Great Barrier Reef, coral, immunity, bleaching, global warming
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAustralian researchers have studied different types of coral and their susceptibility to disease and bleaching brought on by global warming. Depending...
View ArticleAustralian researchers hope to soak up greenhouse gases
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateA team of Australian researchers is working on a way to capture greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, with what it being called 'molecular...
View ArticleTasmania bags bags
Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: ClimateAlthough Mr McGuire recommended 'plastics' to Benjamin in 'The Graduate', ye olde plastic bags are being bagged, done, dusted and dismissed from...
View ArticleOne good thing about global recession: Less pollution
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateA study published in the journal Nature Geoscience states that the global economic recession has done one positive thing. It has reduced carbon dioxide...
View ArticleNASA finds Earth's large lakes are warming
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAccording to a first-time worldwide study conducted on the largest lakes found on Earth, NASA has concluded that these lakes have warmed steadily in...
View ArticleIt's that time again: 2010 science highlights
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateThe end of each year seems to be the appropriate time to review the highlights of the past year. The journal Nature has dramatic pictures included with...
View ArticleSelf-drive Car Platooning real world tests
Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: ClimateThey are called Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) and like something out of the film Minority Report they promise an improved way of...
View ArticleExperts: Learn from Japan earthquake
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateEarthquake experts from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announced on March 11, 2011, that the world should learn from the gigantic Japanese...
View ArticleCSIRO says climate change knowledge essential
Written by: David Swan | Published in: ClimateUnderstanding how climate change could impact on the deterioration of the basic building block of much of Australia's infrastructure - concrete - is...
View ArticleGo deep into Earth where no drill has gone before
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateScientists are planning to dig a really deep hole through the Earth's crust and into its mantle. The start of this mega-deep hole will be made under...
View ArticleFirst comprehensive maps made of Australia's continental shelf
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateThe first comprehensive mapping of life found on Australia's continental shelf was made after a three-year study of the sea-shelf. Scientists now have...
View ArticleGot Dirty Air? Yes, mostly in California
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateThe 2011 'State of the Air' report from the American Lung Association states some progress has been made to get rid of dirty air in the United States,...
View ArticleChina sets good example: Bans some plastic bags
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateThe Chinese news agency Xinhau is reporting that China is expanding its nationwide ban on free plastic shopping bags to minimize the 'white...
View ArticlePaved surfaces bad for polluted cities
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateResearch headed by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research has found that paved roads in coastal cities, like Houston, Texas, create less...
View ArticleFish farms less damaging than livestock production
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateA comprehensive report by WorldFish Center and Conservation International states that aquaculture is less damaging to the environment and more...
View ArticleLess rain predicted for southern Australia
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateResearch by CSIRO has shown that less rainfall occurred over the past 50 years in southern Australia in the fall and winter - and less rain is expected...
View ArticleRiver below Amazon not really a river
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAn underground river has been confirmed beneath the Amazon River but it is a river in name only as it moves only a few centimeters per year. It doesn't...
View ArticleJapanese supercomputer predicts 2012's climate patterns
Written by: David Heath | Published in: ClimateClimate variations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans will drive the planet's climate in 2012.
View ArticleWant to live as one world? You can in the far future!
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateScientists are predicting in the far, far future, that all of the continents will join together, as they have in the distant past. In fact, Asia and...
View ArticleAre we turning our oceans into an acidic brew?
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: ClimateAn international paleocoeanographic study, published in March 2012, has shown that ocean acidification may be increasing at a rate that is faster than...
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