Category Archives: Global Warming

‘Greener’ Climate Prediction Shows Plants Slow Warming

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

A new NASA computer modeling effort has found that additional growth of plants and trees in a world with doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide levels would create a new negative feedback — a cooling effect — in the Earth’s climate system … Continue reading →

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Carbon Dioxide Controls Earth’s Temperature

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

    Water vapor and clouds are the major contributors to Earth’s greenhouse effect, but a new atmosphere-ocean climate modeling study shows that the planet’s temperature ultimately depends on the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide. The study, conducted by Andrew … Continue reading →

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The World in 2050:Global warming will benefit some regions

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

As worldwide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets, Laurence C. Smith writes in “The World in 2050: Four … Continue reading →

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Carnivore Species Shrank During Global Warming Event

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

A new University of Florida study indicates extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago.The study, scheduled to appear in the December print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution and … Continue reading →

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