Category Archives: climate change

Scientists Debate Shading Earth As Climate Fix

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Climate researcher Ken Caldeira was skeptical when he first heard about the idea of shading the Earth a decade ago in a talk by nuclear weapons scientist Lowell Wood.Caldeira conducts research on climate and carbon cycles at the Carnegie Institution … Continue reading →

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Rise Of Oxygen Caused Earth’s Earliest Ice Age

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Geologists may have uncovered the answer to an age-old question – an ice-age-old question, that is. It appears that Earth’s earliest ice ages may have been due to the rise of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere, which consumed atmospheric greenhouse gases … Continue reading →

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Silk Road threatened by melting glaciers

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The Chinese gateway to the ancient Silk Road is being flooded — and the culprit, researchers say, is climate change. Melting glaciers sitting above the Hexi corridor in Gansu province, once an important trading and military route into Central Asia, … Continue reading →

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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Trending Below Record 2007 Melt

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The annual melting of Arctic sea ice is trending toward another record-low.While it’s still too early to say whether the 2009 melt will exceed the record 2007 melt — the annual low-point isn’t reached until September — the trend line … Continue reading →

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