The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency’s annual flagship report, tracks the content of dangerous gases in the atmosphere
Carbon dioxide is changing the sea bed and the damage humans will do has not yet been seen
A UN report warns about the effect of global warming but says the tools exist to avert this fate
Woody plants’ cover has increased across large swathes of the continent in the past three decades
Without protein, growth is stunted, diseases are more common and early mortality is far more likely.
World-first as plant sucks carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, giving potential solution for pollutants that warm the planet
While South African companies lead the world in disclosing their carbon emissions, they are doing little to lower them.
Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have hit 400 parts per million, a level not seen in two-million years.
The solution to widespread carbon dioxide emissions is to turn the gas into a commodity, experts say. And it can be done with available technology.
Researchers find that it is making them increasingly vulnerable to predators.
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/ 27 October 2008
A new global deal on climate change will come too late to save most of the world’s coral reefs, according to a United States study.
It has long been the holy grail for those who believe that technology can save us from catastrophic climate change: a device that can ”suck” carbon dioxide from the air.