In a new research, scientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), Canada, have shown that global warming can actually change the molecular structure of organic matter in soil.
“Soil contains more than twice the amount of carbon than does the atmosphere, yet, until now, scientists haven’t examined this significant carbon pool closely,” said [...]
A new research has suggested that the changes in sea level will affect the salinity of estuaries, which influences aquatic life, fishing and recreation.
The research was done by researchers from Penn State University and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, who are studying the Chesapeake Bay to see how changes in [...]
Canada’s Conservative government, shifting positions in the wake of Barack Obama’s election as U.S. president, said on Wednesday that it would work to develop a North America-wide cap-and-trade system to limit emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Conservatives, who walked away from the Kyoto protocol on climate change after taking power in 2006, have until now focused [...]
A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor are among the wonders discovered by researchers compiling a massive census of marine life.
“We are [...]
European Union leaders were deeply divided on Thursday over calls by Poland, Italy and other countries to dilute and delay an ambitious programme to fight global warming to take account of the looming economic downturn.
On the second and final day of the bloc’s summit in Brussels, the leaders were expected to confirm their approval of [...]
The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir’s screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.
The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers’ crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card inserted in his collar sent rangers a [...]
Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies could be damaged or wiped out if global temperatures are allowed to climb by more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a report released on Wednesday.
A two degree hike would threaten 50 percent of breeding grounds of emperor penguins, and 75 percent of Adelie [...]
The past decade in the northern hemisphere was the hottest in 1,300 years, scientists said.
The research was based on the makeup of corals, sediment and ice. Information on tree rings was not included in the research; otherwise the past decade would have been called the hottest in past 1,700 years.
Global surface temperatures have increased about [...]
The ozone hole is larger in 2008 than the previous year but is not expected to reach the size seen two years ago, the World Meteorological Organisation said Tuesday.
“In 2008, the ozone hole appeared relatively late. However, during the last couple of weeks it has grown rapidly and has now passed the maximum size attained [...]
At 13:00 hrs Indian Standard Time (07:30 hrs GMT) on Wednesday, international physicists at a vast underground complex near Geneva, Switzerland launched an experiment that many believe will lead to the end of the world! The 20-year project, under which the ‘Big Bang’ would be re-enacted to try to explain the birth of the universe [...]