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Climate change: how to win hearts and minds Nov 13, 2009 1 comment

With climate scepticism on the rise in the US and elsewhere, Columbia University has issued a guide on how to breakdown misperceptions and communicate about climate science effectively

Sustainable Futures

African economies vulnerable to climate change

Dependence on rain-fed agriculture leads to impact risk

European climate policy: enforcement too weak

Evidence of effectiveness also lacking, says study.

Society rejects plea to alter stance on climate change

American Physical Society maintains view that human activities are causing global warming

Climate-change policy is affordable after all

Measures cheaper than most economic studies have suggested and cost-benefit analysis inappropriate, says economist

Molasses sweetens the biofuel mix

Using sugar by-products to make biofuels reduces the carbon emissions per unit of energy

Jobs

Staff Scientist position in experimental atmospheric chemistry - Boulder, CO

Posting date: Nov 18, 2009
Boulder, CO, United States

The Stanback Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Environmental Science - Pasadena, CA

Posting date: Nov 18, 2009
Closing date: Jan 15, 2010
Pasadena, CA, United States

Postdoctoral Research Opportunity - Climate Change, Adaptation, NaturalResource Management - Boulder, CO

Posting date: Nov 18, 2009
Boulder, CO, United States

CIRES/SPARC Research Associate - Boulder, CO

Posting date: Nov 18, 2009
Boulder, CO, United States

Ph.D. Position Ecological Modeling - San Marcos, TX

Posting date: Nov 18, 2009
Closing date: Jan 15, 2010
San Marcos, TX, United States

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Research Highlights

Distant stars shed light on the solar cycle

Are sustained solar minima the norm?

Ocean carbon sink appears to slow

Historical map of man-made carbon absorption reveals declining trend

Carbon sinks may be slowing as climate changes

Clearing up uncertainty in sink sizes could help check effectiveness of climate policies

Greenland ice loss speeds ahead

Surface processes playing greater role in mass loss than previously believed

Robot slices up clams to reveal fine-scale climate records

Tool for palaeoclimate researchers shows past climate much more variable than believed

How stable is the ocean circulation?

Current climate models may underrate the risk of a switch-off of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, says study

Climate extremes affect tree ranges

Study could aid prediction of effects of future climate change

New pathway for nitrogen loss found in deserts

Mechanism could damage ability of arid regions to support life as climate changes

Salt-starved termites increase carbon storage

Away from the coast, shortage of sodium may be hindering the decomposition of plant material in tropical rainforests

Methane has greater warming effect

Aerosol effects mean methane's global warming potential may be 10% higher than calculated.