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Nicole Heller provides an elevator-summary of Steven Chu’s buzz-worthy talk at Stanford University.… Read More
NATURE - Recent changes in the seasonal timing of biological events such as flowering and migration have been linked to warmer temperatures. Now a study shows that such seasonal shifts are becoming increasingly common in the UK and could wreak havoc across ecosystems as they disturb the delicate balance of nature.… Read More
CLIMATEWIRE - Biting bugs are buzzing northward and asthma has spread like a dust cloud, but there are deep divisions about how concerned health and life insurers should be about disease and death caused by climate change. … Read More
REUTERS - Farm experts plan to track down wild relatives of crops such as rice or wheat with traits that make them able to resist global warming in a project costing perhaps $50 million, a leading expert said on Tuesday.… Read More
AP - The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports. An international group, the InterAcademy Council, will be given complete control to review the rules, procedures and reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. … Read More
LONDON TIMES - Gribble, which resemble pink woodlice, plagued seafarers for centuries by boring through the planks of ships and destroying wooden piers. But now a team of British researchers has learnt that gribble have a gift for digesting wood not seen in any other animal… Read More
TIME - Popularly, China is a villain in climate change. But while China may be leading the world in carbon emissions, that output is in large part due to the fact that it is using energy to make clothes, cars and toys for the rest of us, a new study finds.… Read More
NEW SCIENTIST - How come a big ice age happened when carbon dioxide levels were high? It's a question climate sceptics often ask. But sometimes the right answer is the simplest: it turns out CO2 levels were not that high after all. … Read More
Charles David Keeling's measurements provided the significant evidence of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration
