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6/2/2012
Russian scientists are "very, very close" to reaching the surface of a freshwater lake 2.3 miles (3,768) meters under the Antarctic ice, news reports say. It would be the first time anyone has penetrated a subglacial lake on the frozen ...
6/2/2012
Along with Bill McKibben and a small cadre of passionate environmental activists, Kelly Blynn co-founded the climate activism group "350." 350 exemplifies the power of online networks combined with activism and has coordinated some of the largest ...
6/2/2012
While Austin, like most Texas cities, has a recycling program, the capital of the state is experimenting with commercial composting, using food and other organic waste to create mulch and potter's soil for commercial use, according to the Austin ...
6/2/2012
Rescue workers transporting a mother and calf last month on Sagamore Beach in Massachusetts. The dolphins were returned to the ocean later in deeper waters.
In just over three weeks, 129 common dolphins have stranded themselves along 20 ...
6/2/2012
"In the Andes, and all over the world, mining on mountains should be banned. Distinguished scientists and papers in the most prestigious journals are saying this," a regional planning expert in Colombia told IPS.
The expert in question ...
6/2/2012
A group of 26 countries vehemently opposed to the EU's aviation emissions trading scheme will meet in Moscow on February 21 to discuss a plan of action, EU and Indian sources told Reuters on Monday.
The governments, which include Russia, ...
6/2/2012
Climate change impacts -- from worsening droughts to new pots of climate-related cash for fragile states -- may turn out to be a catalyst for worsening conflict. If so, keeping an eye on local politics and the quality of governance could be as ...
6/2/2012
U.S. opinion on climate change over the last decade has been affected more by the discourse of political leaders than by media reports about global warming or extreme weather events, according to a new study. Using results from 74 separate ...
6/2/2012
More than 9,600 megawatts of wind power capacity was installed in European Union member states in 2011, accounting for about 21 percent of all new power capacity installations, according to an industry report. New offshore wind farms in the UK ...
6/2/2012
Any cyclist who pedals around San Francisco will soon learn about the Wiggle, a bicycle route that weaves a delightfully flat path across this city of hills.
But the Wiggle, just one mile long, can save cyclists from only so many hills. ...
6/2/2012
What's brought me here now is the letter published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) about 10 days ago, in which a group of 16 scientists declared there was "no need to panic on global warming".
"A large and growing number of ...
6/2/2012
Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King has confirmed regulators could investigate whether exposure to fossil fuel-related assets pose a long-term risk to financial stability, although he insisted a number of conditions would have to be ...
6/2/2012
China on Monday barred its airlines from a European scheme to reduce carbon emissions, hardening its stance a week before a summit at which the European Union will seek Chinese help to ease its debt crisis.
The wrangle over the scheme, ...
6/2/2012
If you're planting a spring garden in the U.S. this year, you may want to set aside some extra seed money. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map for the first time since 1990, reflecting how some crops are ...
6/2/2012
Smith and Sarah Wheeler standing by their camp in the Ruby Mountain Range of the Yukon after an early fall snow storm knocked down their camp
University of Alberta biologist Isla Myers-Smith and her colleague were taking down their ...
6/2/2012
NEW Zealand scientists using the rings on kauri trees to look at climate patterns are tipping global warming to bring more big weather extremes in the coming years.
The Auckland University study, published in the monthly journal Nature ...
6/2/2012
In March 1981, pollsters tucked the first question about global climate change into a national poll, asking 1,000 adults if they had "heard or read about the 'greenhouse effect.'"
If you're going to have an information campaign, it's ...
6/2/2012
You wouldn’t know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy.And you wouldn’t know it from President Barack Obama, but he has very little to do with that.From the presidential campaign trail to Congress, ...
6/2/2012
Silent sentinels If history is anything to go by, periods of droughts and flooding rains could become more common in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand, according to a new study.
The study, which appears today in the journal Nature ...
6/2/2012
GOVERNMENT has agreed to let 80 per cent of payments done under Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) to go to communities which protect forests.
An official from Africa Wildlife Foundation, Godlisten Matilya, told ...
6/2/2012
Evidence that jellyfish are taking over the oceans is currently lacking, according to a new study published in Bioscience. Complied by a number of marine experts, the study found that while jellyfish have been on the rise in some regions it is ...
6/2/2012
Russian scientists are racing to beat US and UK rivals and be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake.
The team has been drilling down to Lake Vostok, the largest of more than 100 bodies of liquid water buried under ...
6/2/2012
The European Union is confident Chinese airlines will comply with its law forcing them to pay for carbon emissions on flights in and out of EU airports, a Commission spokesman said on Monday.
China earlier said it was barring its ...
6/2/2012
Increased flooding could release contaminants previously regarded as secure into groundwater, rivers, oceans, the food supply and atmosphere, the director of the CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Professor Ravi ...
6/2/2012
The EU added 9,616MW of wind energy capacity during 2011, making up more than a fifth of total new power installations, industry figures have today revealed.
Offshore growth in the UK and onshore projects in Sweden and Germany helped ...