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26th January 2012 Hotter
Summers
The UK's Department of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has
released its first full assessment of the risks of opportunities
of climate change in the UK during the 21st century.
26th January 2012 Sow
and Reap
Julia Pongratz and colleagues at Stanford University in the US have
suggested that geoengineering of the climate using solar radiation
management may result in increased crop yields.
26th January 2012 Bog
Biofuels
Dong Liu and colleagues at Zhejiang University in China have estimated
that the use of constructed wetlands to grow biofuels could replace
6.7 percent of national gasoline consumption.
7th January 2012 Carbon
Counting
Global carbon dioxide concentrations rose by just over 2ppm in 2011,
while global temperatures were around 0.5 degrees C higher than
the 1951-1980 global average.
7th January 2012 Happy
New Year
Wishing everyone a very happy New Year and here's to a great 2012.
This year sees the landmark Rio+20 conference, plus real potential
for progress on a global climate agreement.
21st December 2011 Warming
News
Krijn Paaijmans and colleagues at Pennsylvania State University,
US, have reported that a warming climate may decrease, rather than
increase, transmission of some vector borne diseases.
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