Environment
Carbon release from ocean helped end the ice age
12 Feb 2015
Earliest evidence of large-scale human-produced air pollution in South America found
11 Feb 2015
Human impact on the environment was widespread even before the industrial revolution — in 1572 the Spanish introduced a new technology that boosted production many times over and sent thick clouds of lead dust rising over the Andes for the first time in history
West Antarctic melt rate has tripled: UC Irvine-NASA
02 Feb 2015
The total amount of loss averaged 83 gigatons per year (91.5 billion US tons). By comparison, Mt. Everest weighs about 161 gigatons, meaning the Antarctic glaciers lost a Mt.-Everest’s-worth amount of water weight every two years over the last 21 year
Estimated social cost of climate change not accurate, Stanford scientists say
By By Ker Than | 30 Jan 2015
The social cost of carbon dioxide emissions may not be $37 per ton, as estimated by a recent US government study, but $220 per ton
Toyota forced to replace car whose roof squirrels chewed up
29 Jan 2015
Going ‘green’ has its own problems - the owner of a new Toyota Aygo in Britain has complained that squirrels ate parts of his car because they were made from eco-friendly plastics
Climate change, N-threat push `Doomsday Clock' 3 minutes closer to Zero-hour
23 Jan 2015
The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists cited unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernisation as the basis for its decision to move the minute hand of the historic `Doomsday Clock' forward two minutes
“Doomsday Clock” minute hand to move again?
20 Jan 2015
Hazy road to Mecca
17 Jan 2015
Obama to announce new plans to regulate methane emissions: Reports
15 Jan 2015
President Obama hopes to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production by up to 45 per cent by 2025 from the levels recorded in 2012