Earth-cooling schemes need global sign-off, researchers say World’s most vulnerable people need protection from huge and unintended impacts of radical geoengineering projects Share116 inShare.7 Email Ian Sample, science correspondent The Guardian, Sunday 31 March 2013 17.59 BST Grimsvotn volcano erupts in Iceland in 2011. Solar radiation management schemes spray particles into the atmosphere to simulate Continue Reading →
Doubling down on our Faustian bargain Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:11 PM PDT Intro note: NASA’s James Hansen and colleagues Pushker Kharecha and Makiko Sato have a new paper, “Climate forcing growth rates: doubling down on our Faustian bargain,” in the current issue of Environmental Research Letters. They have also summarised their findings in an Continue Reading →
Mega volcanoes may have killed half of Earth’s species The eruptions would also have released large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, causing global warming. By Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Fri, Mar 22 2013 at 9:51 AM Related Topics: Extinction, Natural Disasters, Volcanoes In Clifton, New Jersey, a massive lava flow (black rock on Continue Reading →
Big melt expected for Canadian Arctic glaciers Scientists used computer models to predict how the glaciers would respond to future climate change, and the results were not reassuring. By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Thu, Mar 07 2013 at 5:50 PM Related Topics: Arctic, Climate Change, Glaciers, Global Warming Scientists work on the ice in the Arctic Continue Reading →
Critical report on bushfire crisis ABCUpdated March 31, 2013, 12:29 pm tweet4 Email Print Video Player Controls Play Mute Volume Down Volume Up Seek Back 5 seconds Seek Forward 5 seconds Next Video Open Info Open Hotkey Menu Properties damaged in fierce bushfire It’s feared up 12 properties have been destroyed by a bushfire which Continue Reading →
North Korea entering ‘state of war’ against South Korea Date March 30, 2013 – 3:20PM 151 reading now Read later Zoom in on this story. Explore all there is to know. South Korea North Korea South Korea-US Pyongyang . inShare. Pin It submit to reddit Email article Print . This photo taken and released by Continue Reading →