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Leave coal in ground, scientists urge govt
2013-06-17 08:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
sydney morning herald: Most of Australia's coal reserves will have to be left unburned if the world is to avoid catastrophic global warming, according to a major new report from the federal government's Climate Commission. The report puts the key science advisory body on a collision course with some of the nation's biggest export industries, and marks the first time a government agency has endorsed calls for fossil fuel industries to be phased out because of their contribution to climate change. Its findings mean that...
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Wild weather: Met Office asks scientists what is causing Britain's strange seasons
2013-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: They have faithfully provided predications about Britain's notoriously variable weather for more than 150 years, but even the Met Office has been forced to admit that it is baffled by the recent unseasonable conditions to have hit the UK. Experts from around Britain are being brought together by the Met Office next week for a special meeting in an attempt to unpick what has been causing the spate of unusual seasons. They will examine what may be responsible for the cold winter of 2010, the...
Scientists warn earth cooling proposals are no climate silver bullet.
2013-06-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: If Bill Gates was so inclined, he could reduce the worlds temperature by one degree. All it would takes is a fleet of high altitude planes, releasing millions of tonnes of sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere, deflecting the suns rays from planet earth. The start-up costs of this technique, called Solar Radiation Management (SRM) are around $10 billion, with running costs of around $5 billion a year. Thats peanuts compared to current climate mitigation and adaptation estimates. Solutions...
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Scientists dissect the weather in 'Game of Thrones'
2013-06-13 22:44:04| CNET News.com
Is there a way to figure out when winter will finally come to Westeros and how long it will last? A group of graduate students turned to non-fictional astronomy and physics to search for an answer. [Read more]
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Scientists unveil plans for 19-mile-long particle smasher
2013-06-12 22:38:02| CNET News.com
The blueprints are ready. If it gets funded, the multibillion-dollar International Linear Collider could help solve the mystery of cosmic dark matter. [Read more]
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