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New study proposes solution to long-running debate as to how stable the Earth system is

Researchers at the University of Southampton have proposed an answer to the long-running debate as to how stable the Earth system is. (2013-06-11)

A coupled numerical hydrodynamic water quality model of the river environment

Because of the combination of environmental change and economic and social development, there are new pressures on the development and use of water resources. (2013-06-10)

How do you feed 9 billion people?

An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production to feed a growing population - projected to reach 9 billion by mid-century - in the face of climate change. (2013-06-10)

Potentially 'catastrophic' changes underway in Canada's northern Mackenzie River Basin: report

Canada's Mackenzie River basin -- among the world's most important major ecosystems -- is poorly studied, inadequately monitored, and at serious risk due to climate change and resource exploitation, a panel of international scientists warn today. (2013-06-10)

Very berry study aims to improve wine quality

A gene expression study of grapevine berries grown in different Italian vineyards has highlighted genes that help buffer the plants against environmental change and may explain the different quality performances of grapevine when grown in different "terroirs". (2013-06-07)

Pollution in Northern Hemisphere helped cause 1980s African drought

Decades of drought in central Africa reached their worst point in the 1980s, causing Lake Chad, a shallow lake used to water crops in neighboring countries, to almost dry out completely. (2013-06-07)

New DNA test on roo poo identifies species

University of Adelaide researchers have developed a simple and cost-effective DNA test to identify kangaroo species from their droppings which will boost the ability to manage and conserve kangaroo populations. (2013-06-06)

Richard Alley on Greenland Part 1

Ok, let me apologize for the sound of my questions – I’m getting a second lavalier so that won’t happen again. That plus altitude induced hoarseness. I was interviewing Richard Alley at a conference in Colorado last week. This is part of what he said. More later. Filed under: Crock of the Week

Repost: 2012, the Year Climate Change Got Real.

Reposting. I liked this last night better than when I first made it. Filed under: Crock of the Week

Just Because. Shockwave from Volcanic Explosion on Webcam

You probably wouldn’t be lurking here if you didn’t think this was cool. Wired: Volcanism at Mexico’s Popocatépetl is highly punctuated, especially during its current level of activity where domes of lava grow in the summit crater. These domes occasionally collapse or are destroyed by explosions that can lessen the pressure on the magma beneath […]

Birds in Crosshairs of Climate Extinction

Windbaggers, my name for the fossil fueled fake “grassroots”, tea-party inspired, anti-science activists who oppose renewable energy development, like to talk about the “threat” posed to birds by wind energy. The first lie you have to believe is that the Koch Brothers and their allies give a damn about birds, or any other living creature. What […]

Developing World Leapfrogging to Green Energy

While fossil fuel interests continue to cling to 19th century technology in developed nations, the developing world increasingly is betting on the technologies of the 21st century. IPS News: UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 13 2013 (IPS) - Emerging economies such as Mexico and India are shifting energy investments into renewable resources while industrialised countries hesitate, noted two […]

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Met Office experts meet to analyse 'unusual' weather patterns

… new priorities for research. This meeting isn't looking at climate change, it's looking at climate variability in recent seasons Dan. Meteorologists…

Jambo pesa! (Hello, money! in Swahili)

… capital, Nairobi. The cars jolted fairly steadily over the holes in the road; the place had the air of a rather provincial city: nice climate,…

Corby and St Albans haulage firm closes with loss of 53 jobs

… is wound up "over the coming weeks". Joint administrators Peter Wastell and Michael Young, said the "tough economic climate" for the UK haulage…

Daily Politics: 17/06/2013

Jo Coburn discusses the G8 Summit, climate change, and unpaid internships. She's joined by guest-of-the-day Julie Meyer, the "Dragon's Den Online"

From Our Own Correspondent: Gaza and Nepal

… the country has stayed poor, has endured a string of natural disasters and a civil war. But might climate change turn out to be the biggest threat…

Gardeners' Question Time: Penicuik

… beds towards the end of the year. Q. What can I do to help celery grow in a cold and wet climate? A. Celery is usually planted at the beginning…

Paper Monitor

… around longer than others. Cold weather for example. The front page of the Daily Express Weather© (expl: climatic conditions so extreme they…

Climate change, the ozone layer and seaweed

If there's one thing science reporters know it's that you don't confuse stories about climate change with stories about damage to the ozone layer.

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Mayors aim for resilience to weather, energy challenges

Reuters: U.S. mayors pledged Monday to make their communities more resilient to increasingly severe floods, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires, which they said was more efficient and cost-effective than disaster clean-up afterwards. Four dozen elected officials, from localities as diverse as Washington D.C., Des Moines, Iowa and Santa Barbara County, California, released a one-page plan which laid out actions such as using more renewable energy and making buildings and infrastructure more energy-efficient....

Controversial Agrichemical Company Monsanto Holds Bee Health Conference

Nature World News: Controversial agrichemical company Monsanto announced recently the close of the first-ever "Honey Bee Health Summit" held in an effort, according to the company, to bring together and learn from bee experts from both public and private sectors. The three-day event included nearly 100 members of the "bee community," including academics and beekeepers as well as those representing government industry sectors. Held in response to the continuing decline of the insect, Project Apis m (PAm) hosted the...

Climate Change Impact of Individual Transportation Choices Reported in New Study

Nature World News: A new study of the individual carbon footprint from leisure or business travel reveals that while air travel continues to have the largest environmental impact, people's terrestrial transportation preference can still make a big difference in how much individual actions contribute to climate change. Researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) studied the impact of passenger trips of 500-1,000...

Pesticide maker discredited critics to protect controversial herbicide, court papers show

Environmental Health News: To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta Crop Protection launched an aggressive multi-million dollar campaign that included hiring a detective agency to investigate scientists on a federal advisory panel, looking into the personal life of a judge and commissioning a psychological profile of a leading scientist critical of atrazine. The Switzerland-based pesticide manufacturer also routinely paid “third-party allies” to appear to be independent...

Australia: Gov't Report Says 80% of Fossil Fuel Reserves Must Stay in the Ground

ABC: The latest Climate Commission report has warned that 80 per cent of global fossil fuel reserves will have to stay in the ground if the planet is to avoid dangerous climate change. The paper says global emissions need to trend downward by the end of the decade to keep temperatures at a "manageable" level. Professor Will Steffen, a climate commissioner who co-authored the report, says reaching the goal will be a challenge, given greenhouse gas concentrations are now at the highest level on record....

Predators affect the carbon cycle, study shows

A new study shows that the predator-prey relationship can affect the flow of carbon through an ecosystem. This previously unmeasured influence on the environment may offer a new way of looking at biodiversity management and carbon storage for climate change.

Study finds the sweet spot -- and the screw-ups -- that make or break environmental collective actions

Sustainability programs are a Goldilocks proposition -- some groups are too big, some are too small, and the environment benefits when the size of a group of people working to save it is just right. Scientists have found a sweet spot -- a group size at which the action is most effective. More importantly, the work revealed how behaviors of group members can pull bad policy up or drag good policy down.

Underwater springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification

Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels will reduce the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion, according to a new study of corals growing where submarine springs naturally lower the pH of seawater. The study is the first to show that corals are not able to fully acclimate to low pH conditions in nature.

Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments

The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers report.

NASA's 2013 HS3 hurricane mission to delve into Saharan dust

NASA's 2013 Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel or HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer or SAL, favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. The effects of Saharan dust on tropical cyclones is a controversial area of science. During the 2012 campaign, NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft gathered valuable data on the dust layer that swirled around Tropical Storm Nadine for several days.