CSIRO scientists have created a ‘solar sponge’ which captures and then releases carbon dioxide using the power of natural sunlight – as published today in scientific journal Angewandte Chemie.
Tag: climate
Protecting Arctic in the near-term
Washington, DC. – Arctic Environment Ministers are calling for “urgent action” to reduce black carbon, methane, and HFCs in order to help protect the Arctic and reduce the risk of setting off self-amplifying feedback mechanisms that accelerate warming and lead…
‘Climate change in Pakistan turning extreme’
Suhail Yusuf KARACHI – Data presented at a seminar on climate change in Pakistan highlighted trends where this South Asian country, which stretches from high, snow-capped mountains to a deltaic coast, could be in for a sharp rise in average…
Draft US national climate assessment released
Union of Concerned Scientists The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released its draft National Climate Assessment this week, just a week after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed the United States experienced its warmest year on record.
Mainstream, social media must engage on climate change
Speakers on the first day of a dialogue on future challenges for journalism said its time for the coordination of main stream and social media to play a vital role on climate change issue.
‘Horrible’ 3-feet sea level rise plausible by 2100?
John Roach Melting glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland may push up global sea levels more than 3 feet by the end of this century, according to a scientific poll of experts that brings a degree of clarity to a murky…
Doha negotiators made only incremental progress
World Resources Institute Expectations were low for this year’s UNFCCC climate negotiations in Doha, Qatar (COP 18), which concluded on Saturday 8th December. It was scheduled to be a “finalise-the-rules” type of COP, rather than one focused on large, political…
UNFCCC executive secretary on COP 18 outcome
Q: How did you get to the role you are in today and what advice would you give aspiring climate champions? Christiana Figueres: I have been involved in climate change since 1995. I started working as the head of an…