Treating Oil Spills With Chemical Dispersants: Is the Cure Worse Than the Ailment? July 5, 2013 — Treating oil spills at sea with chemical dispersants is detrimental to European sea bass. A new study, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Valencia on July 6, suggests that although chemical dispersants may Continue Reading →
Limiting Global Warming Is Not Enough July 4, 2013 — So far, international climate targets have been restricted to limiting the increase in temperature. But if we are to stop the rising sea levels, ocean acidification and the loss of production from agriculture, CO2 emissions will have to fall even more sharply. Share This: 12 Continue Reading →
Ancient Jigsaw Puzzle of Past Supercontinent Revealed July 5, 2013 — A new study published today in the journal Gondwana Research, has revealed the past position of the Australian, Antarctic and Indian tectonic plates, demonstrating how they formed the supercontinent Gondwana 165 million years ago. Share This: 8 Researchers from Royal Holloway University, The Australian Continue Reading →
The Balancing Act of Producing More Food Sustainably July 5, 2013 — A policy known as sustainable intensification could help meet the challenges of increasing demands for food from a growing global population, argues a team of scientists in an article in the journal Science. Share This: 7 The goal of sustainable intensification is to Continue Reading →
Cost and severity of natural disasters is mounting Vancouver Sun July 6, 2013 2:08 AM Cautious scientists observe that one event cannot be definitive proof of a trend and that coincidence is not evidence of causality – the so-called smoking gun so often demanded or presented by conspiracy theorists of various stripes – yet a Continue Reading →
2C climate target is half of what is needed, say scientists Restricting global warming to a rise of 2C may be the wrong target, according to Swiss scientists Share 99 inShare4 Email Tim Radford for Climate News Network, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk, Saturday 6 July 2013 02.02 AEST To keep the planet Continue Reading →