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www.innovations-report.de The recent retreat of Arctic sea ice is likely to accelerate so rapidly that the Arctic Ocean could become nearly devoid of ice during summertime as early as 2040, according to new research published in the December 12 issue of Geophysical Research Letters. The study, by a team of scientists from the National Center [...]

bbc The Arctic may be close to a tipping point that sees all-year-round ice disappear very rapidly in the next few decades, US scientists have warned. The latest data presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting suggests the ice is no longer showing a robust recovery from the summer melt. : The sea ice [...]

Associated Press Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends. These fast-moving adaptations come as a surprise even to biologists and ecologists because they are occurring so rapidly. At least 70 species of frogs, mostly mountain-dwellers that had [...]

climateark.org Global carbon emissions are now growing by 3.2% a year, according to results presented at an Earth science conference in Beijing on 9 November. That’s four times higher than the average annual growth of 0.8% from 1990-99. : The result is not particularly surprising — there have been many reports of countries missing their [...]

Associated Press If the sun warms the Earth too dangerously, the time may come to draw the shade. The “shade” would be a layer of pollution deliberately spewed into the atmosphere to help cool the planet. This over-the-top idea comes from prominent scientists, among them a Nobel laureate. The reaction here at the U.N. conference [...]

www.whoi.edu By Jerry McManus, Associate Scientist and Delia Oppo, Senior Scientist Geology and Geophysics Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The short history of modern oceanographic observations—less than a century’s worth, really—doesn’t give us a long track record to evaluate how the ocean’s circulation has operated and changed in the past. Nor does it give us [...]

reuters About 1,000 orangutans are estimated to have died in Indonesia during the dry season this year in which raging forest fires have produced thick smoke across huge areas of Southeast Asia, a conservationist said on Monday.The fires in the Indonesian part of Borneo have deprived orangutans of food and forced them to encroach on [...]

WorldPublicOpinion.Org conducted a poll from adults in 30 countries and found that many express concern about climate change. 65 per cent of respondents think global warming is a very serious problem, while 25 per cent call it somewhat serious. To see the poll result, download the report here

Independent Sir David Attenborough was sceptical about climate change but has since spoke out about how the Earth climate had changed and is changing. Extract: But I’m no longer sceptical. Now I do not have any doubt at all. I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world. I have waited until the [...]

United Press International report on 23rd and 24th April 2006 that global warming and climate changes may have affectd some flora. Specifically, the British flowers’ timing of appearing, leafing and flowering are affected. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060424-103643-7699r And the maple sugaring season starts and ends earlier than a generation ago. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060423-083431-3826r