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When it comes to key warriors in America’s battle over the causes of climate change, few rival Pennsylvania State University professor Michael E. Mann . Mann, who directs the Penn State Earth System Science Center, led a 1998 reconstruction of temperature records going back thousands of years and showing that global averages had shot up in recent decades. Read full article >>
The possible effects of climate change and global warming were a concern for 71 percent of respondents in the poll
Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say.
Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say. Man-made climate change is threatening the existence of many species, such as the giant polar bear. But in the case of the small drab British butterfly, it took a species in trouble and made it thrive. It's all about food.
If climate change skeptics can be described as a bunch of geezers with marginal scientific standing, their opposite might be someone like Manvendra Dubey, a well-established and widely recognized climate scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
A refusal to “believe” in global warming always makes me laugh, especially in the year 2012. It’s humorous partially because I don’t think climate change can quite be equated to other “beliefs,” like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, and partially beca...
Nigeria is the only country that has approved a bill for a similar independent body to cut emissions and fight global warming Even as drought persists in parts of Kenya's arid north, intense rains are claiming lives in other parts of the country – flooding slums in the capital Nairobi, sweeping away hikers in the Rift Valley, and destroying crops. Many Kenyans shake their heads in dismay at the ...
Researchers from the Forest Service — in concert with National Park Service officials and other scientists — are working to steel high-elevation pine forests in the West against the onslaught of climate change.
BONN, Germany - Another round of U.N. climate talks closed Friday without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor.
Global warming is threatening the existence of many species, such as the giant polar bear, but in the case of Britain's brown argus butterfly, it took a species in trouble and made it thrive.
Even as drought persists in parts of Kenya's arid north, intense rains are claiming lives in other parts of the country - flooding slums in the capital Nairobi, sweeping away hikers in the Rift Valley, and destroying crops.
Study suggests global warming will add to pressure on wide-ranging reptiles By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Along with weather woes like droughts or excessive moisture, El Niño has been linked with higher mortality rates in populations of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles. Those impacts could be exacerbated by global warming, may lead to more [...]
Evolving definition of poor and rich countries disputed
China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes. Developed nations are trying ...
The seemingly simple question of whether global temperatures have been rising generates plenty of heat from both sides. The controversy comes from the question of time scales.
BONN, GERMANY (AP) - Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor. China wants to maintain a decades-old division between developed and developing countries, bearing in mind ...
A comically failed protest yesterday at the Heartland Institute's Seventh International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-7) provides a sharp and entertaining illustration of what not to do.
Man-made climate is threatening the existence of many species, such as the giant polar bear. But in the case of the small...
This undated photo provided by Butterfly Conservation shows a brown Argus butterfly. Global warming is rescuing the once-rare small British butterfly, according to a study in the journal Science published on Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Butterfly Conservation, Keith Warmington)
Scientists say global warming is rescuing Britain's once-rare brown Argus butterfly.
BONN, Germany (AP) — Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor.
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