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Analysis of Global Fire Risk Shows Big, Fast Changes Ahead
Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the...
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Nations at Odds on Rio+20 Earth Summit
The final round of negotiations leading up to next week’s Rio+20 summit begins with countries very much at odds...
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Volcanic Eruptions Could Damage Ozone Layer
Ozone-depleting gases from an eruption in a volcanically active region of Central America could thin Earth’s ozone layer for...
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New Holey Material Soaks Up CO2
UK researchers have developed a porous material that can preferentially soak up CO2 from the atmosphere. NOTT-202 is a...
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Human Fingerprints on Ocean Warming Detected
Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet’s oceans, confirms a new computer...
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Climate ‘Time Machine’ Tests Future CO2 Levels
A climate time machine has been erected in Australia. The contraption, comprised of several nine-story-tall frames with pipes that...
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Sustainability: The Corporate Climate Overhaul
There is an understandable tendency to put problems of the ‘global commons’— climate change or biodiversity loss, for instance...
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Rio+20 Earth Summit: Leaked Draft Reveals Conflict Among Countries
The latest draft text that 180 governments are expected to sign up to at the end of the Rio+20...
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Astonishing Algal Bloom Found in Arctic
NASA scientists say they’ve made a discovery in the Arctic Ocean ‘as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest...
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Earth Suffers From CO2 Allergy
About 12 million years ago, Earth wasn’t sensitive to carbon dioxide ups and downs. But like seasonal allergies that...