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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
A solid future for lighting?
Feb 25, 2010
Solid-state lighting based on light-emitting-diodes (LEDs) can cut energy use but rates less well when device manufacture and recycling are taken into account.
A home from home: saving species from climate change
Feb 24, 2010
How can we save some of our most charismatic animals from extinction due to climate change? One US biologist, Camille Parmesan, has a radical suggestion: just pick them up and move them (from the Guardian)
Geoengineering divides scientists
Feb 24, 2010 2 comments
Testing, domoic acid poisoning and public response prove problematic issues
Fog reduction threatens California redwoods
Feb 23, 2010
State "poster-tree" could become victim of climate change
Greenland melt: is there something in the water?
Feb 22, 2010
First measurements of submarine glacier melt rates outside Alaska indicate ocean plays a major role in ice sheet evolution
Road transport comes under fire in "smart climate policy"
Feb 18, 2010
Including short-term effects of aerosol pollutants as well as long-term greenhouse gases indicates road transport is the sector that climate policy should target first
Nitrogen fertilizer acidifies soils in China
Feb 17, 2010
Calls for nutrient management strategies to boost sustainable agriculture
Semiconductor chips power ahead
Feb 17, 2010
Use rather than the manufacturing process makes up bulk of semiconductor life-cycle emissions