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Accurate Models of the Last Global Warming Points to Answers About Future Climate Change

By accurately modeling Earth’s last major global warming — and answering pressing questions about its causes — scientists led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison climatologist are unraveling the intricacies of the kind of abrupt climate shifts that may occur in the future

17 Jul 2009

Capturing Carbon Dioxide in a Molecular Bowl

The accidental discovery of a bowl-shaped molecule that pulls carbon dioxide out of the air suggests exciting new possibilities for dealing with global warming, including genetically engineering microbes to manufacture those CO2 catchers

15 Jul 2009

Climate Change Modelling to Feature at Australian Conference This Week

Australia's top models will take centre stage in Cairns this week as scientists meet to discuss ways to understand climate change, improve air safety and enhance agricultural sustainability

13 Jul 2009

Wealthy Nations Fail to Take Responsibility For Climate Change

Rich and poor nations have not been able to overcome divisions and mistrust during the Major Economies Forum (MEF) and the G8 summit and while some progress was made, leaders of wealthy nations failed to take responsibility for climate change

12 Jul 2009

UN Wants More Ambitious Climate Change Targets as G8 Summit Fails to Make Big Changes

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the G8 agreement on a long term goal to reduce emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, but says it is still not enough to reach a fair, effective climate agreement

12 Jul 2009

G8 Fails on Climate Change Defers Action Until 2050, It's Up to the Public Now

As the G8 meeting in Italy ended with scant progress on saving the climate, Greenpeace called for massive public pressure to demand that the world's wealthiest governments take decisive action on climate change

12 Jul 2009

G8 Leaders Reach Agreement on Global Warming Goals

Hopes that a comprehensive climate agreement can be agreed in Copenhagen in December were given a boost after leaders of the world's eight major economic powers agreed to broad goals for reducing global warming at the G8 meeting

10 Jul 2009

Reducing Climate Emissions From Deforestation and Land Degradation

In the run-up to this year's climate talks in Copenhagen will climate negotiators be able to agree on a global framework for reducing forest emissions and their role in climate change mitigation? SciDev.Net (The Science...

8 Jul 2009

Climate Change Threatening More Polar Bear Populations

The world’s top experts have just confirmed that Arctic warming is continuing its ravages of polar bear populations. The Polar Bear Specialist Group of the International Union of the Conservation of Nature has added to its list of declining polar bear populations

7 Jul 2009

Climate Change Predictions to Get More Accurate With Change to Scientific Definition of Seawater

The world's peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by Australian, German and US scientists to make climate projections more accurate

7 Jul 2009