That’s been the question looming over the the UN climate summit in Lima, Peru, the last two weeks, as negotiators from 195 countries have tried to hammer out a draft climate change agreement. The conference comes on the heels of recent optimism about the possibility of a global deal, thanks to a November agreement on emissions […]
More than a third of all of the food that’s produced on our planet never reaches a table. It’s either spoiled in transit or thrown out by consumers in wealthier countries, who typically buy too much and toss the excess. This works out to roughly 1.3 billion tons of food, worth nearly $1 trillion at […]
They were climate change “winners,” the authors write. About 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, the retreating ice exposed expanses of bare ground that the penguins could build nests on, allowing them to expand their populations. This historical perspective is helping researchers to understand the penguins’ current situation in western Antarctica. (See “West Antarctic Glaciers Collapsing, Adding […]
So why is Antarctica is not warming as much as other continents, and why are there more droughts in southern Australia? According to new Antarctic ice core research published in Nature Climate Change, rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are intensifying the Southern Ocean winds, which are known to deliver rain to southern Australia, but […]
Climate change and pollution are hand in hand, but we often forget the increasing warnings we have about how our emissions are acidifying the waters around us. In theory, acidity has no obvious effect on fish. The effects however seem to be on behaviour, which is hard to evaluate. Using some natural “seeps” of carbon […]
The Commissioners want a binding target to reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 1990 levels. Renewables will need to provide 27% of EU energy by 2030, but while the target will be binding at EU level there will be no mandatory targets for member states. The policy proposals are subject to review by heads of […]
The last 12 months have seen some important events and actions regarding climate change both globally as well as in Bangladesh. The article will review some of the key events and activities over the last year and point to important upcoming events. Science of climate change The most significant development on the science of climate […]
It’s there on a monitor: the forest is breathing. Late summer sunlight filters through a canopy of green as Steven Wofsy unlocks a shed in a Massachusetts woodland and enters a room stuffed with equipment and tangled with wires and hoses. The machinery monitors the vital functions of a small section of Harvard Forest in […]
DHAKA, 16 December 2008 (IRIN) – Bangladesh urgently needs support in developing a climate-resilient agriculture if its people are to survive and prosper in the long term, according to some experts. Climate change is affecting the country in many ways. For instance, rising sea levels are causing some agricultural land in coastal areas to become […]
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