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Climate accord loopholes could spell 4.2-degree rise in temperature and end of coral reefs by 2100
A global temperature increase of up to 4.2 degrees Celsius and the end of coral reefs could become reality by 2100 if national targets are not revised in the Copenhagen Accord, the international pledge which was agreed at last year's Copenhagen's COP15 climate change conference, according to a new report.
Potential climate change side effect: More parasites on South American birds
A new study on nesting birds in Argentina finds that increasing temperatures and rainfall -- both side effects of climate change in some parts of the world -- could be bad for birds of South America, but great for some of their parasites which thrive in warmer and wetter conditions.
Electric cars hold greater promise for reducing emissions and lowering US oil imports, study finds
Electric cars hold greater promise for reducing emissions and lowering US oil imports than a national renewable portfolio standard, according to new research.
Climate change hits southeast Australia fish species
Scientists are reporting significant changes in the distribution of coastal fish species in southeast Australia which they say are partly due to climate change.
How heating our homes could help reduce climate change
A radical new heating system where homes would be heated by district centers rather than in individual households could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
UK's shipping emissions six times higher than expected, says new report
Carbon dioxide emissions produced by UK shipping could be up to six times higher than currently calculated, according to new research.
Groundwater depletion rate accelerating worldwide
In recent decades, the rate at which humans worldwide are pumping dry the vast underground stores of water that billions depend on has more than doubled, say scientists who have conducted an unusual, global assessment of groundwater use.
Ocean cooling contributed to mid-20th century global warming hiatus
The hiatus of global warming in the Northern Hemisphere during the mid-20th century may have been due to an abrupt cooling event centered over the North Atlantic around 1970, rather than the cooling effects of tropospheric pollution.
Coral bleaching likely in Caribbean this year
Coral bleaching is likely in the Caribbean in 2010, according to new research. With temperatures above-average all year, NOAA's models show a strong potential for bleaching in the southern and southeastern Caribbean through October that could be as severe as in 2005 when over 80 percent of corals bleached and over 40 percent died at many sites across the Caribbean.
Ecologists find new clues on climate change in 150-year-old pressed plants
Plants picked up to 150 years ago by Victorian collectors and held by the million in herbarium collections across the world could become a powerful -- and much needed -- new source of data for studying climate change, according to new research.