News articles tagged with 'greenhouse'
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
Record highs far outpace record lows across US
— 13 Nov 2009 14:34 | EnvironmentSpurred by a warming climate, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows... — full story
Reducing greenhouse gases may not be enough to slow climate change
— 11 Nov 2009 13:03 | EnvironmentGeorgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone publishes a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address... — full story
Researchers hail innovative plan to save rainforest, reduce greenhouse gas emissions
— 6 Nov 2009 12:34 | EnvironmentAn innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a precedent-setting and potentially economically viable approach,... — full story
UBC researchers find key microbial indicator of ocean health
— 26 Oct 2009 16:44 | HealthA team of researchers at the University of British Columbia, along with colleagues at the US Dept. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, has mapped the genome of a microbe that is silently... — full story
Treaty to limit CO2 should be followed by similar limits on other greenhouse pollutants
— 26 Oct 2009 16:38 | EnvironmentWhen world leaders meet in Copenhagen in December to hash out a treaty limiting carbon dioxide emissions, they should begin planning a future summit to address other pollutants - from... — full story
Accounting error in climate treaties could lead to more deforestation
— 26 Oct 2009 15:46 | EnvironmentA team of 13 prominent scientists and land-use experts has identified an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules for bioenergy that could, if uncorrected, undermine efforts... — full story
Miscounting bioenergy benefits may increase greenhouse gas release
— 23 Oct 2009 13:21 | EnvironmentA fixable error in the way carbon is counted in current U.S. climate legislation and in the Kyoto Protocol could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using biofuels,... — full story
BBC's cooling tower smokescreen blown away by Trust ruling
— 20 Oct 2009 12:31 | ChemistryA complaint lodged by a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry last year has led to Panorama having its knuckles rapped by the BBC Trust for inaccurately portraying cooling towers... — full story
WWF: Halt to forest loss a key to stabilising climate
— 20 Oct 2009 10:08 | EnvironmentWWF is challenging global leaders to back an ambitious target on stopping forest loss as a major element of efforts to avert the looming climate catastrophe... — full story