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Posts Tagged ‘intergovernmental panel on climate change’

Snakes struggle to keep pace with climate

Steve Hinnefeld-Indiana - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:44

Rattlesnakes have shifted their range only 2.3 meters a year for the past 320,000 years—far too slowly to adapt to climate change projected for 2100. (Credit: Clinton & Charles Robertson / Wikimedia Commons) INDIANA U. (US) — Over the next cen...

Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications

The Environmentalist - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 16:54

James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Pushker Kharecha, Karina von Schuckmann Improving observations of ocean temperature confirm that Earth is absorbing more energy from the sun than it is radiating to space as heat, even during the recent solar minimum. This ...

Greenland ice sheet flow driven by short-term weather extremes, not gradual warming, research reveals

ScienceDaily: Weather News - Thursday, December 9, 2010 14:00

Sudden changes in the volume of meltwater contribute more to the acceleration -- and eventual loss -- of the Greenland ice sheet than the gradual increase of temperature, according to a new study.

Jump in coal use pushes emissions to all-time high

World Weather Post - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 22:08

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting ...

Six ways to save the world: scientists compile list of climate change clinchers

World Weather Post - Sunday, March 15, 2009 15:21

The Guardian reported last week that "scientists at the international congress in Copenhagen have prepared a summary statement ...


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