Archive for June, 2008

Destruction Of Greenhouse Gases Over Tropical Atlantic May Ease Global Warming

Everyday we are constantly bombarded by the negative effects of global warming. However, scientists from the UK’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science and Universities of York and Leeds, has some very positive news to share. Vast amounts of ozone – 50% more than what is predicted by the world’s-state-of-the-art climate models – are being destroyed in the lower atmosphere over the Tropical Atlantic. This news is specifically important because the ozone in the lower atmosphere acts as a greenho…

Experts Deny Link Between Floods and Global Warming

Though the flooding in central England nearly a year ago were very severe, a scientific analysis on the event say that they cannot be linked to climate change. The magnitude of last July’s floods prompted experts to say that they were due to climate change and an indication of similar summer-time flooding to come. But, as per the report published by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Wallingford, experts say that there is a trend for less flooding during summers and more rainfall during win…