Global Warming

Antarctic ice growth is one of the odd side effects of global warming

Global WarmingLondon, September 13: In what is being considered an unusual side effect of global warming, the amount of sea ice around Antarctica has grown recently.

According to a report in New Scientist, in the southern hemisphere winter, when emperor penguins huddle together against the biting cold, ice on the sea around Antarctica has been increasing since the late 1970s, perhaps because climate change means shifts in winds, sea currents or snowfall.

Fuel emissions from marine vessels remain a global concern

Washington, September 10 : A new study that has examined tradeoff among fuel switching and emission control policies, has indicated that fuel emissions from marine vessels still remain a global concern.

The study was carried out by James Winebrake, professor and chair of the Department of Science, Technology and Society/Public Policy at Rochester Institute of Technology, and James Corbett, associate professor in the College of Marine and Earth Studies at the University of Delaware.

Pollution can make your kid fat

Pollution can make your kid fatLondon, Sept 7 : If you think that high-calorie diet and a sedentary lifestyle is responsible for your kid’s bulging waistline, then here’s a piece of information: pollution can make children fat.

That’s the conclusion of a new research, which has found that children exposed to pesticide in womb are twice as likely to be overweight.

According to the groundbreaking Spanish study, exposure to a range of common chemicals before birth sets up a baby to grow up stout, thus helping to drive the worldwide obesity epidemic.

IEA hails European model on climate change

International Energy Agency (IEA)Brussels - The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Thursday hailed the European Union's efforts to fight climate change as a model for the world to follow.

"The European Union is a leader of the global action to mitigate climate change through its bold and innovative energy policies," said Nobuo Tanaka, the IEA's executive director, at a press conference in Brussels.

In January, the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, unveiled a package of legal proposals designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost the use of renewable energies.

Unmanned sailing ships may become the new weapon in combating global warming

Unmanned sailing ships may become the new weapon in combating global warmingLondon, September 1 : A fleet of 1,500 unmanned sailing ships may become the new weapon in the fight against global warming, by creating wakes that whiten clouds to reflect the heat of the Sun better.

According to a report in the Times, the concept was put forward by a scientist at the University of Edinburgh.

The concept involves vessels powered by a radical rotary-sail technology that could patrol selected areas of ocean, spraying tiny droplets of seawater into existing clouds.

Africa’s animals may evolve into separate species, thanks to climate change

Edinburgh, September 1 : A new research, by scientists at the Edinburgh University, has suggested that climate change could make Africa’s animals evolve into a number of new separate species.

According to a report in the Scotsman, the future loss of lakes and rivers in Africa would influence how species such as buffalo, wildebeest and elephants evolve.

Large populations of animals, which need water to survive, could be divided and, over time, evolve into new species to cope with their new surroundings.

An isolated population of buffalo, unable to interbreed with others, might evolve to the size of small elephants in the future, in order to accommodate a larger stomach, according to the report.

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