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Weakening Sun would hardly slow global warming

A new Grand Minimum of solar activity would decrease the rise of global mean temperature caused by human greenhouse gas emissions only marginally. A new modelling study by researchers of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, published online today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, finds a temperature offset of at most 0.3 degrees Celsius until the end of the century. This is less than ten percent of the temperature rise projected under "business as usual" scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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UNEP Report Inspires Plastiki Expedition

A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report has inspired an out-of-the-box creation, The Plastiki - a 60-foot catamaran made from 12,500 reclaimed bottles and fully recycled plastic which will set sail at the end of March to raise awareness about plastic waste.

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IDA Commends Oscar’s Choice Of "The Cove" As Best Documentary

In Defense of Animals (IDA) is praising the Best Documentary Academy Award choice of The Cove, hailing the Oscar recognition as a major victory for dolphins. The film is based on the Save Japan Dolphins Coalition (SJD) campaign to stop the slaughter and consumption of dolphins in Japan, and to prevent their capture and imprisonment in captivity.

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Pew Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary

In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean, as a shark sanctuary free from all shark fishing and also banned all imports and exports of shark fins. The Maldives is home to more than 30 shark species, including the scalloped hammerhead, the most prominent shark to be considered for protection at the upcoming meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

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"Famine Marriages" Just One Byproduct of Climate Change
Full story: IPS News


World’s Pall of Black Carbon Can Be Eased With New Stoves

With a single, concerted initiative, says Lakshman Guruswami, the world could save millions of people in poor nations from respiratory ailments and early death, while dealing a big blow to global warming -- and all at a surprisingly small cost.

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On Rooftops Worldwide, a Solar Water Heating Revolution

The harnessing of solar energy is expanding on every front as concerns about climate change and energy security escalate, as government incentives for harnessing solar energy expand, and as these costs decline while those of fossil fuels rise. One solar technology that is really beginning to take off is the use of solar thermal collectors to convert sunlight into heat that can be used to warm both water and space.

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Tokyo Two Trial Summary -- Day Three

A former whaler has detailed the scale of corruption that he witnessed during his time on board Japanese government whaling ships in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

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Russian and Swedish researchers report in Science on significant methane emissions in the Arctic from thawing seabed north of Siberia

The powerful greenhouse gas methane is being released into the atmosphere from an area of the East Siberian Sea equivalent to more than four times the area of Sweden. Permafrost in the seabed has been previously assumed to act as an effective cap for the enormous amount of methane in the area, which, if released, could lead to an abrupt global climate warming.

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CITES can help save bluefin tuna, stem wildlife poaching crisis

Governments meeting March 13 for the largest wildlife trade convention will have a unique opportunity to help preserve the world's oceans and simultaneously stem a worldwide poaching crisis.

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Ex-Whaler Highlights Corruption and Embezzlement in Japan's So-called,"Research Whaling" Programme

A former whaler at the centre of allegations of institutionalised embezzlement from the Japanese government funded whaling programme gave evidence today that indicates officials did not conduct a thorough inquiry into the original Greenpeace investigation, despite assurances to the contrary. He also detailed that it was common practice for crew to hold back for their own consumption, meat from baby whales caught during the hunt in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

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EU's 'carbon fat cats' get rich off trading scheme: study
Full story: Terra Daily


Healing native rangeland may require combination of burning and rotational grazing

The application of summer patch burning to heal native rangeland may be best accomplished using rotational grazing, according to a Texas AgriLife Research range ecologist.

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Climate change and human influence

A Met Office review of the latest climate research confirms our planet is changing rapidly and man-made greenhouse gas emissions are very likely to be the cause. Long-term changes in our climate system have been observed across the globe, from shifts in rainfall patterns to a decline in Arctic sea-ice. The changes follow the pattern of expected climate change and bear the ‘fingerprint' of human influence, providing the clearest evidence yet that human activity is impacting our climate.

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UNMC researchers say common farm chemicals may pose risk for thyroid disease

A recent University of Nebraska Medical Center research study has found that farm women who work with common pesticides have a greater risk of thyroid disease.

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Road salt and cars produce extreme water contamination in Frenchman's Bay, UTSC research reveals

The levels of contamination to water and sediment in Frenchman's Bay in Pickering, Ontario greatly exceed provincial water quality standards, in some cases by as much as 250 per cent, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough. This is largely due to large amounts of road salt applied in winter, especially to Highway 401, the study finds.

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Chemicals that eased one environmental problem may worsen another

Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s -- the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer -- may be making another problem - acid rain - worse, scientists are reporting. Their study on the chemicals that replaced the ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) once used in aerosol spray cans, air conditioners, refrigerators, and other products, appears in ACS' Journal of Physical Chemistry A, a weekly publication.

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Scientists Locate Apparent Hydrothermal Vents off Antarctica

Scientists at Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor near Antarctica, formerly a blank spot on the map for researchers wanting to learn more about seafloor formation and the bizarre life forms drawn to these extreme environments.

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Louisiana: Study Confirms Maurepas Swamp, Marshes Dying for Lack of Fresh Water

Without a diversion from the Mississippi River or the introduction of other sources of fresh water in the near future, the Maurepas Swamp in southeast Louisiana will continue on a clear path toward becoming marsh and open water, a new study by Southeastern Louisiana University biologists and other scientists confirms.

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Greenpeace climbers expose Samsung's toxic broken promises

Greenpeace climbers today scaled the Benelux headquarters of the Korean electronic giant Samsung, sticking the message "Samsung = Broken Promises" in giant letters onto the front of the building. The peaceful protest is challenging the company for breaking its promises to eliminate key toxic substances from its products.

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Weakening Sun would hardly slow global warming

UNEP Report Inspires Plastiki Expedition

IDA Commends Oscar’s Choice Of "The Cove" As Best Documentary

Pew Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary

World’s Pall of Black Carbon Can Be Eased With New Stoves

On Rooftops Worldwide, a Solar Water Heating Revolution

Tokyo Two Trial Summary -- Day Three

Russian and Swedish researchers report in Science on significant methane emissions in the Arctic from thawing seabed north of Siberia

CITES can help save bluefin tuna, stem wildlife poaching crisis


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