NewsRack: 'Emissions' news in 'Climate Change' topic for user subbu (21-41 of 13,300)

Hawaiian high: What does it signify?	13.5.2013	Deccan Herald - Supplements
Hawaiian high: What does it signify?
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UN urges world to eat insects to fight hunger (Cached)	13.5.2013	CNN-IBN: World
The latest weapon in the UN's fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the UN, they come with appetizing side benefits: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creating jobs in developing countries and feeding the millions of hungry people in the world.
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Climate change can cause widespread global-scale loss of flora and fauna (Cached)	13.5.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
Climate change could lead to decline in more than 50 per cent of common plants and 33 per cent of animals can see this century, a research has suggested.
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Space tourism won't hurt environment: Branson	13.5.2013	Latest News
British billionaire Richard Branson today said that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change. More than 500 people have already reserved seats -- and paid deposits on the USD ...
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One-third of animal species will be hit by climate change, scientists warn	13.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Plant and animal species could see dramatic losses as habitats become unsuitable and ecosystems collapse One-third of common land animals could see dramatic losses this century because of climate change, scientists predict. More than half of plants could be hit the same way as habitats become unsuitable for numerous species. The collapse of ecosystems would have major economic impacts on agriculture, air quality, clean water access, and tourism. Global temperatures are set to rise 4C above preindustrial levels by 2100 if nothing is done to stem greenhouse gas emissions. This could have a hugely destructive effect on thousands of common as well as rare and endangered species around the world, according to the researchers. An estimated 57% of plants and 34% of animals were likely to lose half or more of their habitat range. But the damage would be greatly reduced if emissions were scaled down in time, the study shows. Losses are reduced by 60% if global warming is cut to 2% ...
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Warming to hit half of plants, a third of animals	13.5.2013	Deccan Chronicle: Lifestyle
More than half of common species of plants and a third of animal species are likely to see their living space halved by 2080 on current trends of carbon emissions, a climate study said on Sunday. Output of man-made greenhouse gases is putting Earth on track for four degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees
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Decline fear for plants and animals	12.5.2013	BBC: Front Page
More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change, a study suggests.
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Greenhouse gas level highest in 2 million years	12.5.2013	newindianexpress.com
Carbon dioxide was measured at 400 parts per million Thursday at the oldest monitoring station in Hawaii, which sets the global benchmark.
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An Indian winter	11.5.2013	Hindu: Op-Ed
DEBATE @ THE HINDU The lag between carbon emissions and warming suggests that the earth will get unavoidably warmer, not cooler
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Global carbon dioxide in atmosphere passes milestone level	10.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Climate warming greenhouse gas reaches 400 parts per million for the first time in human history For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has passed the milestone level of 400 parts per million (ppm). The last time so much greenhouse gas was in the air was several million years ago, when the Arctic was ice-free, savannah spread across the Sahara desert and sea level was up to 40 metres higher than today. These conditions are expected to return in time, with devastating consequences for civilisation, unless emissions of CO2 from the burning of coal, gas and oil are rapidly curtailed. But despite increasingly severe warnings from scientists and a major economic recession, global emissions have continued to soar unchecked . "It is symbolic, a point to pause and think about where we have been and where we are going," said Professor Ralph Keeling, who oversees the measurements on a Hawaian volcano, which were begun by his father ...
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Charles: 'Climate change sceptics are turning Earth into dying patient'	10.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Heir to throne intervenes on issue dividing coalition, making outspoken criticism of attempts to tackle global warming Prince Charles has attacked corporate lobbyists and climate change sceptics for turning the Earth into a "dying patient", making his most outspoken criticism yet of the world's failure to tackle global warming just when the heir to the throne is assuming a growing number of the duties of what is supposed to be an apolitical monarchy. Hosting a two-day conference for forest scientists at St James's Palace in London, the Prince of Wales satirised those who stand in the way of climate action, characterising them as "the confirmed sceptics" and "the international association of corporate lobbyists". Faced with these forces of opposition, "science finds itself up the proverbial double blind gum tree", he added. At the debate on environmental issues, hours after the prince attended the Queen's speech, Charles attacked businesses which failed to care for the environment and ...
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ESA's gen-next satellite to monitor Earth's forests (Cached)	9.5.2013	IE: Science & Technology
The Biomass mission concept is set to become the next in a series of satellites.
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ESA`s gen-next satellite to monitor Earth`s forests (Cached)	9.5.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
The European Space Agency is set to launch a new innovative Earth explorer satellite in 2020 to map and monitor the global forests - our planet`s most important natural resources.
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Prince Charles attacks global warming sceptics	9.5.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
Prince uses speech at St James's Palace to single out 'confirmed sceptics' and environmentally unfriendly businesses The Prince of Wales has criticised "corporate lobbyists" and climate change sceptics for turning the earth into a "dying patient", in his most outspoken attack yet on the world's failure to tackle global warming. He attacked businesses who failed to care for the environment, and compared the current generation to a doctor taking care of a critically ill patient. "If you think about the impact of climate change, [it should be how] a doctor would deal with the problem," he told an audience of government ministers, from the UK and abroad, as well as businesspeople and scientists. "A scientific hypothesis is tested to absolute destruction, but medicine can't wait. If a doctor sees a child with a fever, he can't wait for [endless] tests. He has to act on what is there." He added: "The risk of delay is so enormous that we can't wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is ...
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Academics warn Canada against further tar sands production	9.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Letter urges natural resources minister Joe Oliver to consider consequences of his support for controversial policy The Canadian government's promotion of the tar sands industry is setting the world on a course of catastrophic climate change, a group of climate scientists and economists have warned. In a letter made available to the Guardian, the academics urged Canada's natural resources minister, Joe Oliver, to consider the consequences of his support for expanding Alberta's tar sands production. Oliver has in recent months emerged as the main proponent for the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington and other capitals. He is due in London this week. The project would pump crude from the tar sands directly to refineries on the Texas Gulf coast, and so provide a much-needed outlet for Canada's crude. But the academics warned that unlocking Alberta's tar sands, which are thought to hold some 170bn barrels of recoverable oil, would put a dangerous amount of carbon into the atmosphere. ...
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ESAâ€™s gen-next satellite to monitor Earth`s forest (Cached)	8.5.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
The European Space agency is set to launch a new innovative Earth explorer satellite in 2020 to map and monitor the global forests - our planet`s most important natural resources.
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'Emissions plan could energise climate talks'	8.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
The proposal for a climate deal by 2015 based on national 'contributions' gained traction UN talks in Germany last week The United States' proposal to let countries draft their own emissions reduction plans rather than working toward a common target can unlock languishing UN climate negotiations , the US climate change envoy said on Tuesday. The proposal that a global climate deal by 2015 should be based on national "contributions" gained traction at last week's round of UN talks in Germany , although China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, said it wanted far more binding commitments by wealthy countries. In the first public US statements on the plan, Todd Stern, the US State Department's special envoy on climate change, told reporters on Tuesday that the US approach was designed to bring as many countries as possible to the table through a form of peer pressure and break the impasse over a successor to the 1997 Kyoto protocol . "Countries, knowing that they will be subject to the ...
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South Africa to phase in carbon tax from 2015 (Cached)	8.5.2013	Down to Earth
Tax to increase at 10 per cent per year; draft policy sets relief limits South Africa has proposed a carbon tax of 120 Rand (about US $13) per tonne of emission of carbon-dioxide equivalent in the second draft of its carbon tax proposal, titled Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and facilitating the transition to a green economy. This follows an earlier announcement made by its finance minister Pravin Gordhan to implement a carbon tax by 2015 during the annual budget speech this year.
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Carbon emissions 'rapidly acidifying' Arctic Ocean (Cached)	7.5.2013	New Kerala: Andhra Pradesh
London, May 7 : Global warming is making the Arctic Ocean acidic, according to a new report by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).
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Pacific islands look for model to combat changes due to global warming	7.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Islanders must adapt as environmental impact of climate change affects centuries-old ways of life With islands and atolls scattered across the ocean, the small Pacific island states are among those most exposed to the effects of global warming: increasing acidity and rising sea level, more frequent natural disasters and damage to coral reefs. These micro-states, home to about 10 million people, are already paying for the environmental irresponsibility of the great powers. "Pacific islands are the victims of industrial countries unable to control their carbon dioxide emissions. The truth of the matter is that we have no option but to accept this and adapt," says Dr Jimmie Rodgers, the head of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), a regional development organisation. At the initiative of France's Research on Development Institute (IRD) and New Caledonia University , 30 or so scientists from the Pacific basin spent a week at the end of April discussing the design of a sustainable ...
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