Low carbon future for cities
Investing 2% of a modern city’s GDP in low carbon and energy efficient opportunities for ten years would reduce that city’s carbon emission levels...
Tropical cyclones are intensified by air pollution
A recent increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea may be a side effect of increasing air pollution over the...
Grant will help farmers deal with changes to climates
Purdue University researchers will get a $5 million grant to develop decision-support tools to help corn and soybean growers adapt their practices to changes...
Russian Boreal Forests Could Increase Global Warming
Russia's boreal forest – the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world, found in the country's cold northern regions – is undergoing an...
Climate Change Makes Major Snowstorms More Likely
Global warming is “loading the dice” to increase the frequency of record-setting snowstorms like those that have pounded the United States and Europe the...
Global Warming Evidence in a Single Graphic
A summary graphic of just some evidence for global warming is showed in this picture adapted from “The Guide to Global Warming Skepticism”.
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Climate Change: The Evidence and Our Options
One of the world’s foremost experts on climate change is warning that if humans don’t moderate their use of fossil fuels, there is a...
From pollution to solution
A low cost catalysts transform carbon dioxide gas into valuable building blocks for organic synthesis
Chemists are helping to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions, which...
Brazil Outpaces All Other Countries in Reducing Global Warming Emissions
Brazil announced yesterday that it reduced tropical rainforest destruction to another record low level. The country’s National Institute for Space Research found that the...
“Dry Water” Could Help Fight Global Warming
An unusual substance, which resembles powdered sugar, known as "dry water," could provide a new way to absorb and store carbon dioxide as the...