering the atmosphere as frequently as normal. Consequently, Svensmark says that cosmic rays, not human-made carbon dioxide emissions, are largely responsible for global warming.
Read More About Scientist Reports That Cosmic Rays Cause Much Of Earth’S Global Warming...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-11 11:42:41
NASA is expected to launch its THEMIS spacecraft on Thursday, February 15, 2007, to study magnetic storms that affect auroras near the North and South Poles of the Earth.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-11 04:53:57
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental regulators issued new standards on Friday to reduce the amount of cancer-causing emissions from gasoline, vehicles operating in cold weather and portable gas cans.
Read More About U.S. Gov't Moves To Lower Tailpipe Pollution...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-02-11 04:34:23
As the UK becomes only the seventh nation to have more than two GigaWatts of electricity generated by wind farms, the government has given the green (no pun intended) light to the world's first offshore combined wind and gas energy scheme.
Read More About UK Goes Green With Gassy Offshore Wind Farm...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-08 09:55:58
It has been reported that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has developed a problem with its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera and Mars Climate Sounder.
Read More About NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Working But Not Without Glitches...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-07 04:33:47
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva blamed wealthy countries for global warming on Tuesday and said they should stop telling Brazil what to do with the Amazon rainforest.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-04 02:10:44
LONDON (Reuters) - Fleets of supertankers could one day ply the world's oceans laden not with oil but fresh water.
Read More About Tankers May Ship Water To Parched Cities Of Future...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-04 02:08:24
CANBERRA (Reuters) - From a boat at sea, Australia's Great Barrier Reef seems invincible -- its myriad corals stretching 2,300 kilometers (1,400 miles) beyond sight.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-03 11:36:06
Detailed images produced by the Cassini spacecraft on December 29, 2006, show a cloud formation about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) in diameter at Titan’s north-pole region. Scientists had never before actually seen such a detailed cloud system on Titan, but had predicted its possible existence.
Read More About NASA Cassini Spacecraft Photographs Cloud System On Saturn’S Moon Titan...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-02-02 05:18:26
Climate scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that human activities are causing climate change, according to a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC's) 4th Assessment Report.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-02-01 23:52:08
A report co-authored by a climate scientist from Australia's CSIRO has found that global sea level has been rising at an alarming rate projected to be a hefty 88cm increase between 1990 and 2100. Global warming has been named as the cause.
Read More About Sea To Rise Nearly 1 Meter By 2100...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-02-01 13:35:58
Geological scientists are studying the African and Arabian tectonic plates as two continental shelves tear land apart in northern Ethiopia. Normally, plate tectonics cause average movements of about 15 millimeters per year. However, over the last two years some land has spectacularly moved large distances—the largest one being eight meters (8,000 millimeters) overnight.
Read More About Tectonic Plates Dramatically Split Apart Land In Northern Ethiopian Desert...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-30 04:45:41
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Rising temperatures will leave millions more people hungry by 2080 and cause critical water shortages in China and Australia, as well as parts of Europe and the United States, according to a new global climate report.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-29 06:37:31
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A crater lake on a New Zealand volcano used as a backdrop in the "Lord of the Rings" films is on the verge of collapsing and could send a torrent of muddy water down the mountain in coming weeks, media reported on Monday.
Read More About Huge Mudflow "Inevitable" From NZ Volcano's Lake...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-01-26 06:13:09
A draft UN report on the climate warns that the sea could keep rising for over 1000 years, whether the world is able to cut greenhouse gas emissions or not. Scary stuff – especially if you live in any coastal region, especially if you live close to the beach.
Read More About UN Draft Report: Global Warming 1000+ Year Sea Level Rise!...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-24 06:15:27
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The world's biggest fund for environmental projects is investing for the first time in a non-renewable, polluting fuel -- coal -- in what it says is a new pragmatic approach to the energy needs of the developing world.
Read More About Global Environment Fund Gives Money To Dirty Fuel...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-24 06:11:58
OSLO (Reuters) - A U.N. climate panel will project wrenching disruptions to nature by 2100 in a report next week blaming human use of fossil fuels more clearly than ever for global warming, scientific sources said.
Read More About U.N. Climate Panel To Project Wrenching Change...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-01-23 18:28:18
On January 19, 2007 (starting at about 3:29 Alaska Standard Time), NASA launched a project called JOULE II that consists of four rockets to study the aurora display over the skies of northern Alaska. The mission is geared to learn more about the electrical heating of the thin upper atmosphere above the Earth’s surface.
Read More About NASA’S JOULE II Mission Launches 4 Rockets To Study Northern Lights Above Alaska...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-22 03:56:06
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australians are facing an increasing snake menace as searing weather bites and the country's worst drought in a generation rolls on.
Read More About Australia Faces Snake Menace As Drought Bites...
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