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Oceans might take 1,000 years to recover from climate change
Posted in Featured, Science on 4th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
'We have to come to terms with the things that we are going to sacrifice if we do not reduce our greenhouse gas footprint.'
US makes climate pledge to UN
Posted in Business on 1st Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
The US has pledged to tackle climate change by cutting its carbon emissions 26-28% by 2025.
Global warming itself will likely accelerate warming
Posted in Featured, Science on 31st Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
A new study has confirmed the existence of a positive feedback operating in climate change.
Antarctic ice shelf thinning is speeding up
Posted in Featured, Science on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists have their best view yet of the status of Antarctica's floating ice shelves and they find them to be thinning at an accelerating rate.
Climate change does not cause extreme winters, experts say
Posted in Science on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Cold snaps like the ones in the past winters are not a consequence of climate change. Scientists have now shown that global warming tends to reduce temperature variability.