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Friday 04 May 2012

Scientists core into California's Clear Lake to explore past climate change
ScienceDaily.com | 04 May 2012
One of the oldest lakes in the world, Clear Lake in northern California has deep sediments that contain a record of the climate and local plants and animals going back perhaps 500,000 years. Scientists are drilling cores from the sediments to explore 130,000 years of this history and fine-tune models for predicting the fate of today's flora and fauna in the face of global warming and pressure from a growing human population.

Stalagmite research suggests Earth has two modes of responding to change
ScienceDaily.com | 04 May 2012
By analyzing stalagmites, a team of researchers has determined that the climate signature in the tropics through four glacial cycles looks different in some ways and similar in others when compared to the climate signature at high latitudes. The results suggest that Earth's climate system might have two modes of responding to significant changes.

Climate Change | Research

Increasing speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea level
ScienceDaily.com | 04 May 2012
Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland's contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than the upper limits some scientists thought possible, a new study shows.

Research | Sea Level Rise

Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss rival climate change and pollution
ScienceDaily.com | 04 May 2012
Loss of biodiversity appears to affect ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to results of a new study.

Biodiversity | Climate Change Impacts | Research

Decades of data show spring advancing faster than experiments suggest
ScienceDaily.com | 04 May 2012
Plants are leafing out and flowering sooner each year than predicted by results from controlled environmental warming experiments, according to data from a major new archive of historical observations.

Biodiversity | Climate Change Impacts | Global Warming

Kenya: Villagers Grow Their Way Out of Food Aid
AllAfrica.com | 04 May 2012
[AlertNet] Yatta - In the remote east Kenyan village of Makutano, Jane Mutinda Maingi is feeding maize to her Friesian dairy cow, bought just a week ago with proceeds from selling produce grown on her one-hectare plot.

Africa: Tropical Countries Struggle to Engage With Redd+
AllAfrica.com | 04 May 2012
[SciDev.Net] Most tropical developing countries are struggling to monitor and report their greenhouse gas emissions from forest loss, and will need international support to implement the UN REDD+ scheme, according to a study.

Africa: Playing Games to Save the Planet
AllAfrica.com | 04 May 2012
[Worldwatch Institute] The Millennium Institute, the Biovision Foundation, and the game company, CodeSustainable, have collaborated to develop a computer game called Game Change Rio. In preparation for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20 in June, this game hopes to educate players about sustainability issues and help shape new policy options for sustainable and equitable development.

Africa: Supporting Canada's Coasts Can Benefit Climate and Economy
AllAfrica.com | 04 May 2012
[UNEP] Montreal/Nairobi - Reversing the degradation of coastal ecosystems in Canada and elsewhere can play an important role in tackling climate change, while bringing additional benefits to biodiversity and the economies of coastal communities.

How can we reduce the indirect negative impact of democratic institutions on environment quality?
feedproxy.google.com | 04 May 2012
Democratic institutions are responsive to the demand of people by increasing investments that favour economic growth, yet their impact on environment ...

Climate Change and Development

To reduce agricultural GHGs in Africa, we need to focus on activities that enhance carbon in soil an...
feedproxy.google.com | 04 May 2012
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from agriculture are substantial. This paper looks into how can agricultural greenhouse gas emissions be reduced ...

Helping to better manage the world's oceans
feedproxy.google.com | 04 May 2012
This brief published by The World Bank presents the sectoral results for sustainable ocean ecosystem management and the Bank's role in the creation of ...

Climate Change and Development

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Climate Change Adaptation

Legal profession reduces carbon emissions
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 04 May 2012
The UK legal sector has reduced its carbon emissions by nearly 35,000 tonnes in 2011, according to a new report.

Climate Change

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