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Methane emissions expected to soar as Earth warms
Posted in Featured, Science on 30th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
Methane, already the third most abundant greenhouse gas, has roughly 30 times the heat-trapping potency of CO2.
Scientists to climate change skeptics: Get real
Posted in Featured, Science on 27th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
Much of the extreme weather that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe and the Pacific region last year can be blamed on human-induced climate change:
Damning study blames BP oil spill for heart defects in fish
Posted in Science on 26th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists find evidence of Deepwater Horizon's potentially lethal effect on commercial fish species.
NASA-funded study: industrial civilization headed for 'irreversible collapse'?
Posted in Science on 16th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
Natural and social scientists develop new model of how 'perfect storm' of crises could unravel global system.
Europe-wide flood losses to 'increase four fold' by 2050
Posted in Science on 3rd Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
According to the most accurate model yet developed, flood damage losses across Europe are expected to increase four fold by 2050.