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Swedish farmers have doubts about climatologists

June 27, 2014 in Environment
Farmers rely more on their own experiences with changing weather than on climatologists who have no agricultural experience, according to Swedish research.

Geoengineers can only give us a breather

June 26, 2014 in Environment
Cloud brightening and other mega-scale projects to reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching our planet are risky, scientists say.

Complicated climate communication

June 16, 2014 in Environment
Impact scenarios of climate change on Norwegian ecosystems are indefinite and convoluted, making dissemination to the general public difficult. How can scientists express themselves clearly and precisely?

EU cites Norway for air poor quality

May 14, 2014 in Environment
Emissions of harmful atmospheric particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide in Norway exceed limits stipulated by the EU Air Quality Directive.

Sea creatures are threatened by our medicines

May 12, 2014 in Environment
Medication ingested by humans is taken up by algae and sea creatures. Entire ecosystems can be affected, according to a Swedish researcher.

Aerosols are wild cards in climate models

March 31, 2014 in Environment
Tiny airborne particles in the Earth’s atmosphere affect its climate. But uncertainties regarding their impact can be greater than reckoned in climate models, according to new Norwegian research.

Measuring snowfall in windy mountain areas

March 5, 2014 in Environment
A new statistical model may finally give meteorologists a better handle on snowfall amounts, even when measurements are made where snow is blown wildly into drifts. This information can boost hydropower efficiency as well as help us better understand climate change.

More heavy rains in the future

March 3, 2014 in Environment
Increasingly powerful cloudbursts can wreak havoc in cities. Better measurements and climate models can help urban planners protect cities from wetter, wilder weather.

Tiny microplastics a marine headache

March 1, 2014 in Environment
Food packaging. Drink bottles. Electronics. Children’s toys. Plastics make modern life possible, but they have a dark side. Plastics in the ocean break down into microscopic fragments that zooplankton not only eat, but pass up the food chain, a Finnish research team has shown.

Changing climate can change building standards

February 27, 2014 in Environment
Roofs in Norway have to be built to hold up under heavy loads of snow. But a warmer climate and less snow might mean a change in building standards for roofs that have to be built to last a century.

Unstable Atlantic can accelerate climate change

February 22, 2014 in Environment
A warmer planet can destabilise an important oceanographic process in the North Atlantic called deep water formation. If deep water formation is affected, it will have a profound impact on global climate and precipitation.

Even tiny oil spills may break Arctic food chain

January 30, 2014 in Environment
Drilling for oil in the Arctic may have catastrophic consequences, new study suggests.

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