Causes of global warming

	Divorces Cause Global Warming, Study Says
...Environmentalists warn that increasing number of divorces causes global warming and people should think twice before making a decision that has a crucial impact on our environment. As experts from Michigan State University explain, the use of natural resources becomes less efficient if woman moves out to a new place after divorce. As a result, more land of housing is needed with increased expenditure on utilities. J...
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	Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade
...According to the delayed United States Climate Action Report emissions of gases in the US will grow during the next decade just as much as they did previously. Despite its negative side this document, developed for the United Nations, shows that the emissions of gases causing global warming grow, but with a slower pace as the economy does. This trend corresponds completely with the goal set by the president 5 years ag...
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	Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming
...cience Summit Week, which started on Wednesday in New Hampshire to make up their mind on crucial changes in the North Pole that highlights global warming more than ever before. Ross Virginia, one of the organizers of the Arctic Science Summit on global warming, pre-opened the summit with a speech that was to make everyone realize the problem of the environment. She asked everyone to join scientific and policy efforts ...
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	River Drying Up to Lead to Freshwater Crisis
...Due to the changes in climate, pollution and bad planning some of the largest and well-known rivers in the world are currently at risk of drying up. An environment group called WWF made a study that pays attention to ten best-known rivers that can dry up in case people won't take certain measures. The report states that indifference towards these rivers might lead to "fresh water emergency." Among the ten rivers that the...
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	Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming
...n. The protection against allergens weakens and the results are allergies. On the other side - global warming. It made springs come earlier, thus plants bloom earlier too and produce more pollen. All of this results in a simple axiom: a longer spring equals a longer allergic season. 9. Change of the habitat Small rodent forest animals are not to be seen on height we were used to see them for some time now. Probably, thi...
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	Second Smallest Country on Earth is Disappearing
...Deputy Prime Minister of a tiny South Pacific island of Tuvalu calls to the rest of the world to take urgent action as his nation is at danger of disappearing due to global warming. Experts claim that island can sink in less than 50 years. The country,measuring a mere 26 km2 and its 10,500 people could be the first to sink due to the current rising sea level. Tuvalu island is a part of atolls and reefs that are no mo...
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	Antarctic Microbes to Tell about Past and Future of Climate Change
...A new research, which was published in the Journal Science, states that the mystery of glacial history of Antarctica may be solved with the help of plants, mites, springtails and worms. A team of scientists from Britain and New Zealand, outline that the history of the terrestrial plants and animal species living in Antarctica may not have links to current reconstructions of the former glacial ice extent, the roots of ...
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	One Million of 100-Year-Olds by 2050, Half of Them to Face Dementia
...ding scientist. Dr Guy Brown, a neuroscientist from the Cambridge University, is warning that gradual increase in lifespan implies that more and more elderly people have to spend the last decades of their life in the struggle against disability and dementia. Babies born nowadays in the UK are expected to live to the age of 100, while it is predicted that the number of centenarians will increase from the present-da...
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	The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
...rded for medical achievements to three scientists, who have dedicated their researches to genetics. Their researches have brought them to breaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and ways of recombining the DNA code in mammals. These discoveries led to a new technology, named gene targeting in mice. This technology is applied in many areas of biomedicine, which encompasses basic experiments, researches and dev...
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	Biggest Fears Worldwide Revealed
...named among the biggest fears. The most pessimistic nation were the Greeks, with 74 percent having a negative outlook on modern society. The most optimistic nation were Indians, with more than half of all respondents having positive thoughts about the future of the world. When people surveyed were asked about how they would improve the society, 14 percent of Britons and Italians were more likely to suggest charity as a...
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	Global Warming will Launch the Global Wars
...Global warming is likely to cause political and social conflicts worldwide, the UN officials declared. Climate changes may result in global civil war, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a leading climate specialist reported on UN climate change conference on Bali Island, Indonesia. The fight against global warming requires a lot of cooperation from countries around the world but it may as well increase the rivalry for signif...
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	Earth Hour Will be Marked Worldwide
...As much as 13 cities around the world will turn off the lights for an hour on Saturday March 29 next year to deliver a message to all people about making some action against global warming. Earth Hour is a campaign that urges people worldwide to express their concern for global warming. The fist city that took part in the campaign was Sydney, Australia to reduce the greenhouse emissions by five percent in 2007. The e...
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	Fox Interactive Media Purchased Strategic Data Corp.
...t has acquired Strategic Data Corp., a company that deals with interactive advertising technology. This step was made to improve Fox's advertising, and mainly the way marketers perform it. MySpace's officials stated that the technology used by Strategic Data is to help Fox Interactive Media automatically match advertisements with those users that want to respond to them. The information regarding financial data was not p...
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	Only 13 % People Have Internet Access
...Only 13 percent of people on the planet have access to the Internet. This statement was made by the United Nations News Center. The majority of Internet users (90 %) live in industrialized countries. The gap in the field of information technology between the developed countries and those that are in development, is continuously increasing. In its statement the UN News Center mentioned that most developing countries canno...
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	DNA research approaches the origins of human beings
...Enthusiasts of genografic project unite to collect the DNA database all over the world so to make every person aware of the place where his or her ancestors come from. The National Geographic Society together with IBM initiate a global project where more than 10,000 inhabitants will have their DNA tested to make up a huge database. Efforts of well-known scientists in geography and genetic medicine will reside in 10 wor...
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