Vegetarian Diet Key to Curbing Global Warming
A recent Cornell University concluded that a global shift toward a vegetarian diet is extremely important in order to combat the worst effects of...
Greenland’s Glacial Melts Seems to be Retreating
A study published in the latest issue of Nature suggests that Greenland glacial melt is likely to slow down in the next 100 years.
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Arctic Ice Will Soon Melt Completely, Study Says
A study conducted by an international team of scientists reveals that the Arctic might soon become an ice-free zone. The research was based on...
Natural Disturbancies Included in Climate Mitigation Strategies
A study by researchers at the Joint Global Change Research Institute at Maryland determined that successful climate mitigation strategies in the future should take into...
Impact of Methane Emissions On Climate Understated
The impact of methane as a greenhouse gas has been severely understated, as the amount that can be released through fracking has been projected...
Behavior of Marine Microbes Reveals Changes in Global Carbon Cycle
A team of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was granted $1 million by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative,...
Record Levels of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Expected by Mid-May
Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere are expected to raise up to 400ppm by mid-May for a first time in human history, according...
Particles Emitted by Green Plants Form Clouds, Reduce Warming
A study published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Geoscience emphasises the importance of plants in forming sunshade of clouds, which slow...
Sunlit Snow Predominant Reason for Arctic Atmosphere Changes
In the Arctic, sunlit snow is the predominant source of atmospheric bromine, the key to unique chemical reactions that purge pollutants and destroy ozone....
Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Worse for Environment than Previously Understood
The environmental group Oil Change International (OCI) analyzed the climate change impacts of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline and discovered that it would move...
