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Keystone XL Will Cough Out Equivalent 110 Million Tons of CO2 Yearly
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on August 11th, 2014
Softpedia: Study finds Keystone XL will produce more greenhouse gas emissions than estimated by the US State Department
It's a good thing that Pinocchio-like incidents only happen in tales, otherwise quite a lot of people would experience drastic changes in their anatomy after more or less purposely downplaying the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
For those unaware, plans to build this pipeline, which would serve to carry oil from western Canada to the mid-western US, were first...
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Drilling for Oil and Gas Found to Have Contaminated the Amazon
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on June 14th, 2014
Softpedia: Chiefly because of climate change and global warming, environmentalists do not hold the oil and gas industry very close at heart. Courtesy of a new study, greenheads are likely to criticize this industry even more than they have until now. Long story short, media reports say that, during this year's Goldschmidt geochemistry conference, it has been announced that drilling activities need be blamed for the fact that part of the Amazon is now contaminated. Thus, environmental chemist Antoni Rosell-Melé...
Climate Change Is Cooking Up a New Permafrost in Alaska
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on June 11th, 2014
Softpedia: Study finds a new permafrost is now in the making in Alaska Except for people who live in smack in the middle of nowhere and folks who choose to remain oblivious to what is happening to the world around them, pretty much everybody knows that climate change is reshaping our planet's ecosystems.
Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists with McGill University and the United States Geological Survey explain that this man-made phenomenon is now cooking up a new permafrost in...
Dust Particles Are Speeding Up the Melting of Greenland’s Ice Shelf
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on June 10th, 2014
Softpedia: In a paper recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience, a team of researchers argue that, according to evidence at hand, Greenland's ice shelf has high chances to get a whole lot smaller way sooner than anyone would expect. Since the melting of this massive block of ice is expected to translate into a noteworthy increase in global sea levels, specialists warn that, the faster it melts, the sooner and the worse coastal communities could be affected by this phenomenon. What's interesting...
Britain’s Urban Rivers Are the Cleanest They Have Been in Two Decades
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on June 3rd, 2014
Softpedia: Scientists who have taken the time to assess the cleanliness of urban rivers in Britain are happy to announce that, according to evidence at hand, these water courses are now the least polluted they have been in over two decades. EurekAlert tells us that, about 21 years ago, urban rivers across Britain were home to very few so-called clean-river invertebrates, i.e. insects, snails, and other small creatures that don't get along all that well with pollutants. However, it appears that, in recent...
Report: Two Years Were Australia’s Hottest on Record
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on June 2nd, 2014
Softpedia: Report says the past 24 months were Australia's hottest on record Towards the beginning of May, the United States Global Change Research Program released a report saying that climate change was already happening and affecting people living in this country.
This past June 1, a very similar report hit the public eye, except that this time the focus was on how said phenomenon was reshaping weather patterns and influencing average temperatures in Australia.
The report in question is the brainchild...
Paul McCartney Wants the UK to Implement a Moratorium on Fracking
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on June 2nd, 2014
Softpedia: Sir Paul McCartney joins the fight against shale gas exploration in the UK Sir Paul McCartney is no big fan of fracking, and he is anything but shy when it comes to letting other people know how he feels about this method of exploiting natural gas reserves.
In fact, Paul McCartney hates fracking so much that he has agreed to spearhead a new green-oriented campaign intended to convince high officials in the United Kingdom to reconsider their plans concerning shale gas exploration.
More precisely,...
Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss Directly Linked for First Time Ever
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on May 26th, 2014
Softpedia: Study on fish establishes a direct link between climate change and biodiversity loss A team of scientists claim to have directly linked climate change and biodiversity loss for the first time ever. Specifically, they say they found evidence that climate change fosters cross-breeding between native and invasive species inhabiting a given region.
According to Click Green, this link between climate change and biodiversity loss was proven with the help of information collected while monitoring trout...
The Winter Olympics Risk Being Canceled on Account of Global Warming
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on January 24th, 2014
Softpedia: A new paper authored by researchers working with the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Management Center Innsbruck in Austria warns that the Winter Olympics are threatened by climate change and global warning.
The specialists say that, after analyzing several climate models, they found that, thanks to an increase in global average temperatures, just 6 of the cities that have until now housed this celebration will remain cold enough to play host to the Winter Olympics by the end of the century....
Replacing Coal w/ Natural Gas Saves Water, Investigation Reveals
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on December 20th, 2013
Softpedia: A report published in this week's issue of the journal Environmental Research Letters says that switching from using coal to using natural gas in order to produce electricity can help save noteworthy amounts of water.
What's more, it can help lower some region's vulnerability to drought.
In the paper, researchers working with the University of Texas at Austin explain that, as part of this investigation into the benefits of relying on natural gas rather than on coal to meet energy demands, they...