Forests stabilised Earth`s CO2 levels millions of years ago

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:16

Researchers in the UK have identified a biological mechanism that could explain how the Earth`s atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate were stabilised over the past 24 million years.

Quick recipe for producing cheaper hydrogen discovered

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 18:16

Scientists have discovered a quick-cook recipe for copious volumes of hydrogen (H2).

Geoengineering techniques may fail to undo climate change

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 16:36

Researchers have showed that reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the planet`s surface by geoengineering may not undo climate change after all.

Shrinking glaciers won`t affect South Asia water availability: Study

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 09:13

Glacier systems that feed two key rivers in South Asia will badly retreat this century, but demands for water are still likely to be met, a study predicted Sunday.

Amplified greenhouse effect turning Earth`s northern latitudes greener

Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:20

A NASA-funded study has found that temperature and vegetation growth at Earth`s northern latitudes now increasingly resembles those lusher latitudes to the south.