Global Warming News - Earth Science News RSS FeedsEarth Science :: Global WarmingGlobal Warming News Stories, Current Global Warming News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Global_Warming Global Warming News Stories Current Global Warming News Events, Discoveries and Articles Peat fires drive temperatures up Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. (2009-11-30) Making sense of greenhouse gas accounting Waste management is increasingly gaining the recognition that it deserves as a major contributor to mitigating climate change. (2009-11-30) Is global warming unstoppable? In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day. (2009-11-23) Oceans' uptake of manmade carbon may be slowing The oceans play a key role in regulating climate, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans put into the air. (2009-11-19) Research challenges for understanding landscape changes identified Nine research challenges and four research initiatives that are poised to advance the study of how Earth's landscapes change were unveiled today in a new report by the National Research Council. (2009-11-19) Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging temperatures brought about by direct sunlight at low tide. (2009-11-18) Drug industry, nonprofits join forces to fight world's neglected diseases Drug companies and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to develop new drugs and vaccines to target so-called "neglected" diseases that claim millions of lives in the developing world each year. (2009-11-12) Health care accounts for 8 percent of US carbon footprint The American health care sector accounts for nearly a tenth of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint. (2009-11-11) Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic. (2009-11-11) Reducing greenhouse gases may not be enough to slow climate change Because land use changes are responsible for 50 percent of warming in the US, policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and urbanization on climate change, in addition to greenhouse gas emissions. (2009-11-11) |
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