Global Warming
Arctic seabirds adapt to climate changeScienceDaily.com | 16 May 2012The planet is warming up, especially at the poles. How do organisms react to this rise in temperatures? Biologists have now shown that little auks, the most common seabirds in the Arctic, are adapting their fishing behavior to warming surface waters in the Greenland Sea. So far, their reproductive and survival rates have not been affected. However, further warming could threaten the species.
Climate Change | Arctic Ocean | Global Warming What is global dimming?Guardian Unlimited | 11 May 2012This Q&A is part of the Guardian's ultimate climate change FAQ• See all questions and answers• Read about the projectMeasurements from the 1960s to the early 1990s, backed up by a wide range of data and a number of independent studies, showed there were substantial declines in the amount of the...
Global Warming | Greenhouse Gas Emissions Climate change in US classroomschinadialogue.net | 08 May 2012Ideological conflicts over global warming are heating up, drawing in teachers, scientists, politicians, religious groups, corporate lobbyists, judges and ordinary parents. They all want a voice in American childrens green education. Jan McGirk reports.Ever since the menace of greenhouse gases and...
Climate Change and Development | Global Warming 'Warming hole' delayed climate change over eastern United StatesScienceDaily.com | 27 Apr 2012Climate scientists have discovered that particulate pollution in the late 20th century created a "warming hole" over the eastern United States -- that is, a cold patch where the effects of global warming were temporarily obscured. The findings have implications for industrial nations (like China) that have not yet tightened air quality regulations.
Global Warming | Research Study finds surprising Arctic methane emission sourceScienceDaily.com | 26 Apr 2012The fragile and rapidly changing Arctic region is home to large reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. As Earth's climate warms, the methane, frozen in reservoirs stored in Arctic tundra soils or marine sediments, is vulnerable to being released into the atmosphere, where it can add to global warming. Now a multi-institutional study has uncovered a surprising and potentially important new source of Arctic methane: the ocean itself.
Climate Change | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Research Can China steal a march on Europe?Guardian Unlimited | 24 Apr 2012Long accused of inaction, the country has put plans in place to reverse its record on carbon emissions, argues Rob ElsworthFor too long, developed countries have used the excuse there is little point in acting to tackle climate change, if China, now the world's biggest emitter, doesn't act too....
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