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Nanotechnology solutions to climate change

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Climate change is high on the global agenda. While the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, in December 2008, is an important step towards achieving an international agreement on climate change scheduled for the upcoming Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen at the end of 2009, policy makers and practitioners alike are increasingly looking for practical solutions.

Patenting the "Climate Genes" ...and Capturing the Climate Agenda

Issue: The world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are stockpiling hundreds of monopoly patents on genes in plants that the companies will market as crops genetically engineered to withstand environmental stresses such as drought, heat, cold, floods, saline soils, and more. BASF, Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, Dupont and biotech partners have filed 532 patent documents (a total of 55 patent families) on so-called “climate ready” genes at patent offices around the world. In the face of climate chaos and a deepening world food crisis, the Gene Giants are gearing up for a PR offensive to re-brand themselves as climate saviours. The focus on so-called climate-ready genes is a golden opportunity to push genetically engineered crops as a silver bullet solution to climate change.

Ice beetles impacted by climate change

In the summer of 1968, Dave Kavanaugh set off on a hike that would change the course of his life. As a second-year medical student at the University of Colorado, he had joined a climbing club with a few members of the biophysics department, and the group had set their sights on Gray's Peak—the ninth highest mountain in Colorado.

Ice Beetles Impacted By Climate Change

In the summer of 1968, Dave Kavanaugh set off on a hike that would change the course of his life. As a second-year medical student at the University of Colorado, he had joined a climbing club with a few members of the biophysics department, and the group had set their sights on Gray's Peak—the ninth highest mountain in Colorado. Kavanaugh, who has never been able to do anything slowly, scampered up to the top of the peak in record time and sat down to wait for the rest of the group.

Ice beetles impacted by climate change

In the summer of 1968, Dave Kavanaugh set off on a hike that would change the course of his life. As a second-year medical student at the University of Colorado, he had joined a climbing club with a few members of the biophysics department, and the group had set their sights on Gray's Peak—the ninth highest mountain in Colorado. Kavanaugh, who has never been able to do anything slowly, scampered up to the top of the peak in record time and sat down to wait for the rest of the group. As he peeled an orange and gazed out at the surrounding terrain, a sudden movement caught his eye. A small black beetle had crawled up onto his boot. While most climbers would have ignored (or possibly squashed) the small intruder, Kavanaugh whipped a collecting vial out of his pack—beetle collecting had been a hobby ever since he took an elective entomology c

Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry

Researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed. Researchers report that during a time of climate change 13 million years ago the chemical makeup of the oceans changed dramatically. The researchers warn that the chemical composition of the ocean today could be similarly affected by climate changes now underway – with potentially far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems.

Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed. The researchers report in the December 12, 2008 issue of Science that during a time of climate change 13 million years ago the chemical makeup of the oceans changed dramatically. The researchers warn that the chemical composition of the ocean today could be similarly affected by climate changes now underway – with potentially far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems.

Ocean Chemistry Altered by Climate Change

Researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed. The researchers report in the December 12, 2008 issue of Science that during a time of climate change 13 million years ago the chemical makeup of the oceans changed dramatically. The researchers warn that the chemical composition of the ocean today could be similarly affected by climate changes now underway – with potentially far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems.

08/12/2008 - "The Melting Iceberg": The Socialist Group's blog about climate change.The Socialist Group today launches a climate change blog ? The Melting Iceberg ? to mark the opening of this week's UN conference in Poznan, Poland

The Socialist Group today, 8 December 2008, launches a climate change blog – The Melting Iceberg – to mark the opening of this week's UN conference in Poznan, Poland. Riitta Myller: "We look forward to people's comments about the talks on our blog and to engaging in direct debate with citizens."

08/12/2008 - The Melting Iceberg": The Socialist Group's blog about climate change.The Socialist Group today launches a climate change blog ? The Melting Iceberg ? to mark the opening of this week's UN conference in Poznan, Poland.

The Socialist Group today, 8 December 2008, launches a climate change blog – The Melting Iceberg – to mark the opening of this week's UN conference in Poznan, Poland. Riitta Myller: "We look forward to people's comments about the talks on our blog and to engaging in direct debate with citizens."

Global Solar Leaders and UNEP Outline Central Role for Solar in Climate Solution at UN Climate Change Conference in Poland

Poznan, Poland, 8 December, 2008 - Heads of three leading international solar companies and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today issued a joint statement at the UN Climate Change Conference to propose the rapid implementation and expansion of policies designed to support the growth of the solar industry and the global adoption of solar technology as a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction in support of global climate goals.

Climate Change Impacts Ice Beetles

In the summer of 1968, Dave Kavanaugh set off on a hike that would change the course of his life. As a second-year medical student at the University of Colorado, he had joined a climbing club with a few members of the biophysics department, and the group had set their sights on Gray's Peak — the ninth highest mountain in Colorado. Kavanaugh, who has never been able to do anything slowly, scampered up to the top of the peak in record time and sat down to wait for the rest of the group. As he peeled an orange and gazed out at the surrounding terrain, a sudden movement caught his eye. A small black beetle had crawled up onto his boot. While most climbers would have ignored (or possibly squashed) the small intruder, Kavanaugh whipped a collecting vial out of his pack — beetle collecting had been a hobby ever since he took an elective ento

Tackle climate change by ending EU house bank's multi-billion subsidies for fossil fuels, says Bankwatch

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU house bank that has loaned over EUR 17 billion to fossil fuel projects since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, must stop fueling climate change by phasing out its investments in fossil fuels by 2012. This is a key demand being brought by CEE Bankwatch Network at the United Nations Climate Change Conference that got underway today in Poznań, Poland.

Can Patents Limit Climate Change?

Ars Technica reports: Listen to policy makers discussing the need for sustainable development and a response to climate change, and a consistent theme emerges: nobody can afford to have the developing world follow the same resource-intensive, unsustainable path to economic development that brought developed nations to their current status. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done, as developing nations are in a poor position to invent the sorts of technologies that can avoid or mitigate the most significant impacts of climate change. The end result is that the phrase "technology transfer" invariably enters the discussion, and now it appears that the World Intellectual Property Organization is starting to consider the role it migt be called upon to play in this process.

WIPO ponders role of patents in limiting climate change

Listen to policy makers discussing the need for sustainable development and a response to climate change, and a consistent theme emerges: nobody can afford to have the developing world follow the same resource-intensive, unsustainable path to economic development that brought developed nations to their current status. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done, as developing nations are in a poor position to invent the sorts of technologies that can avoid or mitigate the most significant impacts of climate change. The end result is that the phrase "technology transfer" invariably enters the discussion, and now it appears that the World Intellectual Property Organization is starting to consider the role it migt be called upon to play in this process.

Tourists view sculpture "Running Bulls Welcome the Spring" during the 4th Ice, Snow, Cultural and Tourism Festival in Barkol Kazak Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 5, 2009.

A tourist (R) takes pictures of the ice sculpture with her mobile phone as her friend looks on during the 4th Ice, Snow, Cultural and Tourism Festival in Barkol Kazak Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 5, 2009. The 4th Barkol Ice, Snow, Cultural and Tourism Festival was opened on Jan. 5, displaying more than 100 ice or snow sculptures and holding ice and snow sports games to promote the local herdsmen's traditons near Xinjiang's Hami city. (Xinhua/Zhu Zhenghua)

Ice sculptures displayed at Harbin Ice and Snow Festival

People visit an ice sculpture for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province December 23, 2008. The 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will kick off on January 5, 2009, local media reported. [Agencies]

Ancient Climate Cycles Recorded In Mars Rocks

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have found evidence of ancient climate change on Mars caused by regular variation in the planet's tilt, or obliquity. On Earth, similar "astronomical forcing" of climate drives ice-age cycles.

Rocks on Mars hold key to climate history

Scientists found evidence of ancient climate change on Mars caused by regular variation in the planet's tilt. On Earth, similar "astronomical forcing" of climate drives ice-age cycles.

Caltech Researchers Find Ancient Climate Cycles Recorded in Mars Rocks

PASADENA, Calif.-- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have found evidence of ancient climate change on Mars caused by regular variation in the planet's tilt, or obliquity. On Earth, similar "astronomical forcing" of climate drives ice-age cycles.

UNHCR Official Warns About Displacement from Climate Change

Climate change could cause large-scale human displacement, the deputy head of the UN refugee agency warned this week at a conference in Poland.

Climate change alters ocean chemistry: study

U.S. researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed.

Climate change alters ocean chemistry: study

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed.

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