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Innovation in spectroscopy could improve greenhouse gas detectionWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2013 Detecting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could soon become far easier with the help of an innovative technique* developed by a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have overcome an issue preventing the effective use of lasers to rapidly scan samples. The team, which recently published its findings in the journal Nature Photonics, says the technique also could work for other jobs that require gas detection, including the search for hidden explosive ... read more |
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 Innovation in spectroscopy could improve greenhouse gas detection Study provides insight into nesting behavior of dinosaurs UC Santa Barbara scientist studies methane levels in cross-continent drive Safer, more environmentally friendly flame retardant with first-of-its-kind dual effects Keeping fruit, vegetables and cut flowers fresh longer Using earthquake sensors to track endangered whales | .. |
 World's melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise While 99 percent of Earth's land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world's glaciers contributed just as much to sea rise as the two ice sheets comb ... more | .. |
 Urbanization and surface warming in eastern China A recent study indicated that the urbanization in eastern China has significant impact on the observed surface warming and the temporal-spatial variations of urbanization effect have been comprehens ... more | .. |
 Historic carbon peak soon to become global average: WMO After seeing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere surpass a historic threshold last week, the world should brace for the new peak level to soon become the global annual average, the World Meteorological Organization warned Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 After cold winter, fewer Americans believe in global warming After the cold winter of 2012-13, the percentage of Americans who believe global warming is occurring has dropped 7 points since last fall, a poll indicates. ... more |
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 Warming to hit half of plants, a third of animals More than half of common species of plants and a third of animal species are likely to see their living space halved by 2080 on current trends of carbon emissions, a climate study said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 China's growing, sprawling cities said causing climate changes Urbanization in eastern China has a significant impact on the observed surface warming that plays an essential role in regional climate change, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 World in 'new danger zone': UN on CO2 record The world has entered a "new danger zone" with levels of Earth-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere never experienced by humankind, the UN's climate chief warned Monday. ... more | .. |
 Historic greenhouse gas level sparks calls for action The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, US monitors announced Friday, sparking new calls for action to scale back greenhouse gases. ... more |
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 Organic vapors affect clouds leading to previously unidentified climate cooling University of Manchester scientists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, have shown that natural emissions and manmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on the world's clim ... more | .. |
 Merkel calls for redoubling of efforts to reach climate change treaty German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week called for a redoubling of efforts to forge a new U.N. agreement on climate change by 2015. ... more | .. |
 Pacific's Marshall Islands facing drought emergency A drought has left areas of the Marshall Islands facing "dire" water shortages with aid agencies scrambling to ship relief to affected communities, officials in the Pacific nation said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Aid agency sounds alarm over Pacific islands' drought Aid agency the International Organization for Migration sounded the alarm Tuesday over a drought in the Marshall Islands, one of the world's remotest ocean communities, warning that thousands of people were at risk. ... more |
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 Plants moderate climate warming As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to research from IIASA and the University of Helsinki. The new study, published in Nature Ge ... more | .. |
Inaction on global warming 'not an option': Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Monday that in the quest for binding international emissions targets to fight global warming, doing nothing is "not an option". ... more | .. |
 The politics of climate change U.S. residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of whether they are Republican or Democrat, accord ... more | .. |
 China becoming global climate change leader: study China is rapidly assuming a global leadership role on climate change alongside the United States, a new study said Monday, but it warned greenhouse gas emissions worldwide continue to rise strongly. ... more |
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 Team Wins Cubesat Berth to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars Activity Continues On the Sun NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System Ready For Flight Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan | .. |
China a leader in fight on climate change? China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is demonstrating leadership in the fight against climate change, a new report says. ... more | .. |
 Ireland: EU consensus exists for setting 2030 greenhouse gas targets There is a consensus among European energy and environment chiefs backing new 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets, Irish Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte says. ... more | .. |
 Geochemical method finds links between terrestrial climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide Nearly thirty-four million years ago, the Earth underwent a transformation from a warm and high-carbon dioxide "greenhouse" state to a lower-CO2, variable climate of the modern "icehouse" world. Mas ... more | .. |
 Earth's current warmth not seen in the last 1,400 years or more Fueled by industrial greenhouse gas emissions, Earth's climate warmed more between 1971 and 2000 than during any other three-decade interval in the last 1,400 years, according to new regional temper ... more |
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 Regional insights set latest study of climate history apart As climate studies saturate scientific journals and mainstream media, with opposing viewpoints quickly squaring off in reaction and debate, new findings can easily be lost in the noise. But in ... more | .. |
Late 20th century was warmest in 1,400 years Earth was cooling until the end of the 19th century and a hundred years later, the planet's surface was on average warmer than at any time in the previous 1,400 years, according to climate records presented on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 U.S. drought extent below 50 percent for first time in months The area of the contiguous United States in moderate drought or worse has fallen below 50 percent for the first time in 10 months, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Lawrence Livermore scientists discover new materials to capture methane Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and UC Berkeley and have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the atm ... more |
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