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- Global Warming? No Sweat. // Foreign Policy;May/Jun2008, Issue 166, p23
The article reports on the study of the researchers from Texas A&M University regarding the attitudes of the Americans on global warming. It reveals that people who are informed about its risks and causes are less alarmed it than the people who are less knowledgeable on it. These people trust...
- Scientists attack Bush over U turn on climate change treaty. Ghazi, Polly // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);04/07/2001, Vol. 322 Issue 7290, p813
Reports that world leaders were joined by health experts in condemning the rejection made by United States President George W. Bush of the Kyoto global climate treaty. Future implications on the global environment should the U.S., the world's greatest polluter, fail to reduce the output of...
- Global Warming: A Public Health Concern. Afzal, Brenda M. // Online Journal of Issues in Nursing;2007, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p2
Over the last 100 years the average temperature on the Earth has risen approximately 1Fahrenheit (F), increasing at a rate twice as fast as has been noted for any period in the last 1,000 years. The Arctic ice cap is shrinking, glaciers are melting, and the Arctic permafrost is thawing. There is...
- GLOBAL WARMING AND CARBON-NEGATIVE TECHNOLOGY: PROSPECTS FOR A LOWER-COST ROUTE TO A LOWER RISK ATMOSPHERE. Eisenberger, Peter M.; Cohen, Roger W.; Chichilnisky, Graciela; Eisenberger, Nicholas M.; Chance, Ronald R.; Jones, Christopher W. // Energy & Environment;2009, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p973
Aggressive efficiency improvements and a shift away from fossil fuels cannot offset climate change threats. This realization creates an imperative for 'carbon-negative' mitigation measures; that is, measures that can reduce atmospheric carbon faster than emissions will load the atmosphere. Among...
- A SURFEIT OF CYCLES. Schaffer, W. M. // Energy & Environment;2009, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p985
Chaotic sets are organized about "skeletons" of periodic orbits in the sense that every point on a chaotic set is arbitrarily close to such an orbit. The orbits have the stability property of saddles: attracting in some directions; repelling in others. This topology has implications for changing...
- AND ANOTHER THING. Wright, Martin // Green Futures;Jul2007, Issue 65, p52
The author reflects on the people's reaction on climate change and global warming. He comments on the survey that shows that between a third and a half of British either don't think climate change is happening, or if it is, it will not affect the humans. He reveals that rainforests were being...
- Ministers agree to act on warnings of soaring temperatures in Africa. Cherry, Michael // Nature;10/27/2005, Vol. 437 Issue 7063, p1217
Focuses on the agreement of African leaders and governments regarding the need to act on warnings on the problems caused by global warming. Assessment of the temperature increase in the continent; Insights on the environmental risks brought about by the phenomena; Views on the conservation...
- Development trumps serious global warming risks--official report. // Tibetan Review: The Monthly Magazine on all Aspects of Tibet;May2007, Vol. 42 Issue 5, p28
The article reports on the result of the National Climate Change Assessment survey which reveals the global warming risks of China. The survey states that global warming could devastate China's development and affect the plans of the ruling Communist Party for sustainable development. It is...
- Protest and Revolution. Wood, Robin // Cineaction;2006, Issue 70, p1
The article offers a discussion regarding global warming and composer Aulis Sallinen in the U.S. The author shared his views on the environmental risks brought about by the rapid technological developments. According to the author, the government must have taken the necessary drastic measures to...
