11-12-06 Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased by 49 per cent in the last two decades, according to the latest figures by an international team, including researchers at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Unive...
11-12-02 As the Arctic warms, greenhouse gases will be released from thawing(融化) permafrost(永久冻土) faster and at significantly higher levels than previous estimates, according to survey results from 41 international scientists published in the Nov....
11-12-02 Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels plunged by 40 percent before and during the formation of the Antarctic ice sheet 34 million years ago, according to a new study. The finding helps solve a long-standing scientific puzzle and confirms the power of CO...
11-11-30 A plan to create vehicle campsites in 10 suburban areas and counties in Beijing recently appeared on the municipal authority's agenda as a low carbon project. 近日北京市政府提议低碳项目,计划在北京10个郊区县建造汽车露营地。 在上面的报道中,vehicle c...
11-11-22 Global food demand could double by 2050, according to a new projection by David Tilman, Regents Professor of Ecology in the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences, and colleagues, including Jason Hill, assistant professor in the Co...
11-10-25 Increasing acidification(酸化) in coastal waters could compromise the ability of oysters and other marine creatures to form and keep their shells, according to a new study led by University of Georgia researchers. Their findings will be published...
11-10-18 Rivers and streams in the United States are releasing enough carbon into the atmosphere to fuel 3.4 million car trips to the moon, according to Yale researchers in Nature Geoscience. Their findings could change the way scientists model the movement...
11-10-13 The Baltic Sea emits more carbon dioxide than it can bind. Local variations have increased the exposure of the Bay of Bothnia. These are the results from a study of how carbon dioxide flows between the water of the Baltic Sea and the atmosphere, car...
11-10-13 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists have discovered that bacterial communication could have a significant impact on the planet's climate. In the ocean, bacteria coalesce(合并,结合) on tiny particles of carbon-rich detritus(碎...
11-10-12 Australia's lower house of parliament has narrowly passed a bill for a controversial carbon tax. 澳大利亚议会众议院勉强通过一项颇具争议的烟尘排放税。 The legislation would force about 500 of the biggest polluters to pay for each tonne of carbon diox...