New Scientist - Climate Change
New Scientist - Climate Change
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Don't cloud young minds
February 22, 2012
To seek to present distorted science to the generation that will have to deal with the consequences of worsening climate change is deeply cynical
Climate sceptics may find fertile ground in US schools
February 22, 2012
A conservative organisation is working to sow doubt in US classrooms on the science of climate change. Polls suggest it may not fall on deaf ears
Leaked files expose Heartland Institute's secrets
February 16, 2012
The tables have been well and truly turned in "deniergate", the leak of documents from a key climate-sceptic think tank in the US, says Bob Ward
Ocean current slowdown made Earth spin faster
February 11, 2012
Half of the days in November 2009 were 0.1 milliseconds shorter than normal thanks to slower-than-usual currents around Antarctica
Earth Summit is doomed to fail, say leading ecologists
February 10, 2012
In the run-up to Rio, top environmental scientists bemoan two decades of political failure and say the future is in the hands of grass-roots activists
Patch of seagrass is world's oldest living organism
February 6, 2012
A 15-kilometre-long swathe of seagrass off the coast of Spain is at least 80,000 years old, making it the oldest known living organism on Earth
India's panel price crash could spark solar revolution
February 2, 2012
Solar power has long had a reputation for being expensive, but the falling costs of making panels could change that
First land plants plunged Earth into ice age
February 1, 2012
When the first simple mosses colonised the land, they unleashed vast ice sheets and triggered a mass extinction
Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever
January 30, 2012
As energy demand grows, even alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and nuclear fusion could begin to affect the climate. Anil Ananthaswamy reports
Wheat will age prematurely in a warmer world
January 29, 2012
Global warming will have a bad effect on heat-sensitive wheat, slashing yields even more than was originally feared
Education campaigner wants to expel climate denial
January 24, 2012
Eugenie Scott has struggled to keep creationism out of the classroom – now her organisation is taking on climate change deniers too
US education advocates tackle climate change sceptics
January 19, 2012
After decades battling to keep creationism out of classrooms, science education supporters are preparing to face a new foe: climate change sceptics
China set to launch first caps on CO2 emissions
January 17, 2012
In preparation for future national markets in greenhouse gas emissions, China has ordered seven provinces and cities to set absolute caps on emissions
Wandering albatross gets boost from rising winds
January 12, 2012
Climate change has increased wind speed near the poles, shortening foraging time for wandering albatross – at least for now
Ecologists should learn to look on the bright side
January 10, 2012
The planet is in a bad state but remorseless pessimism is a turn-off. It's time conservationists talked up their successes, says Elin Kelsey
Smart Guide to 2012: The Rio Earth Summit
December 25, 2011
Spaceship Earth needs a pilot – at Rio we will have to push for a global system of "environmental governance"
Snowmageddon: What's behind extreme winter weather
December 16, 2011
Is the freakishly cold weather that hit Europe and the US in the past two years a fluke or a trend, asks Michael Le Page
Fix acid oceans by dumping alkali in them? Forget it
December 15, 2011
Suggestions that we can dump alkaline chemicals into the oceans to prevent acidification seems dead in the water – it would cost trillions of dollars
Plant studies miss the full effect of climate change
December 15, 2011
Biologists have been doing experiments to predict what will happen to vegetation in the future – but they have hugely underestimated the changes
Climate change drops off 'hot topic' list
December 15, 2011
Interest in climate change has dropped off, and resistance to sustainability surcharges is a consequence of recession, says Adam Corner
Carbon capture and storage gets a clean bill of health
December 15, 2011
There are concerns that carbon dioxide could leak out of deep geological storage, but two of the largest pilot projects have been given a clean bill of health
We can still avoid a 'lost decade' on climate change
December 14, 2011
Our best hope of tackling global warming now rests with technologists, not diplomats
Dangerous decade: What follows the Durban climate deal
December 13, 2011
The Durban climate talks rewrote the rule book for fighting climate change – but committed no one to anything until 2020 at the earliest
Call for Arctic geoengineering as soon as possible
December 12, 2011
Begin cooling the Arctic by 2013 or face runaway global warming, warns a voice on the scientific fringe – but mainstream opinion disagrees
Climate summit ends with promise for a deal in 2020
December 11, 2011
The agreement leaves a gap between the end of the Kyoto protocol and the start of the new deal – which could translate into more than 3 °C of warming
