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Scientist offers better ways to engineer Earthâ€s climate to prevent global warming

September 8th, 2010 | No Comments

A University of Calgary climate scientist has said that there may be better ways to engineer the planet”s climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes. “Releasing engineered nano-sized disks, or sulphuric acid in a condensable vapour above the Earth, are two novel approaches. These approaches offer advantages over simply putting sulphur dioxide gas [...]

Time running out on climate change accord

December 18th, 2009 | No Comments

Copehagen: Hours before the world leaders will arrive for the Copenhagen summitâ€™s final day, negotiators from about 30 countries in Denmark have worked on an outline draft accord regarding the climate change.

The draft is expected to call for preventing global temperatures from going up more than 2.0 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times.
Many world leaders [...]

Climate talks still unclear and there is confusion

December 16th, 2009 | No Comments

New Delhi: With only three days to go before arriving at an outcome on climate change, global talks on climate change still lack clarity and could even break down over “serious” outstanding issues, says India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh.

“There is confusion and lack of clarity at this stage,” Ramesh said. “There could be breakdown on [...]

Copenhagen summit having to deal with various issues

November 26th, 2009 | No Comments

Beijing: December’s Copenhagen summit is all set to tackle global warming, but talks have been hobbled by a rift between developed and developing nations over who should cut emissions, by how much, and who should pay for it.
The Danish government, host of the talks, has proposed that the world delay a legally binding agreement until [...]

In conversation with Jeffrey Sachs

July 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Leading economist and director of Earth Institute discusses aid and global warming

To Copenhagen, via the Arctic

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

An expedition to gather global warming data ahead of the climate summit

Fish Are Shrinking In Response To Global Warming

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

CHICAGO (AFP) — Fish have lost half their average body mass and smaller species are making up a larger proportion of European fish stocks as a result of global warming, a study published Monday has found.

Energy Inspectors: The New Green Superheroes?

July 18th, 2009 | No Comments

Climate scientists and architects say that no single policy change could do more to save energy over the long run — and reduce the nation’s contribution to global warming — than building codes that make saving energy the law.

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Katrina concerned about global warming