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Overpopulation is the World's Worst Environmental Problem

Scientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ranked a crowded planet as the biggest problem we face, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources

19 Apr 2009

Health and Welfare of the Public Threatened by Greenhouse Gases

After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare

19 Apr 2009

Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Would Save Arctic Ice and Reduce Sea Level Rise

he impact of global warming can be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to an NCAR-led study. The most dangerous potential aspects of climate change, including massive losses of Arctic ice and significant sea-level rise, could be partially avoided

16 Apr 2009

Green Earth Book Award Winners to be Announced This Week

The Green Earth Book Award is the nation’s first prize to laud environmentally-friendly literature for children and young adults. The 2009 recipients are saluted during the Children's and Young Adult Literature Festival at Salisbury University on Wednesday, April 15

14 Apr 2009

Algae Genes Show How Carbon Is Managed in the World's Oceans

Scientists have decoded genomes of two algal strains, highlighting the genes enabling them to capture carbon and maintain its delicate balance in the oceans

14 Apr 2009

Ozone Layer Recovery to be Uneven Duet o Climate Change and Atmospheric Circulation

Earth's ozone layer should eventually recover from the destruction caused by the use of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting chemicals. But new research suggests the ozone layer of the future is unlikely to look much like the past because greenhouse gases are changing the dynamics of the atmosphere

14 Apr 2009

California Climate Change Experts to Discuss Global Warming at Science Summit

Scripps to host leading state experts on wildfires, water supply, sea-level rise and societal and economic impacts of climate change

13 Apr 2009

Sundarbans Inslanders Use Technology to Protect Against Climate Change Threats of Rising Sea Levels and Cyclones

The 20,000 residents of tiny, vulnerable Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans are using technology to protect themselves from climate change-related threats – including deadly cyclones and rising sea levels – now impacting more and more severely upon them

13 Apr 2009

The Mathematics of Climate Change

Kenneth Golden, an expert in mathematical models of percolation in sea ice, is a leader in the international effort to model polar climate dynamics and has brought a new level of rigor and precision to this area of research. A forthcoming article describes the mathematics he and collaborators have developed to study sea ice

13 Apr 2009

Sustainability and Global Climate Change The Main Themes of Earthstock Festival

Earthstock, Stony Brook University’s 8th annual week long awareness-raising celebration of Earth Day, kicks off at 10 am on Friday, April 17 with a full day of entertainment, food, refreshments, environmentally-oriented activities and visual displays situated all around the Academic Mal

13 Apr 2009