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White Roofs May Successfully Cool CitiesWashington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2010 Painting the roofs of buildings white has the potential to significantly cool off cities and mitigate some impacts of global warming, a new study indicates. The research, the first computer modeling study to simulate the impacts of white roofs on urban areas worldwide, suggests there may be merit to an idea advanced by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and other policymakers that white roofs can be an important tool to help society adjust to climate change. But the study team cautions that th ... read more |
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Fairfax VA (SPX) Feb 08, 2010Public concern about global warming has dropped sharply since the fall of 2008, according to the results of a national survey released by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. The survey found: + Only 50 percent of Americans now say they are "somewhat" or "very worried" about global warming, a 13-point decrease. + The percentage of Americans who think global warmin ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2010Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million years, a Yale University-led research team reports online in the journal Science. Unlike recently published work from China that inferred the existence of two types of melanin pigments in various species of feathered dinosaurs, the Scie ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2010Residents of the US east coast began digging out from under a thick blanket of snow Sunday after a record-breaking blizzard paralyzed Washington and the region, snapping power to 350,000 residents and killing two people. The monster storm stretched more than 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) from eastern Indiana across into New Jersey and then down as far south as North Carolina, affecting tens o ... more |
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Drought in SW Australia linked to snowfall in AntarcticaParis (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday. Researchers Tas van Ommen and Vin Morgan of the Australian Antarctic Division said that the drought - which has seen winter rainfall decline by 15-20 percent - is extremely unusual when compared with the last 750 years. Hand in hand with the drought is a similarly exceptional rise in ... read more |
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