Category Archives: Global Warming

Resolving the Paradox of the Antarctic Sea Ice

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

While Arctic sea ice has been diminishing in recent decades, the Antarctic sea ice extent has been increasing slightly. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology provide an explanation for the seeming paradox of increasing Antarctic sea ice in a … Continue reading →

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Asian Rice Production may Slow Down due to Higher Temperatures

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Production of rice — the world’s most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing poverty — will be thwarted as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change, according to a new study by an international team of … Continue reading →

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Cool Roofs Can Mitigate Global Warming

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change? The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global … Continue reading →

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Whiter Clouds Could Mean Wetter Land

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

One proposed emergency fix to halt global warming is to seed clouds over the ocean to make them more reflective, reducing the solar radiation absorbed by the Earth. But the scheme could also change global rainfall patterns, raising concerns of … Continue reading →

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