A study reported in the Nature journal by a team of polar scientists from France, Australia and the United Kingdom has provided new insights into climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula region and the possible reasons for the collapse of its ice shelves.
Researchers from the University of Bonn’s Steinmann-Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology in conjunction with Israel’s Geological Service and German Research Center for Geosciences have been able to deduce the climatic conditions of the Dead Sea over the last 10,000 years by studying the fossilized pollen present in soil samples obtained by drilling for 21 m in the west bank of the Dead Sea at the oasis Ein Gedi.
Michael Fish, a 68 year old British TV weatherman associated with BBC, completed a BASE jump in association with Rapanui Clothing to create awareness on climate change. Michael Fish trained with qualified urban BASE jumpers in order to successfully complete the freefall jump. A parachute was used to land.
Increasing industrial activity is deteriorating air quality and posing a major health risk. The WHO estimates that annually 1.3 million deaths occur due to urban outdoor air pollution. If emissions continue at the present levels, then by 2050, most of the people in the world will be affected by unhealthy air quality. In order to address this drastic deterioration of worldwide air quality, effective new government policies and action has to be undertaken.
While experts discuss whether extreme weather conditions, for instance this summer’s rainfall can be elucidated by climate change, geographers from University of Leicester are exploring whether extreme weather affects climate change or not.
Panzaworx, cc is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a participant in the prestigious Second Annual Viridis Africa Clean Technology business and investment matchmaking conference to be held at the exclusive Killarney Country Club in Lower Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa on the 16th and 17th October 2012.
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have shown the economic and chemical feasibility for extracting CO2 directly from air. They utilized new adsorbent materials in the novel method to capture CO2.
A study conducted by an international research team headed by Lounès Chickhi, a CNRS researcher and a ground leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, has raised questions about the general version that tropical ecosystem destruction is mainly caused by human activity. The study findings propose for reconsideration of the effect of local people on their environment.
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) have released their annual report on ‘Trends in global CO2 emissions.’
Nature Climate Change has recently published a research report highlighting how water systems in the humid tropical areas are on the brink of rapid change that will endanger the people of the area because of the risk of contamination of drinking water sources and floods.
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