News articles tagged with 'climate'
Alternative animal feed part of global fisheries crisis fix: UBC study
— 18 Nov 2009 11:40 | EnvironmentFinding alternative feed sources for chickens, pigs and other farm animals will significantly reduce pressure on the world's dwindling fisheries while contributing positively to climate... — full story
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000
— 18 Nov 2009 11:20 | EnvironmentThe strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published this week in the... — full story
Human emissions rise 2 percent despite GFC
— 18 Nov 2009 09:10 | EnvironmentDespite the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon... — full story
New climate treaty could put species at risk
— 17 Nov 2009 16:24 | EnvironmentPlans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction but inadvertently increase... — full story
Volatile gas could turn Rwandan lake into a freshwater time bomb
— 17 Nov 2009 15:19 | EnvironmentA dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo... — full story
K-State researchers studying link between climate change and cattle nutritional stress
— 17 Nov 2009 14:44 | HealthKansas State University's Joseph Craine, research assistant professor in the Division of Biology, and KC Olson, associate professor in animal sciences and industry, have teamed up with... — full story
Cautious conservation: How to ensure that slowing global warming will protect biodiversity
— 17 Nov 2009 12:34 | EnvironmentWhile it is clear that massive destruction of tropical rainforests poses a serious threat to the incredibly rich biodiversity found on Earth, other hazards are not so explicit. An international... — full story
Climate variability and dengue incidence
— 16 Nov 2009 10:55 | HealthResearch published this week in PLoS Medicine demonstrates associations between local rainfall and temperature and cases of dengue fever, which affects an estimated fifty million people... — full story
New water management tool may help ease effects of drought
— 15 Nov 2009 16:51 | EnvironmentContinued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance. A researcher from North Carolina State... — full story
How much water does the ocean have?
— 15 Nov 2009 15:41 | EnvironmentThe calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists and oceanographers... — full story