“Unusual Optimism” at Lima COP20 Climate Change Talks
Nearly 200 countries are being represented at the COP20 climate change talks, taking place over the next couple of weeks, in Lima, the capital...
We Might Soon Wave Goodbye to Chocolate as We Know It
The world is running out of chocolate, as climate change is diminishing thousands of hectares of the precious cocoa crop. Farmers are increasingly giving...
Climate Change Preparedness – Coastal Residents are “Not Ready” for Sea Level Rise
There seem to be no end to the amount of ignorance being displayed by the general public when it comes to the real risks...
Olivine, the Mineral That Could Fight Climate Change
Discovering the ultimate technique for sequestrating carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has become the main aim of numerous scientific teams. First, there were the...
Robotic Dolphins Measure Polar Melting and More
Robots the size of dolphins are measuring how fast the ice in Antartica is melting, demonstrating revolutionary ways of collecting data in remote polar...
Climate Change – IPCC Says Cut Out the Carbon Dioxide Completely by Century’s End
It should come as no surprise that the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) doesn’t paint a rosy picture of a future earth, at...
Plants Absorb More CO2 Than Models Predicted, A Study
Scientists from University of Texas, Austin and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory claim that plants absorb much larger quantities of carbon dioxide than models...
US East Coast Threatened by More Frequent Tidal Floods, A Report
Researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a report, which warns citizens along the US East coast for increased tidal flooding due climate...
Removing 7,000 MW of Coal Plants from the Western Grid is Possible
I don't know if there really is such a thing as clean coal, but based on a study by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council,...
Satellite Mission Reveals Antarctica’s Ice Melts Cause Change in Earth’s Gravity
Satellite imagery can now help scientists determine the amount of ice lost from Antarctica by presenting exact measurements of the gravity of the Earth....
