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Scientists Pore Over Warm West, Cold East Divide
2015-04-15 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: From blooming flowers to twittering birds, the signs of spring are popping up and the miseries of winter are becoming a distant memory for many. But not for some climate scientists. The curiosity of a growing group of researchers has been piqued by the tenacious temperature divide that has separated East from West over the past two winters as a wild zigzag of the jet stream has brought repeated bouts of Arctic air and snow to the East and kept the drought-plagued West baking under a record-breaking...
Scientists a step closer to developing renewable propane
2015-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: This study provides new insight and understanding of the development of next-generation biofuels. In this latest study, published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels, scientists at the University's Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), working with colleagues at Imperial College and University of Turku, have created a synthetic pathway for biosynthesis of the gas propane. Their work brings scientists one step closer to the commercial production of renewable propane, a vital development...
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Scientists blast Cambodia for road proposed through protected forest
2015-04-10 05:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A group of scientists have expressed 'strong concerns' about mounting threats to wilderness and wildlife in Cambodia. In a resolution issued at the conclusion of their annual gathering in Phnom Penh, the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) urged the Cambodian government to carefully evaluate the impacts of a proposed road in Eastern Cambodia. "We have a number of worries, but our most immediate concern is the proposed road that would slice through...
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Permafrost Carbon Bomb May Be More of a Slow Burn, Say Scientists
2015-04-09 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The carbon bomb stored in the thawing Arctic permafrost may be released in a slow leak as global warming takes hold, rather than an eruption, according to new research. Scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS) found previous predictions of a catastrophic release of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as permafrost thaws may have been overstated. But the impact on the climate of future permafrost emissions remained significant. More than 1,000bn tonnes of carbon are stored...
Ocean acidification killed off more than 90% marine life 252 million years ago, scientists
2015-04-09 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: They call it the Great Dying because it was the biggest mass extinction in history, and now scientists have discovered the first hard evidence that ocean acidification was the coup de grace that killed off more than 90 per cent of marine life 252 million years ago. In a disturbing parallel to what is happening in the sea today, researchers have found chemical signatures in ancient rock formations showing that the oceans at that time suddenly became more acidic, making it impossible for the vast...
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