The UN`s climate chief called for urgency today as she opened a new round of global talks amid warnings that Earth-warming carbon dioxide levels were approaching a symbolic threshold never seen in human history.
April 29 2013, 10:41 pm
Read MoreHigh carbon dioxide levels caused by climate change might actually help wheat survive in drought like conditions, says an Australian research.
February 26 2013, 4:58 pm
Read MoreFor the first time in human history, the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere has passed the milestone level of 400 parts per million (ppm).
May 11 2013, 10:22 am
Read MoreResearchers have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present are systematically associated with sea levels at least nine metres above current levels.
January 3 2013, 3:53 pm
Read MoreA new study has provided compelling evidence that rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused much of the global warming that ended the last Ice Age.
April 5 2012, 7:18 pm
Read MoreRising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are seriously threatening marine plankton, vital for survival of aquatic food webs.
May 8 2012, 1:51 pm
Read MoreBreeding crops that have roots a metre deeper in the soil could dramatically lower CO2 levels in the atmosphere, a leading University of Manchester scientist has claimed.
August 4 2011, 2:47 pm
Read MoreThere is likelihood of increased snowfall over the polar regions and the highest altitudes, but an overall drop in global snowfall, as CO2 levels rise over the next century.
February 24 2013, 12:19 pm
Read MoreAs the Earth copes with rising carbon dioxide levels, some marine species are likely to be able to adapt to the predicted rising ocean temperatures.
August 2 2012, 9:55 am
Read MoreSome marine species are likely to be able to adapt to the predicted rising ocean temperatures and acidification associated with climate change, a new study has found.
July 2 2012, 3:11 pm
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