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1201.Reflecting sunlight into space has terrifying consequences, say scientists (2014-11-27)
... Fighting global warming by reflecting sunlight back into space risks “terrifying” consequences including droughts and conflicts, according to three major new analyses of the promise and perils of geoengineering. But research into deliberately interfering with the climate system must continue in search of technology to use as a last resort in combating climate change, scientists... ...
1202.Antarctic ice thicker than previously thought, study finds (2014-11-25)
... Groundbreaking 3D mapping of previously inaccessible areas of the Antarctic has found that the sea ice fringing the vast continent is thicker than previous thought. Two expeditions to Antarctica by scientists from the UK, USA and Australia analysed an area of ice spanning 500,000 metres squared, using a robot known as SeaBed. ...
1203.Global importance of urban agriculture ‘underestimated’ (2014-11-25)
... Urban agriculture is playing an increasingly important role in global food security, a study has suggested. Researchers, using satellite data, found that agricultural activities within 20km of urban areas occupy an area equivalent to the 28-nation EU. The international team of scientists says the results should challenge the focus on rural areas of agricultural research... ...
1204.Environmentalists created a map of protected areas affected by the war (2014-11-24)
... Experts of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) made a study of protected areas affected by military actions in eastern Ukraine. Currently there are 33 of such areas in Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. “It is easy to imagine a forest on fire or shell-holes in protected steppes. However, negative impacts caused by war to the... ...
1205.World bank to focus future investment on clean energy (2014-11-24)
... World Bank will only fund coal projects in cases of ‘extreme need’ due to the risk climate change poses to ending world poverty, says Jim Yong Kim. The World Bank will invest heavily in clean energy and only fund coal projects in “circumstances of extreme need” because climate change will undermine efforts to eliminate extreme... ...
1206.CO2 emissions must be zero by 2070 to prevent climate disaster, UN says (2014-11-20)
... Negative emissions’ are needed globally by second half of century to stave off dangerous climate change, say UN scientists Global emissions of CO2 must fall to zero by 2070 to prevent a 2c rise in temperatures above pre-industrial levels, says Unep report Photograph: Luke Sharrett/Getty Images ...
1207.Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise detained in Spain (2014-11-20)
... Greenpeace ship taken into Spanish custody after oil protest in waters off of the Canary Islands, six months after being released by the Russian government Greenpeace activists hold banners reading ‘No Oil Exploration, Yes To Renewables’ off the coast of the Canary Islands, where Repsol oil company plans to drill. Photograph: Arturo Rodríguez/Greenpeace ...
1208.Local authority flood defence funding cut by a third next year (2014-11-20)
... New cuts to councils’ flood budgets in England will leave them under-resourced and ill-prepared, say community groups Labour and community groups say the government is going backwards on flood risk management after ministers made cuts of a third to this year’s local authority flood budgets. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images ...
1209.EU court rules UK government must clean up dangerous air pollution (2014-11-20)
... UK government must urgently improve air quality in British cities following a landmark case that could see more vehicles restricted from city centres A landmark case will allow people to sue the government for breaching EU pollution laws and will force ministers to prepare plans for many cities to improve air quality. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty... ...
1210.Overhaul in tropical forest research needed (2014-11-18)
... New work from a team led by Carnegie’s Greg Asner shows the limitations of long-used research methods in tropical rainforest ecology and points to new technological approaches for understanding forest structures and systems on large geographic scales. When forests grow, they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and store the carbon in plant branches, trunks,... ...
