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40 yr phase-out for conventional coal? If only! May 3, 2012

Robert Socolow looks at the transition from coal to low-carbon electricity.

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Green Heat 1

May 12, 2012

Biomass - on a slow burn

May 5, 2012

Urban transport in the developing world

May 3, 2012

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Solar-cell efficiency boosted by folds and wrinkles

May 16, 2012

New organic photovoltaic mimics leaves

Top scientists urge governments to solve environmental 'dilemmas'

May 15, 2012

Demand for water and energy, natural disasters and measuring carbon dioxide must be prioritised, leading institutions say (from the Guardian)

Sting jets are common in North Atlantic windstorms

May 14, 2012

Up to a third of the 100 strongest North Atlantic winter storms in recent years could have contained sting jets

Time is not a great healer for biodiversity

May 14, 2012

Effects of loss of species worsen over time, study shows

Biodiversity loss rivals warming

May 9, 2012

Species loss could have same size effect on biomass production as rising temperatures

Geophysicists fingerprint sea-level rise

May 8, 2012

Technique links ice-sheet melting to ocean observations

Greenland's glaciers prove hard to pin down

May 7, 2012

Outlet glacier behaviour depends on termination type, location and other factors

Experiments underestimate plant response to warming

May 4, 2012

Response to higher temperatures in the wild may be eight times greater

Why is the black crowberry heading north?

May 3, 2012

Migration in southern part of range cannot be explained solely by rising temperatures

Seed cases rival coal as energy source

May 2, 2012

Seed-shell waste from fruit crops could tackle energy poverty

Quirky solar cell sets new efficiency record

May 1, 2012

Increased light emission boosts cell performance

Windfarms can increase night-time temperatures, research reveals

Apr 30, 2012

Study in US claims building of huge windfarms in Texas has increased night temperatures by up to 0.72C (from the Guardian)

Development, pollution and dredging threaten seagrass more than climate change

Apr 27, 2012

Expert survey reveals key worries are currently urban and industrial run-off, coastal development, agricultural run-off and dredging

Kalahari Desert could dust up Southern Ocean

Apr 26, 2012

Additional source of iron-rich dust could alter marine ecosystems

Greenhouse emissions must decrease by 3% a year

Apr 24, 2012

Researchers analyse scenarios required to keep temperature rise below 2°C

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