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491.The last chance for Ukraine to save face in the context of the Aarhus Convention (2017-01-25)
... On January 23, 2017, Christian Friis Bach – Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe addressed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mr. Klimkin with a letter on the findings of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention on Ukraine’s implementation of decisions V/9m of the Meeting of the Parties regarding... ...
492.Why shouldn’t Prince Charles speak out on climate change? The science is clear Tony Juniper (2017-01-24)
... Ladybird books will this week publish a new title on climate change. Co-authored by the Prince of Wales, the polar scientist Emily Shuckburgh and myself, the book is intended as a plain English guide to the subject for an adult readership. Short, peer-reviewed text sits alongside beautiful new paintings by Ruth Palmer to illustrate the... ...
493.We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 years John Vidal (2017-01-24)
... If you want to see the world’s climate changing, fly over a tropical country. Thirty years ago, a wide belt of rainforest circled the earth, covering much of Latin America, south-east Asia and Africa. Today, it is being rapidly replaced by great swathes of palm oil trees and rubber plantations, land cleared for cattle grazing,... ...
494.60mph speed limit for M1 under consideration to combat air pollution (2017-01-24)
... Highways England plans to introduce Britain’s first pollution-linked speed limits to help reduce smog over Sheffield The M1 plan coincides with proposals for a £106m ‘smart motorway’ due to launch in March. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA A proposal to impose Britain’s first pollution-linked speed limits in order to help ease smog over Sheffield is being considered... ...
495.Why is the Ministry of Environment responsible for the massiveness of forest logging and how to prevent it? (2017-01-23)
... According to the Forest Code of Ukraine, allowable forest cutting norm is “scientifically based annual norm of logging approved for every owner, permanent forest user by groups of species, based on the principles of continuity and non-exhaustion of forest resources use.” These forest cutting norms are defined by appraisers (PA “Ukrderzhlisproekt) and are approved by... ...
496.Heat from earth’s core could be underlying force in plate tectonics (2017-01-19)
... For decades, scientists have theorized that the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates is driven largely by negative buoyancy created as they cool. New research, however, shows plate dynamics are driven significantly by the additional force of heat drawn from the Earth’s core. The new findings also challenge the theory that underwater mountain ranges known as... ...
497.2016 warmest year on record globally, NASA and NOAA data show (2017-01-19)
... Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Globally-averaged temperatures in 2016 were 1.78 degrees Fahrenheit (0.99 degrees Celsius) warmer than the mid-20th century mean. This makes 2016 the third year in a row to set... ...
498.New reconstruction of an ancient ice sheet (2017-01-19)
... A new model reconstruction shows in exceptional detail the evolution of the Eurasian ice sheet during the last ice age. This can help scientists understand how climate and ocean warming can affect the remaining ice masses on Earth. The Eurasian ice sheet was the third largest ice mass during the Last Glacial Maximum some 22,000... ...
499.Giant Middle East dust storm caused by a changing climate, not human conflict (2017-01-18)
... A dust storm that blanketed seven nations in the Middle East in late summer 2015 was caused by climate factors and unusual weather, not human conflict in Syria, concluded researchers including Elie Bou-Zeid, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton. Bou-Zeid took photos in Beirut, Lebanon, during the storm. ...
500.Study tracks ‘memory’ of soil moisture First year of data from SMAP satellite provides new insights for weather, agriculture, and climate (2017-01-18)
... The SMAP observations are providing an unprecedented level of detailed, worldwide information on the amount of water in the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of soil, collected globally every two to three days. ...
