Copper clusters could revolutionize CO2 capture and turn it into fuel to boot
The chemical reactions used to make methanol from carbon dioxide rely on a catalyst to speed up the conversion, and ...
Tag: global warming
We’re halfway past the dangerous 2 °C warming limit set by the UN, and it’s only 2015
Boy, was this year a scorcher! Well, what can I say, apart from get ready for more. According to an ...
Global Scientists Shocked by True Scale of Ocean Warming
When talking about global warming, we often tend to think about droughts, water shortage and desertification. But we must not ...
Climate change will raise sea levels by 20 feet – and this is no surprise
The media is abuzz with disturbing headlines, warning us that even reduced levels of global warming will cause massive sea ...
Warming oceans could destroy corals in the Pacific and Atlantic, researchers warn
Coral populations are crucial to the health of oceanic environments, but corals are also extremely vulnerable to changing conditions. Researchers ...
Dangers of global warming to marine life and ecosystems reiterated in new report
A team led by scientists at University of British Columbia highlights the impacts of climate change on the world's oceans ...
Coral breeding may help reefs survive global warming
Coral reefs are as important to oceanic ecosystems as they are vulnerable to global warming and ocean acidification. Coral reefs are ...
Rising oceans and sinking bread: how climate change might ruin loaves
A research group working at the Australian Grains Free Air CO₂ Enrichment facility (AgFace) in Victoria is studying the effect ...
Scientists unravel mystery of Greenland lakes: they’re sinking
Geoscientists have finally unraveled one of Greenland's long-standing mysteries: how billions of gallons of water can drain in a matter ...
The 2C global warming goal may be buried in Paris
The plan for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP21, was to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement ...
Everest glaciers might be gone thanks to global warming, new study concludes
A new study shows once again that no place on Earth is safe from the effects of climate change. Even ...
Global warming has never looked so beautiful: Glowing plankton in Tasmania
Tasmania's Derwent River has put on a garb of surreal blue these past few nights as blooms of bioluminescent plankton ...
Global Warming responsible for more extreme weather, yet another research concludes
The rate of global warming varies from year to year, and climate change deniers try to take advantage of this ...
Dutch citizens sue the government over human rights for lack of action against climate change
Some 900 Dutch citizens have banded together and filled a lawsuit against the Dutch government over human rights, citing the ...
Repeat Photography From the 1920s and Now Shows Incredible Glacier Retreat
Repeat photography (or rephotography) is a technique in which photographs are taken repeatedly at a site to see how it ...
Florida employee forced to leave of absence and called a ‘nut’ for mentioning ‘climate change’
Barton Bibler, a long time employee of Florida's environmental protection department, was forced by his boss to take a leave ...
Republicans want NASA to stop studying the Earth
Leading climate change denier U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has had enough of NASA studying our planet: he wants NASA ...
Huge Antarctica Glacier might melt much faster than previously believed
Researchers from NASA, Imperial College in London and Texas University have discovered two seafloor troughs that allow warm ocean water ...
Florida officials banned from using words like “climate change” or “global warming” in public
In Florida, some have already found a solution to climate change: just ignore the damn thing! According to a outrageous ...
Ocean oscillation patterns explain global warming ‘hiatus’
One of the prime arguments climate change skeptics throw about is how surface temperatures have remained more or less constant ...
Leading Climate Denier and Harvard Scientist Took $1.2 Million Bribe From Oil Companies
Wei-Hock Soon, an aerospace engineer and a part-time employee at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is one of the few ...
How climate change will shape New York City in the next 100 years
The most populated city in the United States is already experiencing its fair share of floods, hurricanes and heat waves, ...
Time Lapse Video Shows Glacier Retreat
Fox Glacier is one of the most spectacular sights in New Zealand, receiving on average over 1,000 visits every day. ...
Ocean Warming is Off the Charts
The big news in climate is that 2014 is the hottest year on record - but the bigger picture is ...
Pope Francis to release Climate Change Encyclical urging action against climate change
Pope Francis, well on his way on becoming the most popular and moderate pope in recent history, is preparing to ...
What countries are most at risk from climate change – now mapped
Rising sea levels, droughts, extreme weather, wildfires - these are just a few of the consequences of global warming. The ...
It’s official: 2014 hottest year on record – all without the help of El Niño
At the beginning of the year, ZME Science reported 2014 was the 18th straight year to have surpassed average 20th-century ...
Republican voters shift their stance against Climate Change, yet those in Congress lag behind
Republican voters, not to mention those in power, are notorious for their refutal of man-made climate change, yet according to ...
2014 was the 18th year straight warmer than the average in US, probably warmest yet worldwide
Right now the US is struggling with bone numbing chill, so it might be hard to digest this latest news: ...
Oceans soak less carbon due to global warming
Since the mid-XIXth century average global temperatures have risen by ~0.8 degrees Centigrade, yet this figure would have been much ...
Finland is warming twice as fast than the rest of the planet
Finnish researchers analyzed meteorological data gathered over the past 166 years and found the country's average monthly temperatures have increased ...
Shrimps become less tastier as a result of climate change
The effects of climate change on food stock quality is well documented, yet a new study suggests that climate change ...
New process turns CO2 into alcohol using enzymes
We've previously told you how our ancestors' adaptation to metabolizing alcohol which first happened some 10 million years ago may ...
Australia might set the stage for failed climate change talks in Paris next year
Australia's Abbott government has been accused of intentionally taking measures that might lead to an international greenhouse gas emission target ...
Record drought shows mind blowing change in Colorado River
Lake Powell is at historic lows, and while for kayakers it may be a great opportunity to explore channels, it raises ...
CO2 never looked this beautiful: NASA show how greenhouse gases swirl the globe [VIDEO]
NASA released a video that helps us visualize where the major CO2 emission hotspots are and how the greenhouse gas travels and ...
Twice as many lightnings expected by 2100 as a result of global warming
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley, have devised a model that projects how ...
World’s largest polluters, China and US, agree to cut emissions in historic agreement
President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to sign a deal that will see the US nearly double its ...
Melting Arctic has Doubled the Risk of Extreme Winters in Europe and Asia
The most complex computer simulation of its kind to date suggests that melting Arctic ice is significantly contributing to extreme ...
Scientists revive 700 year old virus to see if it still “works”
Scientists have resurrected a 700 year old virus form Canadian permafrost and showed that even after several centuries of lumbering, ...
EU commits to 40% less CO2 by 2030, yet Ambitions fall Short
Friday morning, EU leaders finally reached an agreement for its 2030 energy target - member states have all agreed to ...
NASA confirms there’s a huge cloud of methane over southwest US
A cloud of methane gas about the size of Delaware was detected over the Four Corners area of the American southwest ...
Ocean Abyss hasn’t Warmed – Where’s All The Heat?
The ocean abyss hasn't warmed significantly since 2005, according to a new NASA study, further deepening the mystery of why global ...
Australia’s 2013 Heat Waves linked to Man-made Climate Change, 5 Studies Conclude
Australia went through two almost unbearable consecutive summers. Of course, Australia is a naturally hot country, but the temperatures were ...
Natural gas does little to curb emissions and mitigate climate change
Coal fired power plant in Germany. US policymakers are considering substituting coal for natural gas by 2030 to tackle the ...
Eric Schmidt: ALEC is lying about climate change and funding them was a mistake
Environmental groups were outraged when Google announced in 2013 that it would fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a well ...
World deforestation surprisingly results in net cooling effect
Photo: Altar Places In the 1950s rainforests covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% ...
Failing carbon policies: we’re seeing the largest carbon emissions increase in 30 years
Image: Sustainability Ninja U.N. scientists released a report in which they conclude man-made carbon emissions released between 2012 and 2013 were ...
Coal plant receives EPA approval to inject carbon emissions underground
Photo: Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued the first ever permit that will allow a coal ...
Ozone-depleting chemicals still spewed in atmosphere despite international ban
NASA reports significant quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals are still leaching into the atmosphere despite an international ban signed by all ...
