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EIA Urges Japan not to use Bogus Carbon Offsets from Destruction of HFC-23

Environmental Investigation Agency, On April 19, 2013, the Japanese Cabinet approved the revision of its fluorocarbon regulations that will fundamentally change the way high global warming fluorocarbons are produced, used and disposed in Japan.

6 May 2013

Boreal Ecosystems will be Pushed North due to Climate Change

It’s difficult to imagine how a degree or two of warming will affect a location. Will it rain less? What will happen to the area’s vegetation?

6 May 2013

Economic Losses from Extreme Weather May Double by 2050

U.S. economic losses from extreme weather could at least double by 2050, according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory analysis published this month in the online edition of the journal Global Environmental Change.

29 Apr 2013

Global Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Linked to Changes in Terrestrial Temperature

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. Massive ice sheets grew across the Antarctic continent, major animal groups shifted, and ocean temperatures decreased by up to 5 degrees.

23 Apr 2013

Implementation of Climate Change Policy Accelerates over the Last Decade

The implementation of policy relevant to climate change, and its impact, accelerated markedly over the last decade, despite the slow pace of international climate negotiations, says Climate Policy Initiative in a new report, The Policy Climate.

16 Apr 2013

Increase in Absorption of CO2 Emissions by Oceans Causes Marine Algae to Become Bigger

A type of marine algae could become bigger as increasing carbon dioxide emissions are absorbed by the oceans, according to research led by scientists based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS).

16 Apr 2013

Thousand-Year Climate Reconstruction Provides New Insights into Environmental Change in Antarctica

A new 1000-year Antarctic Peninsula climate reconstruction shows that summer ice melting has intensified almost ten-fold, and mostly since the mid 20th Century. Summer ice melt affects the stability of Antarctic ice shelves and glaciers.

15 Apr 2013

Reductions in Four Specific Pollutants Could Slow Down Sea Level Rise

With coastal areas bracing for rising sea levels, new research indicates that cutting emissions of certain pollutants can greatly slow down sea level rise this century.

15 Apr 2013

Study Reveals Carbon Dioxide Removal Can Reduce Climate Protection Costs

According to the analysis, carbon dioxide removal could be used under certain requirements to alleviate the most costly components of mitigation, but it would not replace the bulk of actual emissions reductions.

15 Apr 2013

Era of Reduction in Greenhouse Gases Begins, Says Aalto University Professor

A clear change taking place in the energy consumption of Finnish households. According to Professor Raimo Lovio, Aalto University, there are many factors that point to a turn-around in the way that Finns consume energy.

11 Apr 2013