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Scientists calculate our debt to the Earth

February 24, 2016

Scientists calculate our debt to the Earth Wheat crops on the Kansas High Plains in the US depend on aquifer water.   Image: James Watkins via Flickr Researchers in the US have found a way to put a monetary value on the multitude of vital services and assets we rely on nature to provide us cost-free. LONDON, 24 […]

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Oceans are heating up at the double

February 8, 2016

Oceans are heating up at the double The British survey ship HMS Challenger blazed an oceanic trail a century and a half ago. Image: William Frederick Mitchell via Wikimedia Commons Records from a sailing ship’s round-the-world research voyage almost 150 years ago provide further evidence that the Earth is continuing to warm unchecked. LONDON, 6 […]

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Renewables offer quick fix for US emissions

February 1, 2016

Renewables offer quick fix for US emissions A wind farm sprouts alongside the Interstate 10 road near Whitewater, California Image: Chuck Coker via Flicker Scientists say interstate energy “highways” would allow current wind and solar technologies to deliver electricity where and when it’s needed throughout the US. LONDON, 31 January, 2016 – The US could reduce greenhouse gas […]

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Cloud blanket warms up melting icecap

January 31, 2016

Cloud blanket warms up melting icecap Ominous clouds over the icecap near Kangerlussuaq in Western Greenland. Image: Nikolaj F. Rasmussen via Flickr New study shows that up to 30% of the Greenland icecap melting is due to cloud cover that is helping to raise temperatures − and accelerate sea level rise. LONDON, 30 January, 2016 – Researchers have […]

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Climate change slows onset of next ice age

January 18, 2016

Climate change slows onset of next ice age Relic of the last ice age: Jökulsárlón, one of Iceland’s glacial lakes Image: Kenneth Muir via Wikimedia Commons The planet’s inexorable warming means there will be no new ice age for at least the next 100,000 years, scientists say. LONDON, 18 January, 2016 – Human beings have not just […]

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Weather extremes slash cereal yields

January 10, 2016

Weather extremes slash cereal yields Wheat and other cereal crops in developed countries such as Australia have been decimated. Image: CSIRO via Wikimedia Commons Increasing intensity of heat and drought as a result of global warming may have caused worldwide cereal harvests to be cut by up to a tenth since the mid-1960s. LONDON, 8 January, 2016 – Climate […]

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More Droughts May Mean Less Power

January 8, 2016

More Droughts May Mean Less Power      The powerful flow of rivers such as the Columbia in Oregon, US, could be greatly reduced. (National Weather Service Forecast Office via Wikimedia Commons) LONDON—Climate change could threaten the electricity supply around the world, according to new calculations. That is because the power generation depends on a sure supply of water. […]

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