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Severe Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Connected to Superstorm Sandy

If you believe that last October's Superstorm Sandy was a freak of nature -- the confluence of unusual meteorological, atmospheric and celestial events -- think again.

5 Mar 2013

Global Warming May Make Frigid Arctic Shipping Routes More Accessible

Shipping lanes through the Arctic Ocean won't put the Suez and Panama canals out of business anytime soon, but global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by melting an unprecedented amount of sea ice during the late summer, new UCLA research shows.

5 Mar 2013

NERC Funds Independent 'Top-Down' Check Study on UK's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Researchers in the University of Bristol’s Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group (ACRG), in collaboration with scientists around the country, have been awarded funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to provide an independent 'top-down' check on the UK's greenhouse gas emissions estimates.

4 Mar 2013

Global Agenda Council on Biotechnology Identifies 10 Important Biotechnologies to Improve Daily Life

The Global Agenda Council on Biotechnology, one of the global networks under the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is composed of the world's leading experts in the field of biotechnology, announced today that the council has indentified "ten most important biotechnologies" which could help meet rapidly growing demand for energy, food, nutrition, and health.

26 Feb 2013

New Study Shows Global Warming May Cause Extinction of Marine Life

Researchers at Plymouth University, UK, believe that findings from fieldwork along the North Yorkshire coast reveal strong parallels between the Early Jurassic era of 180 million years ago and current climate predictions over the next century.

20 Feb 2013

New Study Reveals Global Pattern of Future Sea-Level Rise

Sophisticated computer modelling has shown how sea-level rise over the coming century could affect some regions far more than others. The model shows that parts of the Pacific will see the highest rates of rise while some polar regions will actually experience falls in relative sea levels due to the ways sea, land and ice interact globally.

20 Feb 2013

Carbon-Negative Technologies to Remove CO2 from the Atmosphere Need to be Developed

In his Feb. 12 State of the Union address, President Obama singled out climate change as a top priority for his second administration. "We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence," he said. "Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science ¨C and act before it's too late."

18 Feb 2013

New Approach for Energy-Efficient Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Combustion Gases

Post-combustion capture: metal-organic framework releases stored carbon dioxide in sunlight

15 Feb 2013

Data from HIPPO Study on Greenhouse Gases Now Available to the Scientific Community

Data from the HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) study of greenhouse gases and aerosols are now available to the atmospheric research community and the public.

14 Feb 2013

Clouds Formed in Polluted Airmasses May Reflect More Incoming Sunlight and Cool the Planet

Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Georgia Institute of Technology have published a study in the online Early Edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) showing—for the first time—that certain volatile organic gases can promote cloud formation in a way never considered before by atmospheric scientists. The study will be published the week of February 4, 2013.

5 Feb 2013