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Jul 7, 2010
Technical feasibility and economics are not the only factors in boosting take-up of climate-friendly land management
'Climategate' review clears scientists of dishonesty over data
Jul 7, 2010
'Rigour and honesty' of scientists not in doubt but Sir Muir Russell says UEA's Climatic Research Unit was not sufficiently open (from the Guardian)
Change in plant species mix may limit carbon dioxide take-up
Jul 7, 2010
Ecosystem feedback could cut effectiveness of carbon dioxide fertilization in lowering greenhouse-gas levels
Review of questioned IPCC report says conclusions 'well-founded'
Jul 6, 2010
Dutch government finds minor inaccuracies in contested paper, but reasserts that "climate change poses 'substantial risks' to most parts of the world" (from the Guardian)
Carbon scrubbing: in it for the long haul?
Jul 5, 2010
Removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to increased emissions from ocean and land
Biologists find 'dead zones' around BP oil spill in Gulf
Jul 2, 2010
Methane at 100,000 times normal levels have been creating oxygen-depleted areas devoid of life near BP's Deepwater Horizon spill, according to two independent scientists (from the Guardian)
Even low levels of air pollution can stress out hearts
Jul 1, 2010
Study using real-world mixtures of air pollutants reveals worrying news for older people
Managing Mediterranean forests: restoration is not enough
Jun 30, 2010
Returning forests to their previous state may not be the best strategy for coping with climate change, say researchers
Internal waves transport oceanic heat within 40 years
Jun 29, 2010
Simulation study reveals new mechanism for fast teleconnection
Europe to switch on Saharan solar power by 2015
Jun 28, 2010
The race to harness the sun of the Sahara and Middle East deserts is one initiative in a far-ranging European energy consensus (from the Guardian).
Climate change sceptics are less 'credible' scientists, finds survey
Jun 25, 2010
Though researchers question the methods of the study
Quantum dots for highly efficient solar cells
Jun 24, 2010
Current efficiency limits of 30% could be vastly improved by capturing "hot electrons"
Dust beats biology for cloud ice formation
Jun 23, 2010
Biological particles don't play a significant role on a global scale
Environmental Research Letters makes an impact
Jun 23, 2010
Impact Factor for 2009 nearly doubles to 3.342
Bee decline could be down to chemical cocktail interfering with brains
Jun 22, 2010
£10 m Insect Pollinators Initiative will look at the multiple reasons thought to be behind devastation of bees, moths and hoverflies (from the Guardian)
Agriculture offers cheap mitigation
Jun 21, 2010 2 comments
Investing in increasing crop yields could save emissions from change of land use
Cutting greenhouse gases will be no quick fix for our weather, scientists say
Jun 18, 2010
UK study predicts increased floods and droughts will continue for decades after global temperatures are stabilized (from the Guardian)
Oslo: POLARCAT continues hunt for data with follow-up project
Jun 17, 2010
International Polar Year study focuses on aerosols in the Arctic
Drought could reduce carbon uptake in American drylands
Jun 16, 2010
Vegetation greenness responds to climate change in arid and semi-arid regions of south-western North America
Food prices to rise by up to 40% over next decade, UN report warns
Jun 16, 2010
Growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production will send prices soaring, according to the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (from the Guardian)