Miami Could Disappear Under the Sea due to Climate Change, Scientists Predict
The implications of possible sea level rise yet again made the headlines, as an article published by Jeff Goodell in Rolling Stone last week...
Environmental Action is Good for Business, WWF Study Says
No responsible business does anything without considering what it's going to do to their bottom line, including environmental responsibility.
According to a study completed by...
Green Purchases Motivated by Money And Not Saving the World
Good news! More and more Americans care about energy efficient products. Over 50% of Americans have bought energy efficient appliances, 61% say they want...
Obama Addresses Climate Change as “An American Issue”
“Haters gonna hate” no matter what they hate, including the Obama administration's initiatives on climate change.
The Obama White House approach to climate change has...
World’s Deepest Carbon Sequestration Monitoring System Developed at LLNL
Millions of years ago, carbon sequestration occurred when plant and animal matter were buried and compressed in layers of rock.
Mining operations have been pushing...
Do You Know How Much Carbon Can Forests Sequester?
The importance of trees in controlling the global carbon cycle is very often neglected. We keep hearing about extensive deforestation projects, forest fires and...
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Climate Change Forces FEMA to Update Flood Maps for NYC
We've gotten away from the misnomer Global Warming lately. Climate Change is probably the best way to describe the situation globally.
The problem with the...
IEA: Waiting for Carbon Emissions Agreement Until 2020 Could Have Grave Climate Consequences
If governments wait for 2020 to renew the international agreement for carbon emissions and climate change, meeting the 2 degrees target will become impossible.
The...
Increase in Severity and Frequency of Floods From Major Rivers Worldwide Predicted
Experts from leading scientific institutes in Japan and Britain claim that severity of floods on some of the major rivers in south-east Asia, Africa...
Positive Effect of Increased Atmospheric CO2: More Green Desert Plants
The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has not only bad effects for the environment. A new study based on satellite data...
