Why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe: 3.5° The world is heading for the next major climate change conference in Cancun later this year on course for global warming of up to 3.5C in the coming century, a series of scientific analyses suggest. The failure of last December's UN climate summit in Copenhagen means that cuts in carbon emissions pledged by the international community will not be enough to keep the anticipated warming within ...
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China coal drive will not end health risks: report China's drive to promote clean coal technology is unlikely to reduce significantly the health risks of extracting what remains the dirtiest of fossil fuels environmental group Greenpeace said.
Scientists create 'dry water' that can be used to soak up carbon dioxide Each particle of dry water contains a water droplet surrounded by a sandy silica coating. In fact, 95 per cent of dry water is 'wet' water.
'No man-made fix' for rising seas Even the most extreme geoengineering approaches will not stop sea levels from rising due to climate change, a study suggests.
Climate Camp activists move RBS protests onto energy firms Seven protesters superglued themselves to the car park of the RBS industrial estate at the Gyle Shopping Centre, while others targeted the offices of RBS and energy firms Forth and Cairn in the Scottish capital.
On the frontline of climate change Irrigated by one of the world's mightiest river systems, the Murray-Darling Basin yields nearly half of Australia's fresh produce. But the basin is ailing, and scientists fear that as climate change grips the driest inhabited continent, its main foodbowl could become a global warming ground zero.
Why has extreme weather failed to heat up climate debate? | Bill McKibben The world is experiencing the hottest weather on record but politicians have failed to respond. They need a wake-up call We've had so much record heat around the world lately that the records themselves are setting records: 17 nations have reached new temperature highs , a new record for records in a year. Pakistan hit (129F) 54C, a new record for all of Asia. Moscow had never hit 100F (38C ...
When 'zero' doesn't mean zero at all Professor Tom Woolley, architect at Rachel Bevan Architects, wasn’t disappointed at all when the government recently failed to define zero carbon. In fact, he’s not a big fan of zero carbon at all.
UK government urged to evaluate biochar potential with trial schemes First official report says burying charcoal in the soil has potential to cut greenhouse gases but scientific uncertainties remain The idea of burying charcoal produced from microwaved wood to tackle global warming is still beset with scientific uncertainties, says the UK government's first report on "biochar" . The warning comes as a separate US study published this week said that as much as 12 ...
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