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Nov 25, 2011
Even when emissions of methane and nitrous oxide are included, two locations in Canada act as net greenhouse-gas sink
Is climate sensitivity lower than IPCC finding?
Nov 25, 2011
Researchers use data from 20,000 years ago to come up with a new estimate
Extreme weather will strike as climate change takes hold, IPCC warns
Nov 24, 2011
Heavier rainfall, storms and droughts could wipe billions off economies and destroy lives, says report by 220 scientists (from the Guardian)
Fresh round of hacked climate science emails leaked online
Nov 23, 2011
A file containing 5,000 emails has been made available in an apparent attempt to repeat the impact of 2009's similar release (from the Guardian)
Geophysicists solve mystery of Antarctica's ice-bound mountains
Nov 22, 2011
Range bounced back after being worn down
Mercury lowers sled-dog antioxidant levels
Nov 21, 2011
Dogs near Alaska's Yukon River provide model for effects of contaminated salmon on humans
Are lemmings helping to 'green the Arctic'?
Nov 18, 2011
Exclusion of brown lemmings over long periods found to decrease abundance of grasses
Insight: improving global land-cover maps
Nov 17, 2011
Data sharing and more data from the ground can improve accuracy from remote-sensing products
Mongolia bids to keep city cool with 'ice shield' experiment
Nov 16, 2011
Geoengineering trial aims to 'store' winter temperatures in a giant block of ice that will cool and water Ulan Bator in summer (from the Guardian)
Sliding scale could help countries cooperate on climate
Nov 15, 2011
Rewards and punishments related to other nations' performance could encourage all countries to participate in emissions cuts
How to feed 9 billion people without damaging the planet
Nov 14, 2011 1 comment
Researchers have devised a plan for feeding the world while protecting the planet
Morocco to host first solar farm in €400 bn renewables network
Nov 11, 2011
The vast solar and windfarm project across North Africa and the Middle East may provide 15% of Europe's electricity by 2050 (from the Guardian)
Fragmented forests “have higher emissions”
Nov 10, 2011
Biomass collapse at the edge of a forest can contribute significantly to carbon release
Climate talks: China calls on developing countries to 'step up'
Nov 9, 2011
China bids to bridge gap between rich and poor nations by urging emerging economies to make concrete emission reduction plans (from the Guardian)
Project CLAMER finds 'disturbing' evidence of changes to Europe's seas
Nov 8, 2011
Analysis of literature on climate change and opinion poll reveal shifts in and concern about the European marine environment
Construction drives China's growing CO2 emissions
Nov 7, 2011
China's emissions savings are being outdone by the building of infrastructure
UN: failure to reduce environmental risks will set back human development
Nov 4, 2011
Droughts and rising sea levels could reverse efforts to improve living conditions of world's poorest people, report warns (from the Guardian)
Rogue waves triggered by ocean currents
Nov 3, 2011
Calculations pinpoint origin of fearsome phenomenon
Productivity of land plants may be greater than previously thought
Nov 3, 2011
Global vegetation uptake of carbon likely to be 150–175 petagrams each year
Fukushima released 'twice as much' radioactive material as first thought
Nov 2, 2011
Far more radioactive caesium was released into the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to study (from the Guardian)