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Climate wars damage the scientists but we all stand to lose in the battle Mar 1, 2010

It is open season on climate scientists, but such hand-wringing has allowed the creeping rehabilitation of climate scepticism (from the Guardian)

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Insight: cellulosic ethanol impacts on US agriculture

Mar 18, 2010

Cellulosic-conversion technology could initially exacerbate competition between food and fuel on land

US to lobby for endangered species listing for polar bear

Mar 17, 2010

Melting sea ice in the Arctic will kill thousands of bears in coming years, the US says, and continued commercial trade must not be allowed to make the situation worse (from the Guardian)

Enter the 'thermopower wave'

Mar 17, 2010

New way of generating electricity could lead to batteries to power nanotechnology

Nearly half of Americans believe climate change threat is exaggerated

Mar 12, 2010

US belief in climate science lowest since polling began 13 years ago (from the Guardian)

Concerns raised over Institute of Physics climate submission

Mar 12, 2010

Institute faces criticism over its evidence to UK parliamentary inquiry on climate change

UK music industry greens up

Mar 11, 2010

Three-quarters of greenhouse emissions due to live music performances, finds study

Measuring energy savings

Mar 10, 2010

Unit named after Arthur Rosenfeld equivalent to not running an average 500 MW coal-fired power plant

Arctic shelf belches methane

Mar 9, 2010

East Siberian Arctic Shelf releases same amount of greenhouse gas each year as rest of ocean

Halogens soar above Arctic sea ice

Mar 8, 2010

First measurements of atmospheric bromine oxide above sea ice find unexpectedly high concentrations

Met Office analysis reveals 'clear fingerprints' of man-made climate change

Mar 8, 2010

Climate scientists say the 100 studies of sea ice, rainfall and temperature should help the public to make up their own minds on global warming (from the Guardian)

Taking stock of environmental robots

Mar 4, 2010

Autonomous devices such as Argo floats, Spray gliders and UAVs have been providing scientists with valuable data

Climate change not to blame for golden toad extinction

Mar 3, 2010

Dry period caused by 1986–1987 El Niño, not climate change, and introduced chytrid fungus appear to have killed off the Monteverde golden toad

Deep insight improves decadal predictions

Mar 2, 2010

Including data on ocean temperature and salinity from the sea's upper 2000 m, in addition to sea surface temperature, makes decadal predictions more accurate

Media play hockey with climate change

Mar 1, 2010

Senior climate scientists urged to become active voices, following ‘hockey-stick curve’-style increase in press coverage

Could carbon credit schemes save the whale?

Feb 26, 2010

Restoring populations of large marine organisms such as whale, tuna and shark could store carbon as well as protecting ecosystems

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