Urgent rethink required on Earth’s carbon-sinks, suggests study
In a new study that expands our understanding of how humans contribute to global warming, scientists have discovered that human…
Chinese tree planting reverses global forest loss
Although massive vegetation loss is still occurring in Asia and South America, an analysis of 20 years of satellite data…
Strangely, the loss of forests may actually be cooling the planet
An intriguing study from Yale University shows that large-scale forest losses over the last 150 years – largely through the…
Rising CO2 causing nutritional content of crops to fall
Field tests by University of California – Davis scientists have shown conclusively that rising levels of carbon dioxide inhibit plants’…
CO2 not to blame for global warming, claims new study that argues global cooling has already begun
Conventional thinking on climate change holds that human emissions of carbon dioxide have been the major contributor to global warming,…
Volcanoes keeping a lid on global warming
Climatologists in the U.S. say that dozens of active volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere have been offsetting about…
Warming climate supercharging parasite lifecycle
Schistocephalus solidus, a parasitic worm that infects fish, has been found to grow much more rapidly at higher temperatures, alarming…
Climatologists ponder Earth’s missing heat
Astonishingly, climatologists can’t account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on the Earth…
Meat and dairy consumption link to global warming questioned
Public awareness campaigns such as “Meatless Mondays” and Europe’s “Less Meat = Less Heat” are scientifically inaccurate, says a researcher…
Insects The Likely Winners From Warming Climate
Fifty-five million years ago, the Earth experienced a rapid jump in global carbon dioxide levels that raised temperatures across the…
That’s Cool: A Flotilla Of Parasols In Space
Climate change and global warming tend to be thought of as relatively slow processes when measured on the human time-scale.…
Global Warming Could Mean Less Sunshine
For forty years scientists have observed a 1.3% per decade decline in the amount of sun reaching the Earth’s surface.…