Saving ozone may slow warming rate
EMBARGOED until 1800 GMT on Sunday 10 November What appears to be a slowdown in the rate of atmospheric warming this century may have a simple explanation, Mexican scientists say. It could be the...
View ArticleWarming is twice as fast – or half
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The world may be warming more than twice as fast as thought because some key data has been overlooked, two scientists argue. But others think seasonal changes in the Pacific have...
View ArticleWarsaw – Day 11: Nitrous oxide ‘is potent double threat’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Climate News Network’s Paul Brown, at the UN climate talks – the 19th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – reports on a warning by...
View ArticleOzone rise will choke US cities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Poor air quality and health problems will become the summertime norm throughout the US as scientists predict a 70% rise in ground-level ozone − unless action is taken to cut...
View ArticleThreat from new gases found in air
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Comparison of air samples spread over more than 30 years has revealed three new CFC gases with the potential to add to global warming – and the evidence suggests they are...
View ArticleNorway fails to tap new Arctic oil and gas
The Norwegian company conducting some of the most northerly drilling operations in the world admits that it has failed so far to find commercially exploitable hydrocarbon reserves in the high Arctic....
View ArticlePollution poses long-range danger to Borneo’s forests
Air quality in Borneo’s rainforests is being affected by pollution from human activities far off in East Asia – with possible consequences for the ozone layer. LONDON, 1 April, 2015 – New evidence has...
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