India announced it plans to reject any new global warming treaty that requires the country to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions because that will harm its energy consumption, transportation and food security.
“India cannot and will not take emission reduction targets because poverty eradication and social and economic development are first and over-riding priorities,” said Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in a statement.
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Scientists are enlisting puffins — short, stubby birds with lopsided beaks — to investigate the steep decline of seabirds across the British Isles.
Over the past eight years, seabird numbers in the North Sea have declined by up to 40 percent. And just last year, the puffin population crashed, with malnourished puffins washing up on beaches all along the United Kingdom’s coast.
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By: Phil TaylorThe American chestnut tree, which towered over eastern U.S. forests before succumbing to a deadly fungus in the early 20th century, appears to be an excellent sponge for greenhouse gases, according to a new study.
If scientists can develop a fungus-resistant version of the tree, the chestnut could play a key role in the battle against climate change, Purdue University scientists say.
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New research, which reconstructs the extent of ice in the sea between Greenland and Svalbard from the 13th century to the present indicates that there has never been so little sea ice as there is now.
Mount Speke — once one of the highest snowcapped peaks of Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains, with 536 acres of ice coverage — has been reduced to a dismal 46 acres
BRUSSELS — Yesterday, as European leaders gathered to ponder ways to pay for the fight against climate change, three scientists meeting only a few blocks away had a strong message for them: A soft climate change agreement may not stop the climate from reaching a tipping point.
