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Bad News For Global Warming as Thawing Permafrost Holds Twice The Carbon in the Atmosphere

Permafrost blanketing the northern hemisphere contains more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, making it a potentially mammoth contributor to global climate change depending on how quickly it thaws

3 Sep 2008

Stonger Hurricanes Linked to Climate Change and Warmer Seas

The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study

3 Sep 2008

Sea Level Now Expected to Rise Faster Than Previously Predicted

If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated

31 Aug 2008

Another Record Low Tipped For Arctic Ice

Following last summer's record minimum ice cover in the Arctic, current observations from ESA's Envisat satellite suggest that the extent of polar sea-ice may again shrink to a level very close to that of last year

28 Aug 2008

Climate Change also Happening on Mars Says Antarctic Research

Researchers examining images of gullies on the flanks of craters on Mars say they formed as recently as a few hundred thousand years ago and in sites once occupied by glaciers. The features are eerily reminiscent of gullies formed in Antarctica's mars-like McMurdo Dry Valleys

28 Aug 2008

Conservation Zones In The Wrong Place To Prevent Bleaching of Coral Reefs Due to Global Warming

Conservation zones are in the wrong place to protect vulnerable coral reefs from the effects of global warming, an international team of scientists warned today

27 Aug 2008

Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change the Answer to Why Greenland Is Now Covered in Ice

Only changes in carbon dioxide levels are able to explain the transition from the mostly ice-free Greenland of three million years ago, to the ice-covered Greenland of today

27 Aug 2008

Researcher Working to Make Environmentally Friendly Fuel From Algae

Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced algae can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from lawn mowers to jet airplanes. Now an investment company that works with universities to commercialize early-stage technology invested in the University of Washington biology professor's work, forming a startup company called AXI

27 Aug 2008

Solar Power System Being Used at Democratic National Convention

18.2 kilowatt solar installation will help offset power used during four-day event at Pepsi Center in Denver

26 Aug 2008

Major Breakthroughs Required to Cope with Climate Change

Meeting the world's growing energy needs while responding to global warming during the 21st Century will be one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced, says Raymond L. Orbach in podcast

26 Aug 2008