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IrreversibleA team of environmental scientists in the US has warned that many effects of climate change are irreversible. In a report sponsored by the US Department of Energy and published in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, the scientists concluded global temperatures could remain high for 1,000 years, even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted.

The team warned that, if carbon levels in the atmosphere continued to rise, there would be less rainfall in already dry areas of southern Europe, North America, parts of Africa and Australia. The scientists say the oceans are currently slowing down global warming by absorbing heat, but the oceans will eventually release that heat back into the air. The researchers say politicians must now offset the environmental damage already done by man-made pollution. “People have imagined that if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide the climate would go back to normal in 100 years or 200 years, but that’s not true,” said researcher Susan Solomon, the lead author of the report.

,Iranian students (1)

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has advised the Dutch minister of Education, Culture & Science, Ronald Pasterk, to withdraw the 2007 Iran Sanction Regulation. This regulation excludes students from Iran from nuclear-related fields of research and education in the Netherlands. The Academy regards the far-reaching implications of the Iran Sanction Regulation as contrary to the free and international conduct of scientific research.

,Iranian students (2)

Iranian students and academic in the Netherlands are bringing a lawsuit against the Dutch government. The lawsuit aims to force the government to remove a regulation that excludes Iranian researchers from studying nuclear-related programs in the Netherlands. Behnam Taebi, an instructor in TU Delft’s philosophy section (TPM), is a member of the Iranian Students Action Committee that is bring the lawsuit. “Since the Dutch government refuses to remove the regulation, we must take legal action”, Taebi says.

Irreversible

A team of environmental scientists in the US has warned that many effects of climate change are irreversible. In a report sponsored by the US Department of Energy and published in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, the scientists concluded global temperatures could remain high for 1,000 years, even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted. The team warned that, if carbon levels in the atmosphere continued to rise, there would be less rainfall in already dry areas of southern Europe, North America, parts of Africa and Australia. The scientists say the oceans are currently slowing down global warming by absorbing heat, but the oceans will eventually release that heat back into the air. The researchers say politicians must now offset the environmental damage already done by man-made pollution. “People have imagined that if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide the climate would go back to normal in 100 years or 200 years, but that’s not true,” said researcher Susan Solomon, the lead author of the report.

Iranian students (1)

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has advised the Dutch minister of Education, Culture & Science, Ronald Pasterk, to withdraw the 2007 Iran Sanction Regulation. This regulation excludes students from Iran from nuclear-related fields of research and education in the Netherlands. The Academy regards the far-reaching implications of the Iran Sanction Regulation as contrary to the free and international conduct of scientific research.

Iranian students (2)

Iranian students and academic in the Netherlands are bringing a lawsuit against the Dutch government. The lawsuit aims to force the government to remove a regulation that excludes Iranian researchers from studying nuclear-related programs in the Netherlands. Behnam Taebi, an instructor in TU Delft’s philosophy section (TPM), is a member of the Iranian Students Action Committee that is bring the lawsuit. “Since the Dutch government refuses to remove the regulation, we must take legal action”, Taebi says.

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