New Scientist - Climate Change
New Scientist - Climate Change
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US still responsible for most CO2 emissions
March 8, 2010
Europeans import nearly twice as much carbon dioxide per head as US citizens – but the US is still the world's largest emitter
High-carbon ice age mystery solved
March 8, 2010
It turns out carbon dioxide levels at the time of the Ordovician ice age were not that high after all
Methane bubbling out of Arctic Ocean - but is it new?
March 4, 2010
An expanse of seabed is leaking the greenhouse gas into the air, rekindling fears that global warming might unlock billions of tonnes of the stuff
Why scientists must be the new climate sceptics
March 4, 2010
The reputation of climate science is taking a battering, but don't just blame the media or closed-minded sceptics, says Jim Giles
Climategate scientist questioned in Parliament
March 2, 2010
Beleaguered climate scientist Phil Jones from the University of East Anglia yesterday answered critics before a British parliamentary committee
There's no war to fight over global warming
March 2, 2010
How should beleaguered climate scientists advance their cause? They shouldn't, argues veteran meteorologist Alan Thorpe
Arctic arch failure leads to sea-ice exodus
February 26, 2010
Dams of ice that usually plug straits leading out of the Arctic Ocean are failing to form, letting sea ice escape to the Atlantic and Pacific
A quiet sun won't save us from global warming
February 26, 2010
Even if there's a "grand minimum" in the sun's output over the next century, it won't be enough to counter rising temperatures caused by humans
Can we trust the IPCC on the big stuff?
February 24, 2010
As the media scrambles to pick holes in the IPCC's climate impact report, New Scientist checks its headline forecasts for food, water and biodiversity
Honesty is the best policy for climate scientists
February 24, 2010
The backlash against climate science reveals a fatigue with exaggerated messages of doom
Utah alleges conspiracy on climate change data
February 24, 2010
The state's House of Representatives has called on the US government not to cut industrial emissions until climate science has been "investigated"
Smoke bomb: The other climate culprits
February 19, 2010
Carbon dioxide may be the villain of the piece when it comes to atmospheric pollution, but we ignore its henchmen at our peril
Warmer seas may rob corals and rainforests of clouds
February 19, 2010
Just 2 °C more and reefs stop producing a cloud-seeding gas, which could leave corals hotter still and rainforests drier
Greenland's glaciers disappearing from the bottom up
February 14, 2010
Water warmed by climate change is taking giant bites out of the underbellies of Greenland's glaciers
Climategate inquiry stumbles on the start line
February 12, 2010
One of the panel of six – Philip Campbell, editor of Nature – has stepped down over claims that he is not impartial
New UN emissions pledges still stack up to 3.5°C
February 8, 2010
The commitments from 55 nations representing 78 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions hardly make a dent in projected warming
Rob Hopkins: Getting over oil, one town at a time
February 7, 2010
The founder of the Transition Towns movement explains why he is optimistic that we can survive peak oil and minimise climate change
Beware of geoengineering using volcanoes' tricks
February 7, 2010
Volcanoes killed 27 per cent of marine genera 94 million years ago – fixing our climate with sulphate aerosols could inflict a similar fate on lakes
White roofs can cool cities
February 5, 2010
Dark roads and roofs make cities hotter than the countryside – but highly reflective white roofs would cool them by an average of 0.6 °C
US 'climategate' scientist all but cleared of misconduct
February 3, 2010
A prominent US climate scientist at the centre of the leaked email controversy has been virtually cleared of professional misconduct by an internal university inquiry
Bill Gates digs deep for geoengineering
February 3, 2010
The world's richest man has committed $4.5 million of his own money to funding a number of climate scientists interested in geoengineering
NASA satellite could pave way for policing CO2 emissions
February 2, 2010
A replacement for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, lost during launch last year, could test technologies needed to enforce future climate treaties
US budget gives nuclear power a yea and big oil a nay
February 2, 2010
Nuclear power got a boost and big oil took a hit yesterday when US President Barack Obama submitted his 2011 federal budget proposal to Congress
Water vapour worse climate change villain than thought
February 2, 2010
A rise in water vapour in the atmosphere drove 30 per cent of the global warming that took place during the 1990s, according to a study
Let the sunlight in on climate change
January 27, 2010
The IPCC has done great work, but needs to move with the times
