But in order to save the climate it would be advised to first chop down that dark pine forest.

Plants have 34% less breathing pores due to 150 years of rising CO2

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

According to new research by Utrecht University in the Netherlands that will be published in two separate papers in the upcoming edition of PNAS, plants react strongly to rising CO2 levels. This may in turn have strong climate implications, as … Continue reading →

Sixth mass extinction underway: 75% of species could die out in next 300 years

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

The Earth is en route to its sixth mass extinction, say a group of paleobiologists in the latest edition of Nature.

Eastern cougar officially extinct

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Glacier formation proves two-sided

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Conventional reading suggests glaciers and ice sheets are formed top-down, by the cumulative compaction of snowflakes. New research published in Science today shows there is a bottom-up component too – at least for the East Antarctic ice sheet.

Coral reefs threatened with extinction by 2050

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

1998: 58% coral reefs threatened 2011: 75% coral reefs threatened 2030: 90% coral reefs threatened 2050: 100% coral reefs threatened

Geoengineering can save Greenland, model suggests

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

We recently witnessed a new Greenland melting record. And according to a new paleoclimate comparison by James Hansen we could be in for meters of sea level rise within this century, due to expected non-linearity of the melting process.

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Author Archives: Rolf Schuttenhelm

2011 lowest ice maximum remains uncertain – Arctic April makes cold start

‘Insecticide imidacloprid not main cause of bee CCD’

Yesterday’s paradox: pine forests bad for climate

Crop albedo geoengineering: plant albino sugar beet and have a 1 degree cooler summer