Category Archives: Research

Earth ‘heading for 6C’ of warming

by Richard Black http://news.bbc.co.uk Average temperatures across the world are on course to rise by up to 6C without urgent action to curb CO2 emissions, according a new analysis. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Research | Tagged | Leave a comment

US Consumers Least Worried About Climate Change

The United States of America is the nation least concerned about climate change according to a new survey. The HSBC Climate Confidence Monitor polled consumers from 12 nations – Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Research | Tagged , | 2 Comments

By 2050, 25m more children will go hungry as climate change leads to food crisis

by Suzanne Goldenberg http://www.guardian.co.uk Twenty-five million more children will go hungry by the middle of this century as climate change leads to food shortages and soaring prices for staples such as rice, wheat, maize and soya beans, a report says … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Research | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Australia’s koalas are ‘dying of stress’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk Koalas live in the rolling hills and flat plains where eucalyptus trees grow, because they need the leaves for both food and water. But as people move in, koalas are finding themselves with fewer trees, researchers have said. The … Continue reading

Posted in Research | Tagged | Leave a comment

Giant fish ‘verges on extinction’

by Jody Bourton http://news.bbc.co.uk One of the world’s largest freshwater fish is on the verge of going extinct. A three-year quest to find the giant Chinese paddlefish in the Yangtze river failed to sight or catch a single individual. That … Continue reading

Posted in Research | Tagged | Leave a comment

Third World population controls won’t save climate, study claims

by Ben Webster http://www.timesonline.co.uk The population explosion in poor countries will contribute little to climate change and is a dangerous distraction from the main problem of over-consumption in rich nations, a study has found. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Research, Sustainability | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Met Office warns of catastrophic global warming in our lifetimes

by David Adam http://www.guardian.co.uk • Study says 4C rise in temperature could happen by 2060 • Increase could threaten water supply of half world population Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Research, Surveys | Tagged | Leave a comment

Ancient glaciers are disappearing faster than ever

by Michael McCarthy http://www.independent.co.uk Satellite laser measurements show change in environment for the first time. Melting ice is pouring off Greenland and Antarctica into the sea far faster than was previously realised because of global warming, new scientific research reveals … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Research | Tagged | Leave a comment

Scientists Outline ‘Safe Operating Space’ For Humanity

Adapted from materials provided by University of California – Santa Barbara http://www.sciencedaily.com New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century, according to a group of … Continue reading

Posted in Research, Sustainability | Tagged | Leave a comment

Earth experiment could buy precious time

by Alan Gadian http://news.bbc.co.uk As the UK’s Royal Society prepares to publish its conclusions on whether geo-engineering can help combat climate change, physicist Alan Gadian argues that geo-engineering techniques, in particular cloud whitening, must be properly tested – and soon. … Continue reading

Posted in Climate Change, Research | Tagged | Leave a comment