Nature & Environment : Science World Report

Mar 16, 2012 02:15 PM EDT

Glacier-fed River Systems Threatened by Climate Change

Glacier-fed river systems threatened by climate change

Mar 16, 2012 01:25 PM EDT

Chevron Halts Brazil Production after New Leak

Chevron (CVX.N) filed to temporarily halt production operations in Brazil on Thursday after it detected a "small new seep" of oil in the same offshore field where it suffered a high-profile leak in November.

Mar 16, 2012 11:21 AM EDT

Millions of Americans at Risk of Flooding as Sea Levels Rise

Nearly four million Americans, occupying a combined area larger than the state of Maryland, find themselves at risk of severe flooding as sea levels rise in the coming century, new research suggests.

Mar 16, 2012 09:50 AM EDT

New Dataset Provides 40-year Record of Carbon Dioxide Accumulation in the Surface Ocean

The most comprehensive dataset of surface water carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements for the world's oceans and coastal seas is launched today by an international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Mar 15, 2012 03:55 PM EDT

Scholars Call for Global Governance Overhaul to Ensure Earth's Sustainability

A group of the world's leading environmental scholars are sounding the alarm that human societies need to transform their national and international environmental institutions into a more coherent and robust planetary stewardship model in order to steer away from rapid and irreversible changes to th...

Mar 15, 2012 09:46 AM EDT

Surprising Pine Beetle Breeding Habits Help Explain Increasing Tree Damage, Says CU Study

Long thought to produce only one generation of tree-killing offspring annually, some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations per year, dramatically increasing the potential for the bugs to kill lodgepole and ponderosa pine trees, University of Colorado Boulder researchers ha...

Mar 15, 2012 07:26 AM EDT

Environmental Groups Sue EPA over Gulf Dead Zone

Several environmental groups are suing the government to curb pollution of the Mississippi River with fertilizers and other contaminants blamed with creating a "dead zone" the size of Massachusetts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mar 15, 2012 07:19 AM EDT

Emissions Set to Surge 50 pct by 2050: OECD

Global greenhouse gas emissions could rise 50 percent by 2050 without more ambitious climate policies, as fossil fuels continue to dominate the energy mix, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday.

Mar 14, 2012 03:39 PM EDT

Fielding Questions about Climate Change

Canada defines itself as a nation that stretches from coast to coast to coast. But can we keep those coasts healthy in the face of climate change? Yves GÃ©linas, associate professor in Concordia's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has found the solution in a surprising element: iron.

Mar 14, 2012 03:20 PM EDT

Tennessee's Urban Forests Valued in the Billions

Tennessee's urban forests, currently valued at about $80 billion, also provide almost $650 million in benefits such as carbon storage, pollution removal, and energy reduction according to a new U.S. Forest Service report.

Mar 14, 2012 02:37 PM EDT

An Avalanche of Planning for Multi-national Arctic Field Campaigns

The U.S. GEOTRACES Science Steering Committee (SSC) has established a U.S. Arctic GEOTRACES initiative to help characterize and understand regional biogeochemical changes associated with rapid climate change. The initiative will use multiple icebreakers, anticipated from the U.S. and Germany initial...

Mar 14, 2012 11:18 AM EDT

UNH Researchers Find African Farmers Need Better Climate Change Data to Improve Farming Practices

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have found that many African farmers inaccurately perceive changes in climate and rainfall when compared with scientific data, highlighting the need for better climate information to assist them to improve farming practices.