The phytoplanktons are declining at a rate of 1% per year as a result of rising temperatures of water bodies. The research was written in the journal Nature by scientist who made their finding by looking at records of the transparency of sea water. The transparency reduces by the presence of planktons. In a first [...]
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2010
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2010
Feb
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2010
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2010
IPCC turning to independent reviews
Coming under criticism for its four 2007 reports, Noble-Prize winning scientific panel of US, the IPCC has decided to include independent reviews. The global-warming studying, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is now seeking independent reviews. Critics have found a few unsettling errors, including projections of retreats in Himalayan glaciers, in the thousands of pages of [...]
Jan
22
2010
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2010
The last decade was the warmest since the late 19th century: NASA
NASA (U.S. Space Agency) informed on the basis of scientific records that from the late nineteenth century the decade which just ended is considered as warmest on the planet. Not only this, but the year 2009 was the second warmest on Earth’s surface since 1880, said the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), NASA informed [...]
Dec
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2009
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2009
IPCC Chairman Reacts to Climate Change E-Mail Row
Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has told BBC Radio 4′s – The Report program that the claims arising out of the leaked e-mails were serious and IPCC will investigate them as its top priority. However, he is also denying any possibility of a few scientists biasing the advice [...]