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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
Insight: spectral nudging improves regional typhoon simulations
Apr 23, 2012
Hindcast tropical-cyclone tracks and spatial distributions become more realistic
African groundwater offers hope for climate variability 'buffer'
Apr 20, 2012
First estimate indicates continent's groundwater resources have 20 times the storage capacity of its freshwater lakes
River information must go with the flow
Apr 19, 2012
Run-off is not enough to model human and ecosystem requirements
Karakoram glaciers have grown over last decade, new research shows
Apr 18, 2012
3D altitude maps captured by satellites show glaciers in part of the greater Himalaya range are bucking the global trend of continued ice loss (from the Guardian)
Insight: measurements of atmospheric electric field could help forecast weather
Apr 17, 2012
Data could complement other forms of boundary layer monitoring