Deep under the icy waters of the Arctic, Russian scientists have discovered the release of vast stores of methane, the potent greenhouse gas, far worse than CO2. The scientists sampled the waters along the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, and discovered th…
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Dec 06
At least 74 percent of current warming caused by us
A new methodology to tease out how much current climate change is linked to human activities has added to the consensus that behind global warming is us. The study, published in Nature Geoscience found that humans have caused at least three-quarters (7…
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 06
At least 74 percent of current warming caused by us
A new methodology to tease out how much current climate change is linked to human activities has added to the consensus that behind global warming is us. The study, published in Nature Geoscience found that humans have caused at least three-quarters (7…
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 06
At least 74 percent of current warming caused by us
A new methodology to tease out how much current climate change is linked to human activities has added to the consensus that behind global warming is us. The study, published in Nature Geoscience found that humans have caused at least three-quarters (7…
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 02
Whales win, walruses lose in warmer Arctic
The Arctic zone has moved into a warmer, greener “new normal” phase, which means less habitat for polar bears and more access for development, an international scientific team reported on Thursday.
Arctic air temperatures were …
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Green Blog: Do Aerosols Only Add to Global Warming? 2 Views
A new study suggests that aerosols can make dry regions even drier and worsen rain and snow in wetter regions. A different study says aerosols’ cloud-thickening effects, however, help block sunlight that might otherwise warm the planet.
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Green Blog: Have Solar Panels, Will Travel
Powered by sunlight in the proximity of the equator, a 102-foot vessel sails the seven seas to prove the viability of solar energy as a transportation tool.
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Green: Solar Power for Darker Times
The Spanish government has chosen SolarReserve to build a plant in Alcazar de San Juan, southeast of Madrid, that relies on a field of mirrors.
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Did Asia air pollution reduce global warming?
Smoke belching from Asia’s rapidly growing economies is largely responsible for a halt in global warming in the decade after 1998 because of sulphur’s cooling effect, even though greenhouse gas emissions soared, a U.S. study said on Monday.
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Apr 26
Sunlight and Clouds
A cloud is a visible mass of water droplets or frozen ice crystals suspended in the Earth’s atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or other planetary body. On a cloudy day the surface under the clouds appears darker and cooler. Atmospheric scienti…
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