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Jan 18, 2012
Substituting biofuel for bunker fuel may bring about revolution in world's shipping fleets (from the Guardian)
More intensive oil-palm farming may not spare rainforest
Jan 17, 2012 1 comment
High-yield oil palm plantations tend to take up more forested land in the Peruvian Amazon than lower-yield farms
Insight: climate change likely to increase isolation of dead zones
Jan 16, 2012
Models help predict future of oceanic oxygen minimum zones
African thunderstorms show up in Scotland
Jan 16, 2012
Readings of atmospheric electricity from Shetland correlate with El Niño-related activity
Global warming set to bring colder, snowier winters
Jan 13, 2012 11 comments
Drop in Arctic sea ice may boost atmospheric moisture levels, increasing autumn snowfall and triggering negative phase of Arctic Oscillation
Climate scientist disowned by Newt Gingrich speaks out over book spat
Jan 13, 2012
Katharine Hayhoe says the dumping of her chapter from Gingrich's book following rightwing pressure came as a surprise (from the Guardian)
Management of beech forest can cut firewood emissions
Jan 12, 2012
Delaying tree thinning leads to more logs, less bark
Leaked document reveals Rio+20 sustainable development goals
Jan 11, 2012
Nations will be asked to sign up for 10 goals and promise to build green economies at this summer's Earth summit (from the Guardian)
Canadian seal cull 'unnecessary due to climate change'
Jan 6, 2012
Study says rapidly thinning sea ice in north Atlantic has ravaged seal numbers, making annual commercial seal hunt superfluous (from the Guardian)
Shrub Hub assesses growth in tundra ecosystems
Jan 5, 2012
Researchers pool data on burgeoning shrub growth in Arctic and high-altitude climates, as part of IPY project
Checking global warming’s fingerprint
Jan 4, 2012 1 comment
IPCC link between temperature rise and greenhouse gases based on more than a comparison of observations and model simulations, explain researchers
China's city dwellers to breathe unhealthy air 'for another 20-30 years'
Jan 4, 2012
Despite recent moves to tighten controls on air pollution dangerous smogs will persist for decades, expert warns (from the Guardian)
Scientists to study psychological benefits of birdsong
Dec 30, 2011
Three-year research project will explore the impact of birdsong on creativity and sense of wellbeing (from the Guardian)
Insight: City-dwellers’ higher consumption leads to bigger carbon footprint
Dec 29, 2011
Dense city centres attract the wealthy, offer ample opportunities to consume, and result in higher carbon footprints
EU set to charge international airlines for carbon emissions
Dec 28, 2011
The EU looks likely to impose a system of carbon trading on all passenger flights taking off or landing in member states (from the Guardian)
Eurasian soils froze less deeply in winter from late 1960s to early 1990s
Dec 23, 2011
Changes in seasonally frozen ground appear linked to North Atlantic Oscillation
Cycle like the Danes to cut carbon emissions, says study
Dec 23, 2011
EU could cut its transport greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25% if every country's cycling rate was the same as Denmark's (from the Guardian)
Insight: Arctic vegetation shows effects of climate change
Dec 22, 2011
Satellite data reveal diverging responses of tundra and forests to warming