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Make marshes, keep Earth cool.

8 July 2013 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment recommends getting bogged down to prevent global warming, with research that shows man-made marshes can fight climate change:

…[S]ays Bill Mitsch, director

… Read the rest “Make marshes, keep Earth cool.”

Polar paradox: Warmer planet, larger ice cap.

4 April 2013 grant 0

Nature puzzles over an unforeseen consequence of global warming – an expansion of Antarctic sea ice as the climate warms:

While sea ice at the North Pole has shrunk substantially

… Read the rest “Polar paradox: Warmer planet, larger ice cap.”

Leaked report: Global warming is actually happening.

17 December 2012 grant 0

Brace yourselves for more global warming news. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is ready to post its next report. Most of us, like Scientific American, won’t really… Read the rest “Leaked report: Global warming is actually happening.”

Check the lifeboats or learn to swim. The flood is coming.

2 July 2012 grant 0

Reuters has the cheery news that no matter what we do, ocean levels will be rising:

More than 180 countries are negotiating a new global climate pact which will come into force by 2020 and force

… Read the rest “Check the lifeboats or learn to swim. The flood is coming.”

Armor-plated plankton getting weaker. And so is the planet.

10 April 2012 grant 0

The world’s future supply of chalk is threatened by global warming. That’s what I take away from this LiveScience report on how the souring of the ocean is weakening plankton… Read the rest “Armor-plated plankton getting weaker. And so is the planet.”

Farewell, Great White North.

27 March 2012 grant 0

Climate scientists, as quoted in New Scientist, have said goodbye to summer ice in the Arctic. For good:

Despite fears of runaway sea-ice loss after summer cover hit an all-time low in 2007

… Read the rest “Farewell, Great White North.”

Hungry season.

7 January 2011 grant b 0

Amid all the fish kills and rising gas prices, here’s a feel-good story for the season from the kindly folks at Scientific American. It seems that thanks to freaky weather, we’ll… Read the rest “Hungry season.”

What happened to the ozone hole?

11 May 2010 grant b 0

In case you were wondering, what with all the climate change talk nowadays, LiveScience reminds us that there’s still a hole in the sky:

First, the good news: Since the 1989 Montreal

… Read the rest “What happened to the ozone hole?”

How climate change works.

6 May 2010 grant b 0

Finally, finally, NASA explains in clear, simple terms why they think humans are behind global warming:

Based on a combination of paleoclimate data and models, scientists estimate that

… Read the rest “How climate change works.”

Global Warming Trivia – from the SEA!

26 June 2009 grant b 0

The Scientists and Engineers for America have a fun trivia question today:


Which gas of the following is the most important greenhouse gas but will NOT be covered by the new landmark climate
… Read the rest “Global Warming Trivia – from the SEA!”

Global warming real estate.

25 May 2009 grant b 0

You’d expect the rising ocean levels to decimate coastlines, but the New York Times points out that melting glaciers are, rather surprisingly, raising land levels in some coastal… Read the rest “Global warming real estate.”

Clouds of germs (and germs of clouds).

21 May 2009 grant b 0

PhysOrg.com has a new piece of the climate change puzzle, a discovery some call the “holy grail” of climate science:

The effects of tiny airborne particles called aerosols

… Read the rest “Clouds of germs (and germs of clouds).”

This Island Arctic.

9 September 2008 grant b 0

For the first time in human history, the SolveClimate blog reports, it’s possible to circumnavigate the Arctic. Normally, this is a permanently frozen sea – a vast iceberg… Read the rest “This Island Arctic.”

The Lost World.

13 August 2008 grant b 0

National Geographic takes us to a lost world, hidden under Antarctic ice for 14 million years:

Researchers found the freeze-dried remains of mosses, algae, small crustaceans, and beetles

… Read the rest “The Lost World.”

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  • Jonathan Coulton, Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science.
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  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
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