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| Can the World Unite to Combat Climate Change? The latest round of preparatory talks for the U.N. climate conference concluded today with negotiators lamenting that the languid pace of talks could mean there won't be a deal on emissions in Copenhagen this December."It would be incomprehensible if this opportunity were lost," said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change . For any hope of a deal, he said, "the speed of the negotiations must be considerably accelerated at the [next] meeting in Bangkok." [More] rss.sciam.com |
Impacts of Global Biofuel Boom Remain Murky A U.N. panel said today that biofuels' effects on air and water have not been sufficiently explored despite growing global production.The U.N. Environment Programme's report concludes that so-called lifecycle assessments must go beyond calculating greenhouse gas emissions and consider how agricultural production of feedstocks affect the acidification and nutrient loading of waterways. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Scenes from the front: Videos of the Copenhagen climate summit Delegates at the climate summit at Copenhagen concluded two weeks of debate and negotiations Saturday, deciding to "take note" of an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the outcome left some environmentalists disappointed. Other leaders said the accord, which commits to keeping the average global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, is an important first step in finally stimulating action among developing nations, especially the United States.Learn more about the behind-the-scenes drama at Copenhagen in these videos, ranging from registered delegates being literally left out in the cold to interviews with renowned climatologist Stephen Schneider, author Tom Friedman and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Does Solar Power Need a Revolution? [More] rss.sciam.com |
Meet the Microbes Eating the Gulf Oil Spill [Slide Show] The Deepwater Horizon oil spill added roughly 800 million liters of hydrocarbons to the Gulf of Mexico. One quarter of that has been burned, captured or skimmed, according to U.S. government estimates. That leaves the rest for trillions of microbes to feast on--a petroleum cornucopia that first became available April 20 when the oil platform exploded and the spill started. [More] Oil spill - Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon - Environment - Federal government of the United States rss.sciam.com |