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Climate Change Will Drive Trees Northward - Ranges May Decrease Sharply

The most extensive and detailed study to date of 130 North American tree species concludes that expected climate change this century could shift their ranges northward by hundreds of kilometers and shrink the ranges by more than half.

3 Dec 2007

New Data Analysis Conclusive About Release Of CO2 From Peatland When Natural Swamp Forest Is Converted To Oil Palm Plantation

A new data analysis undertaken by Dr. Susan Page of the University of Leicester Department of Geography and colleagues involved in the EU-funded CARBOPEAT and RESTORPEAT projects shows conclusively that large amounts of carbon dioxide are released from peatland in Southeast Asia when it is converted from natural swamp forest to plantations of oil palm or pulpwood trees.

3 Dec 2007

Europe Plans to Accelerate Energy Technologies for a Low-Carbon Future

Energy technologies will be crucial to successfully fighting against climate change and securing world and European energy supply.

28 Nov 2007

Antarctic Drill Holes Go Deeper to Reveal Past Climate

A second season in Antarctica for the Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program has exceeded all expectations, according to the co-chief scientists of the program's Southern McMurdo Sound Project.

28 Nov 2007

Investment from Developed Countries Key in Fight Against Ecomigration

Climate change is the largest environmental change expected this century. It is likely to intensify droughts, storms and floods, which will undoubtedly lead to environmental migrations and potential conflicts in the areas migrated to.

27 Nov 2007

High Tech Environmental Monitoring in Swiss Alps

How can we prepare for the natural hazards that will result from environmental change? How can we predict the effect of climate change on the Alps and other regions of Switzerland? How can we assess whether the use of natural resources is sustainable? By bringing the way we measure and model the environment firmly into the 21st century.

27 Nov 2007

Storing Carbon Dioxide Deep Below Earth's Surface May Be The Answer

Storing carbon dioxide deep below the earth’s surface could be a safe, long-term solution to one of the planet’s major contributors to climate change.

27 Nov 2007

Environmentally Advanced Roofing System Tops Rohm and Haas Headquarters

Practicing what they preach has prompted specialty materials company Rohm and Haas to update the roof of their nine-story global headquarters with an advanced polymer elastomeric roof coating. The resulting energy savings and reported long life of the renovated 40,000 square foot roof are just part of the story.

26 Nov 2007

Are Current Projections of Climate Change-Impacts on Biodiversity Misleading?

This is the urgent question arising from the study "Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and amphibians", published in the journal Ecography.

22 Nov 2007

Connected Wind Farms More Cost Effective

Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists at Stanford University.

22 Nov 2007