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Ocean Currents and Their Role in Transporting Carbon Dioxide and Dampening Climate Change

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is responsible for transporting a substantial fraction of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, thereby effectively damping the rate of global warming

24 Nov 2008

"Green" Electricity to Help Meet 2050 UK Carbon Emissions Target

Extensive use of low-carbon "green" electricity could help the UK dramatically cut its carbon emissions by 2050, say the leaders of a new research programme to be announced this week at Imperial College London....

24 Nov 2008

Understanding Why Maple Leaves Change Colour May Give Tourism Protection Against Climate Change

Two University of Vermont research groups are asking: why do leaves go red? The ecology and mechanisms are still unknown. The question has economic urgency since climate change may make New England's bright leaf season go dull, drying up the flow of tourists and their wallets

23 Nov 2008

South Eastern USA Water to be More Variable and Unreliable

A new report from National Wildlife Federation offers the latest scientific research on global warming and water supplies, competition for resources, demographic factors, and how to better prepare for managing the region’s water availability challenges

23 Nov 2008

Alien Worms Threaten to Destroy Forests

Forests that evolved without native earthworms now face the invasion of European earthworms from agriculture and fishing. Ripple effects could include carbon sequestration and climate change

23 Nov 2008

Thousands of e-Cards Sent to Greek PM Asking for Climate Change Action

More than 3,000 Greek citizens have responded to a WWF call over the past four days by sending their Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis, a WWF e-card asking him to take an active part in the global efforts to fight climate change

23 Nov 2008

Black Carbon Analysis Suggests Global Warming Predictions are Overestimated

A detailed analysis of black carbon -- the residue of burned organic matter -- in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions

23 Nov 2008

Earthwatch Ramps up Climate Change Efforts

Earthwatch has released updates to 3 recent initiatives to fight climate change, its Beat the Heat Climate Change Campaign, Live from the Field teacher program and a new element to the HSBC Climate Partnership - designed to implement sustainable practices in businesses and local communities

23 Nov 2008

NASA Studies Lakes as Global Warming Hot Spots

Through a NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)-funded expedition, 17 researchers are studying high-altitude lakes in Chile and Bolivia hoping to find conditions relative to what was on Mars 3.5 billion years ago

23 Nov 2008

Students Learn About Conservation and Climate Change Without Contributing to Global Warming

College students and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service professionals are learning together this semester in a course on conservation and global climate change at Indiana University Bloomington. And, through the use of innovative technology, they are doing so in a way that doesn’t contribute to climate change

23 Nov 2008