Posts Tagged ‘ climate change ’

Peer review: the scientific gold standard?

20 December, 2011

Peer review makes science trustworthy. So why are big-name experiments bypassing the process?

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Is playing God the answer to climate change?

4 December, 2011
Is playing God the answer to climate change?

The recent postponement of a geoengineering experiment in the UK highlights the growing debate on whether geoengineering could be the Pandora’s box of the climate change problem.

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Developing countries anxiously await next week’s climate conference

26 November, 2011
Developing countries anxiously await next week’s climate conference

The world will be watching next week’s UN climate summit on behalf of developing nations.

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Birds are growing larger as a result of climate change

23 November, 2011

Most research shows animals are shrinking as the Earth heats up, but a recent study has found the opposite: birds in California are growing bigger.

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Climate change deniers fighting on the back foot

4 November, 2011

An independent study largely funded by organisations opposed to action against climate change, has reaffirmed findings that warming of the Earth is a real phenomenon.

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