Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. » Climate Change http://www.miller-mccune.com Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. no Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. » Climate Change http://www.miller-mccune.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpghttp://www.miller-mccune.com Santa Barbara, CA New Dirt on Climate Changehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/new-dirt-on-climate-change-39088/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/new-dirt-on-climate-change-39088/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:22:46 +0000 Bruce Dorminey http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=39088 Researchers have drilled into the middle of America in hopes of understanding past eras when the Earth burped out huge amounts of greenhouse gases.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/new-dirt-on-climate-change-39088/feed/ 0 Why Isn’t Climate Change on More Lips?http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/why-isnt-climate-change-on-more-lips-38339/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/why-isnt-climate-change-on-more-lips-38339/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:23 +0000 Kathy Seal http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=38339 Did you follow the news from the global climate conference in Durban and discuss it with your peers? If you said no, welcome to the club.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/why-isnt-climate-change-on-more-lips-38339/feed/ 0 Climate Change: A Moment of Species Pridehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-change-a-moment-of-species-pride-38291/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-change-a-moment-of-species-pride-38291/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:34:06 +0000 Phil Marshall http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=38291 An astrophysicist surveys Miller-McCune’s carbon footprint graphic from a post-Durban climate change vantage and wonders if the U.S. and the world can’t do a better job of stepping up to the challenge of climate control.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-change-a-moment-of-species-pride-38291/feed/ 0 Pushing Past the Taboo of Climate Adaptationhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/pushing-past-the-taboo-of-climate-adaptation-38000/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/pushing-past-the-taboo-of-climate-adaptation-38000/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:05:12 +0000 Kristian Beadle http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=38000 Shunned in the past as trumping mitigation, the issue of climate adaptation is now receiving serious attention.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/pushing-past-the-taboo-of-climate-adaptation-38000/feed/ 0 New Zealand Imports Foreign Workers: Dung Beetleshttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/new-zealand-imports-foreign-workers-dung-beetles-37230/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/new-zealand-imports-foreign-workers-dung-beetles-37230/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:43 +0000 Frank Nelson http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=37230 Burned by past introductions of "helpful" foreign species, New Zealand inches toward releasing the imported insects to clean up its pastures full of other introduced animals.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/new-zealand-imports-foreign-workers-dung-beetles-37230/feed/ 0 Climate Optimist Revisits Failures of His ‘Wedges’ Paperhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-optimist-revisits-failures-of-his-wedges-paper-36761/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-optimist-revisits-failures-of-his-wedges-paper-36761/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:22:44 +0000 Dan Watson http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=36761 Robert Socolow, the co-author of an influential plan to reduce carbon emissions, revisits his work seven years later to understand why it failed.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-optimist-revisits-failures-of-his-wedges-paper-36761/feed/ 0 Bipartisan Group Wants U.S. to Get Serious About Geoengineeringhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/bipartisan-group-wants-u-s-to-get-serious-about-geoengineering-36711/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/bipartisan-group-wants-u-s-to-get-serious-about-geoengineering-36711/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:46:35 +0000 Michael Todd http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=36711 Efforts at geoengineering to cool a warming planet are picking up steam.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/bipartisan-group-wants-u-s-to-get-serious-about-geoengineering-36711/feed/ 0 Marketing the Mystery of the Giant Squidhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/marketing-the-mystery-of-the-giant-squid-36460/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/marketing-the-mystery-of-the-giant-squid-36460/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:00:22 +0000 Danna Staaf http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=36460 We don't really know if the giant squid is endangered, but this animal still could inspire protection of the world's invertebrates.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/marketing-the-mystery-of-the-giant-squid-36460/feed/ 0 A Discernible Human Influence: Schneider and Climate Changehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/a-discernible-human-influence-schneider-and-climate-change-36133/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/a-discernible-human-influence-schneider-and-climate-change-36133/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:00:42 +0000 Joshua Zaffos http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=36133 Climate scientists carry forth the memory, spirit, and research of Stephen Schneider, the field's greatest ambassador.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/a-discernible-human-influence-schneider-and-climate-change-36133/feed/ 0 Climate Change Pushing Millions to Edge of Starvationhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/curiouser/climate-change-pushing-millions-to-edge-of-starvation-35979/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/curiouser/climate-change-pushing-millions-to-edge-of-starvation-35979/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:37:15 +0000 Jai Ranganathan http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=35979 Climatologist Chris Funk explains his findings that long-term ocean warming has created a chain reaction that is likely to permanently dry out East Africa.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/curiouser/climate-change-pushing-millions-to-edge-of-starvation-35979/feed/ 0 Africa,Climate Change,Curiouser,Drought Climatologist Chris Funk explains his findings that long-term ocean warming has created a chain reaction that is likely to permanently dry out East Africa. Climatologist Chris Funk explains his findings that long-term ocean warming has created a chain reaction that is likely to permanently dry out East Africa. Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. no 15:43 Developing Smart Cars, Roads for a Greener Drivehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/developing-smart-cars-roads-for-a-greener-drive-34915/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/developing-smart-cars-roads-for-a-greener-drive-34915/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:00:07 +0000 Melinda Burns http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=34915 Even without fancy new cars or fuels, technology now motoring off the drawing board will help you take that lead foot off the accelerator and start driving green.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/developing-smart-cars-roads-for-a-greener-drive-34915/feed/ 0 Climate Change Threatens Great Lakes’ Parkshttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-change-threatens-great-lakes-parks-34226/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-change-threatens-great-lakes-parks-34226/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:16:02 +0000 Devon Boen http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=34226 With temperatures rising and lake levels lowering, environmentalists say there's reason to be worried about the future of national parks.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/climate-change-threatens-great-lakes-parks-34226/feed/ 0 How Much Does Global Warming Cost?http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/how-much-does-global-warming-cost-33864/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/how-much-does-global-warming-cost-33864/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:05:07 +0000 Dan Watson http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=33864 A new report suggests that the social cost of carbon — the economic damage done by one ton of carbon dioxide emissions — could be drastically higher than government agencies have estimated.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/how-much-does-global-warming-cost-33864/feed/ 0 The Making of the Ocean Health Indexhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/the-making-of-the-ocean-health-index-33674/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/the-making-of-the-ocean-health-index-33674/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:41:28 +0000 Ben Halpern, Karen McLeod and Jameal Samhouri http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=33674 In the first of a series of stories tracking their progress in real time, three scientists explain the genesis of a global effort to present the health of the world's oceans with a single number.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/the-making-of-the-ocean-health-index-33674/feed/ 0 ‘Sky Island’: Climate Change and an Alpine Oasishttp://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/sky-island-climate-change-and-an-alpine-oasis-33580/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/sky-island-climate-change-and-an-alpine-oasis-33580/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:45:39 +0000 Michael Todd http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=33580 A documentary film airing on PBS looks at New Mexico’s Jemez range, and gently and sparely shows how changing climate affects these unique "sky islands."

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