environment

Newly discovered greenhouse gas '7,000 times more powerful than CO2'

Posted in Science on 11th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

Perfluorotributylamine is an unregulated, long-living industrial chemical that breaks all records for potential climate impacts.

Trillions of tons of fresh water under ocean's continental shelf

Posted in Featured, Science on 8th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

The discovery comes as United Nations estimates suggest water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of the population of the world over the last century.

Even If Emissions Stop, Carbon Dioxide Could Warm Earth for Centuries

Posted in Science on 2nd Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

The carbon dioxide already in Earth's atmosphere could continue to warm our planet for hundreds of years.

The Subarctic Lakes Of Canada Are Drying Up

Posted in Science on 29th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

At a rate unseen in 200 years.

New species of wild cat identified in Brazil

Posted in Science on 28th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

A new species of wild cat has been identified in South America by using molecular markers, researchers claim.