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Oil Industry and Its Evils Revealed in New Documents

By Kanika Gupta - Apr 15, 2016 11:11 AM EDT

New documents reveal that oil industry executives were aware of the climate change risk as well as caused due to carbon dioxide emissisons.

Mars May Have the Answers to Climate Change Problem on Earth

By Kanika Gupta - Apr 09, 2016 02:01 PM EDT

According to Adrienne Macartney, PhD researcher at the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, analyzing red planet could help the carbon sequestration research on our planet.

How Can We Help The Poorest Countries Affected Most By Climate Change?

By R. Siva Kumar - Apr 06, 2016 02:31 PM EDT

There are concerns regarding countries that are most affected by climate change. How can we help them to adapt and drive change?

Climate Change To Drive Some Butterflies To Extinction By 2050: Scientists

By Peter R - Aug 12, 2015 10:30 AM EDT

A study done in Britain reveals that common species today could face local extinction in several dry areas. Their immediate survival depends on improving habitats but emission cut can only dictate long-term survival.

Sexism Makes Offices Cold For Women During Summers: Study

By Peter R - Aug 04, 2015 09:01 AM EDT

A new study says the cooling formula used in most office buildings date to the 1960s and consider the resting metabolic rate of a man.

Present Global Warming Conditions Caused Ocean Levels To Rise By 40 Feet In The Past

By Peter R - Jul 11, 2015 12:08 PM EDT

Researchers document two occasions in the past, 125,000 years and 3 million years ago, when current warming levels over preindustrial temperatures, caused sea level to climb.

Swamps And Wetlands Can Help Decrease Carbon Emission; Stops Climate Change

By Maria Slither - Feb 17, 2015 01:24 PM EST

Swamps and wetlands said to act as carbon sinks that can absorb carbon emission from the atmosphere. A study on swamps and wetlands is currently conducted by researchers from Deakin's Centre for Integrative Ecology as part of the worldwide campaign in stopping climate change.

Volcanic Activity Helping Earth Combat Global Warming?

By Peter R - Jan 13, 2015 11:29 AM EST

A new study has shown that volcanic activity may have helped warming rates level off over the last 15 years.

Tropical Forests Trump Northern Counterparts in Soaking Up Bad Carbon Dioxide, NASA

By Peter R - Jan 07, 2015 02:00 PM EST

A new study from NASA shows tropical forests absorb more carbon dioxide than previously thought.

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