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Scientists detail climate changes, poles to tropics.
From the poles to the tropics, the earth's climate and ecosystems are already being shaped by the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases and face inevitable, possibly profound, alteration, the world's leading scientific panel on climate change said Friday.
New York Times.
07 April 2007
Report predicts society won't easily adapt to global warming changes.
The absence of serious, comprehensive action to curb industrial and automotive emissions will cook the planet beyond society's -- and nature's -- ability to adapt, according to a report released Friday by a panel of international scientists and diplomats.
Oakland Tribune.
07 April 2007
U.S., China got climate warnings toned down.
Some sections of a grim scientific assessment of the impact of global warming on human, animal and plant life issued in Brussels yesterday were softened at the insistence of officials from China and the US, participants in the negotiations said.
Washington Post.
07 April 2007
Dire warming report too soft, scientists say.
A new global warming report issued Friday by the UN paints a near-apocalyptic vision of Earth's future: hundreds of millions of people short of water, extreme food shortages in Africa, a landscape ravaged by floods and millions of species sentenced to extinction.
Los Angeles Times.
07 April 2007
Climate forecast grim for New Orleans.
The IPCC report promises major changes in weather that could result in increased drought interspersed with floods, an increased risk of disease, more heat waves, and rising sea levels that could eventually drown some coastal communities.
New Orleans Times-Picayune.
07 April 2007
Detroit decides to help shape, not resist, regulation of emissions.
Rather than openly battle regulations, automakers and their Washington trade group are saying they want an active role in reducing the damage vehicles do to the environment.
New York Times.
07 April 2007
Court catalyzes climate action.
The Supreme Court's ruling on global warming is already sending shock waves through the courts, Congress, and corporate boardrooms.
Living On Earth.
07 April 2007
Climate change.
With the Democrats now in control of Congress, the White House faces a new assault on its environmental policies.
US News & World Report.
07 April 2007
Nations focus on health risks posed by globalization.
- Globalization may be good for many of the world's economies, but it also poses health challenges to the people who live in those countries.
Washington Post.
07 April 2007
Executive warms to his new role: The climate fixer.
Johan Eliasch's climate work in the Amazon has plunged him deep into a debate over what role individuals -- especially wealthy ones -- should play in developing solutions to environmental problems.
Wall Street Journal.
07 April 2007
How the worst effects of climate change will be felt by the poorest.
Humanity will be divided as never before by climate change, with the world's poor its disproportionate victims.
London Independent.
07 April 2007
Scientists walk out in protest at China's intransigence.
Some of the world's best-informed climate change scientists walked out of an all-night drafting session of yesterday's report on global warming, as tempers flared.
London Independent.
07 April 2007
Himalayan glaciers face the heat.
Alarm bells are ringing over India as the country is one of the worst affected by global warming.
Mumbai Daily News and Analysis.
07 April 2007
International climate report reveals world vulnerabilities.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the results of its second Working Group this past week.
Living On Earth.
07 April 2007
Climate change around the world.
A clickable map highlights projected changes in climate around the world.
BBC.
07 April 2007
Global warming could hit Asia hard.
Both floods and water shortages threaten Asia because of climate change.
Bangkok Post.
07 April 2007
New report on global warming brings calls for change.
A new international study points to clear evidence, from increased air and ocean temperatures to widespread melting of snow and ice that is raising sea levels, that the worldls climate is changing and humans are likely to blame.
Wilmington News Journal.
07 April 2007
Bleakest UN climate report approved.
As the world gets hotter by degrees, millions of poor people will suffer from hunger, thirst, floods and disease unless drastic action is taken.
Associated Press.
07 April 2007
Poorest to suffer in climate change.
Warming will cause desertification, droughts and rising seas and would hit hard in the tropics, from sub-Saharan Africa to Pacific islands.
Reuters.
07 April 2007
Earth faces a grim future if global warming isn't slowed.
A new global warming report issued by the UN paints a near-apocalyptic vision of the Earth's future if temperatures continue to rise unabated.
Los Angeles Times.
07 April 2007
Clear problems ahead for Earth's climate.
The future of the Earth's climate is getting clearer, and it doesn’t look rosy.
Discovery Channel.
07 April 2007
White House is resolute at staying cool over forecasts.
The White House acknowledged yesterday that the “global challenge” posed by climate change “requires global solutions”, but once again sought to play down some of the most apocalyptic forecasts.
London Times.
07 April 2007
Warming may spur extinctions, shortages, conflicts.
Global warming threatens to extinguish hundreds of millions of human lives and nearly a third of the planet's wildlife.
National Geographic News.
07 April 2007
IPCC climate impact report should guide policy.
An international global warming conference has approved a report on the impacts of climate change after a contentious marathon session.
Swiss Radio International.
07 April 2007
Global warming already changing the environment, report says.
Manmade global warming is already causing environmental changes throughout the world and is likely to result in widespread human suffering in the future according to a leading authority on climate change.
Boston Globe.
07 April 2007
Climate report predicts poorest will suffer most from global warming changes.
A new authoritative scientific report says that when the Earth gets a few degrees hotter, inconvenience will give way to danger, death and extinction of species.
Canadian Press.
07 April 2007
Report predicts climate calamity.
As global temperatures continue to climb, every continent in the world is vulnerable to severe shifts in weather patterns and rising sea levels that could lead to drought, food shortages, heat waves and disease.
San Francisco Chronicle.
07 April 2007
Scientists' stark warning on reality of warmer world.
The world's scientists yesterday issued a grim forecast for life on earth when they published their latest assessment of the impacts of climate change.
London Guardian.
07 April 2007
Stark picture of a warming world.
Twenty-nine thousand real-world observations were included in the climate change analysis.
BBC.
07 April 2007
U.N. panel issues stark climate change warning.
Climate experts issued their starkest warning yet about the impact of global warming, ranging from hunger in Africa to a fast thaw in the Himalayas, in a report on Friday that increased pressure on governments to act.
Reuters.
07 April 2007
U.N. climate report predicts droughts, flooding.
After five days of debate and an all-night, down-to-the-wire battle, scientists and government officials from around the world agreed Friday to a new report outlining the effects of global warming on the planet.
National Public Radio.
07 April 2007
Climate calamity forecast.
UP to 300,000 Australians on average may annually be exposed to the dengue virus by 2020, and between 600,000 and 1.4 million by 2050, according to climate change predictions finalised yesterday by global scientists.
Melbourne Age.
07 April 2007
Rising temps may leave Utah without enough snowpack to meet water needs.
Imagine a Utah with skimpy winters; springs punctuated with more and more violent flash floods; longer, hotter summers; and a wildfire season that lasts spring to fall.
Salt Lake Tribune.
07 April 2007
Climate change may mean warmer Ohio.
Ohio and the midwest will not see as much change as other parts of the globe that will become nearly uninhabitable.
Warren Tribune Chronicle.
07 April 2007
NZ not immune from climate change.
New Zealand will not be immune from the consequences of global warming.
TVNZ.
07 April 2007
Droughts to worsen as Earth heats up, report warns.
Australia can expect worsening drought conditions and water shortages over the next 20 years, as part of the impact of climate change.
ABC News.
07 April 2007
Worse to come from global warming.
As the climate disasters headlined recently -- intense hurricanes, drought in the American West, Arctic thawing -- become commonplace in a greenhouse world, plants, animals, and people will suffer.
Science.
07 April 2007
Climate change is here now, says major report.
Climate change is not a future problem but a present one that must be tackled now, concludes the latest chapter of a major climate report.
New Scientist.
07 April 2007
World finally agrees that global warming threatens everyone.
Climate change is already under way and the Earth faces water shortages and famines in the poorest countries, plus huge floods and species extinctions if no action is taken to slow it down.
London Daily Telegraph.
07 April 2007
More hunger, drought, and hurricanes on the way as the world warms.
An international panel concluded that Britain would be one of the few beneficiaries of rising temperatures.
London Times.
07 April 2007
U.N. finds threats from climate change quickly heating up.
In the second installment of a series of studies prepared over six years by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists concluded that the world of the future will include more poverty, hunger, smog-related deaths, water shortages and wildfires be cause of a continuing, unstable cli mate.
Newark Star-Ledger.
07 April 2007
Global warming a fact, scientists insist.
Some scientists objected to the editing of the final draft of the UN report by government negotiators, but in the end, they agreed to compromises.
South African Press Association.
07 April 2007
UT member of climate change panel warns against business as usual.
As a leading member of the scientific community studying global warming, University of Texas biology professor Camille Parmesan hopes the latest news about the negative effects of climate change will translate into political and social action in the U.S.
Austin American-Statesman.
07 April 2007
Latest global warming report urges world to begin adapting.
Global warming is having a measurable effect on Earth's climate, including agriculture, freshwater resources, and plants and animals on both sea and land.
Christian Science Monitor.
07 April 2007
Climate change: the challenge of the century?
Climate change is already altering the Arctic, sub-Saharan Africa, small islands and Asia's river deltas, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported Friday in Brussels.
Inter Press Service.
07 April 2007
Poor first to feel global warming's effects.
A new U.N. report warns poor countries will be hit hardest with famine, fresh water shortages and coastal flooding unless global warming is slowed.
MarketPlace.
07 April 2007
Canada one of the fortunate countries, according to damning climate change report.
Canada stands out as one of the luckiest countries on Earth in a grim report on the world's changing climate to be released today.
CanWest News.
07 April 2007
UN report paints bleak future.
Canadian scientists and policy analysts are calling on Ottawa to come up with a two-pronged strategy to deal with the frightening impact of climate change outlined in an international report released in Brussels.
Toronto Star.
07 April 2007
As a glacier melts, so does a Peruvian water supply.
The Qori Kalis glacier in the Andes of southwest Peru is retreating by about 600 feet a year. Its icy blue headwall is melting away. As the ice disappears, so does the water supply for hundreds of thousands of people in the valley below.
Los Angeles Times.
07 April 2007
Canadian opposition, environmentalists call for action after climate-change report.
An international report that paints an ominous picture about the consequences of climate change has prompted strong calls for action from Canadian environmentalists and opposition parties.
Canadian Press.
07 April 2007
Things far from rosy as climate change hits traditional British gardens.
Gardeners in Britain are abandoning their lush green lawns and burgeoning flowerbeds in favour of Mediterranean-style planting because of global warming, it is being claimed.
London Daily Telegraph.
07 April 2007
'Seasons out of sync,' one Valley farmer says.
Farmers like George Devault of Upper Milford live as close to the Earth's cycles as anyone. They know when temperatures rise enough for spring planting, they worry about rain and they fear the bitter freeze or heat wave that can ruin the year's crop.
Allentown Morning Call.
07 April 2007
Scientists: climate changes to impact Michigan.
Man-made climate changes will significantly affect Michigan's economy, agriculture and environment unless corrective measures begin immediately, scientists and environmentalists said Friday.
Associated Press.
07 April 2007
Brace for change as climate warms.
Man-made climate changes will significantly affect Michigan's economy, agriculture and environment unless corrective measures begin immediately, scientists and environmentalists said.
Lansing State Journal.
07 April 2007
Climate report cites risks for Colorado.
Scientists repeated warnings that the Rocky Mountains are likely to see a drop in snowpack and earlier snowmelt as temperatures increase. But they also raised newer concerns about smog, disease threats and wildfire risks, all applicable to Colorado and the Denver region.
Denver Rocky Mountain News.
07 April 2007
Global warming will impact Louisiana.
A new international report on the potential effects of global warming uses Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans and its surrounding natural environment as an example of what coastal communities around the world could face during the next 100 years.
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07 April 2007
Climate change will make salmon recovery more challenging.
Climate change will make Puget Sound chinook salmon recovery significantly more challenging, but new research shows that stream and shoreline improvements can boost their chances of survival.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
07 April 2007
How will West NC be affected by global warming?
While the southern Appalachians haven't yet seen rapid warming, local experts expect that rising temperatures will change life in Western North Carolina.
Asheville Citizen-Times.
07 April 2007
Global warming already changing Michigan.
Global warming is already affecting Michigan and as the globe and the state get even warmer over the next century, the effects on humans, plants and animals could create some stark changes, local scientists and researchers said Friday.
Detroit Free Press.
07 April 2007
Locals say climate change already affecting New Hampshire.
Environmental activists say the effects of climate change are already evident in New Hampshire, but a new international report shows more drastic changes ahead if global warming is not halted.
Associated Press.
07 April 2007
Lake Superior warming troubles professors.
Lake Superior has been warming even faster than the climate around it since the late 1970s due to reduced ice cover, according to a study by professors at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Detroit Free Press.
07 April 2007
Study says salmon plans didn't account for warming.
Many of the multibillion dollar plans to restore salmon runs in the Northwest didn't consider the effect of global warming, a new study has found.
Associated Press.
07 April 2007
Effects of climate change 'here already'.
Canada's wood, pulp and paper producers responded on Friday to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report out of Brussels by urging governments here to address the impact that climate change is already having on the country's ecosystems.
Vancouver Sun.
07 April 2007
Climate change hitting home.
The climate change now engulfing the globe could change the face of New England -- different forests and animals, a battered coastline, summers that feel like South Carolina's and winters where skiing is just a memory.
Danbury News Times.
07 April 2007
Region feels increased temperatures.
Seven of the 10 years with the highest average temperatures in Northeastern Pennsylvania have happened since 1990, a sign the region is feeling global warming, too, climate experts said Friday.
Towanda Daily & Sunday Review.
07 April 2007
Alberta on hot seat.
There is no silver lining even in Canada to growing clouds of carbon emissions heating up the planet. Instead of making northern latitudes more comfortable, the greenhouse effect is projected to accelerate mountain avalanches, floods, insect infestations and forest fires.
Edmonton Journal.
07 April 2007
Climate change will stress sewer systems.
Climate change is expected to drive more harmful sewage into the Great Lakes unless officials build extra capacity into wastewater treatment systems, a federal study says.
Bay City Times.
07 April 2007
Global warming: hotter summers, more flooding.
The St. Louis region should brace for more frequent and intense heat waves, an increased risk of flooding from big rivers and a surge in air pollution by 2050, some of the authors of a report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said at a news conference.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
07 April 2007
Alabama bucks warming trends.
hough Friday's second IPCC Climate Change report came from a consensus of 2,500 scientists, 29,000 data sets and 120 represented nations, Alabama may be one potential exception to the global warming trend, said state meteorologist John Christy.
Florence Times Daily.
07 April 2007
Global warmth is bad news for state.
Michigan researchers said Friday that changes from global warming will continue to affect the state's economy during the next century
Detroit Free Press.
07 April 2007
Shrinking snowpacks to affect Northwest.
The U.N. global-warming report detailed Friday cites the Columbia River Basin as an example of the water-management challenges in a warming North America.
Seattle Times.
07 April 2007
Global warming could cost Ohio.
Ohio's environment and its economy could suffer or thrive, depending on what actions national and state leaders take to fight global warming, the Ohio Environmental Council and Audubon Ohio said in a Friday teleconference
Akron Beacon Journal.
07 April 2007
Climate change hits Uganda.
Climate change has already started to dramatically impact Uganda.
Kampala New Vision.
07 April 2007
World Scientists: Global warming could wipe out 25% of all species.
Approximately 20 to 30 percent of plant and animal species are at risk of extinction if the global average temperature increases by another 2.2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a major consensus report released Friday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Providence NBC 10.
07 April 2007
Faithful urged to be strong at Easter.
Church leaders have urged Christians to stay optimistic this Easter despite drought, climate change and other trials.
Sydney Australian.
07 April 2007
Bench press.
In a landmark decision on climate change, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA cannot shirk its authority to regulate CO2 emissions from vehicles.
Living On Earth.
07 April 2007
Mushroom Boom: Hobby records show climate-change boost.
Mushrooms in England are both popping up earlier and staying around longer than they used to, according to 50 years of amateur naturalists' records.
Science News.
07 April 2007
How a tiny frog is a deadly portent of what awaits an overheating planet.
It is being pushed to the brink of extinction because the puddles in which it splashes for moisture are drying out. But the plight of the tiny harlequin frog has even more disturbing implications.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
07 April 2007
Reef gone in 20 years if warming continues.
TheGreat Barrier Reef -- one of the natural wonders of the world -- could be gone in 20 years unless global warming was slowed, scientists warned last night.
Sydney Australian.
07 April 2007
Climate: the peril we face.
Nearly a third of the world's plants and animals face extinction, billions of people will be affected by water shortages, and countries across Asia and Africa will be racked by disease and starvation under alarming global warming forecasts made by the world's leading climate experts.
Sydney Australian.
07 April 2007
Window closing on planet's chances.
World leaders must urgently deal with the impact of climate change and stop it accelerating or it will be beyond the capacity of humans to cope, a new report by a United Nations body of leading scientific experts warns.
Sydney Morning Herald.
07 April 2007
Experts: warming trends call for action.
The Earth's temperature is rising at such an alarming rate that the poorest countries will be devastated by floods, avalanches and droughts unless drastic action is taken, an international panel of scientists said in a report Friday.
New York Newsday.
07 April 2007
West Coast U.S. state and Canadian province leaders pledge to fight climate change together.
Pacific Coast U.S. states and British Columbia will work together to fight the effects of global warming that threaten the region's shared climate and coasts.
Associated Press.
07 April 2007
Warming not behind hurricane activity - forecaster.
Natural changes in ocean currents are to blame for increased Atlantic hurricane activity in recent years, not man-made global warming as many scientists believe, hurricane forecaster William Gray said on Friday.
Reuters.
07 April 2007
Arctic sea ice misses record for the fewest miles covered.
Arctic sea ice this winter just missed setting the record for fewest square miles covered since monitoring by satellite began, according to University of Colorado researchers.
Associated Press.
07 April 2007
Grim news on global climate change.
Top climate experts warned in Brussels on Friday that the damage caused by global warming will be greater and occur sooner than previously forecast, ranging from hunger in Africa and Asia to mass extinctions and rising ocean levels.
China Daily.
07 April 2007
Climate change fruitful for fungi.
A remarkable father-and-son research project has revealed how rising temperatures are affecting fungi in southern England.
BBC.
07 April 2007
After UN report, Germans demand strong action on climate.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for "decisive action" in a united approach to countering climate change.
Deutsche Welle.
07 April 2007
Africans must ratify Kyoto to slow desert expansion .
An international desertification conference concluded here Wednesday with a call to all African countries to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, to help slow the rapid expansion of deserts on the continent, AFP reported Wednesday.
Ethiopian Herald.
07 April 2007
China to take part in post-Kyoto talks.
China, the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will take part in negotiations on a framework for limiting global warming after 2012.
Reuters.
07 April 2007
UN chief urges immediate action by governments on climate change.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon called on governments on Friday to take immediate action following the release of a UN report on impacts of climate change.
People's Daily.
07 April 2007
We need our own Stern report: Rudd.
Labor leader Kevin Rudd has called for an Australian version of the Stern Report to calculate the economic cost of climate change, following the release of the latest UN warning on climate change.
Australian Associated Press.
07 April 2007
Weather chief warns of water scarcity.
Water scarcity poses the biggest threat to Australia from climate change and desalination plants may provide some relief, the nation's top weather chief said today.
Australian Associated Press.
07 April 2007
PM trying carbon scare tactics: Garrett.
Prime Minister John Howard has run a scare campaign on the economic effects of fighting the threat of climate change through carbon trading, opposition environment spokesman Peter Garrett says.
Australian Associated Press.
07 April 2007
PM not addressing problem, critics charge.
The federal Conservative government says it is moving ahead to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions, but environmental groups and opposition parties insist the Prime Minister's plan does not address the catastrophic effects of climate change.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
07 April 2007
Ottawa set to announce 'mandatory' pollution cuts.
Ottawa is set to announce stricter limits on greenhouse gas emissions following the release of a UN report that warned climate change will have a grim impact this century, the environment minister said Friday.
Agence France-Presse.
07 April 2007
CRD sees big payoff in Hartland landfill gas.
Environmental gas credits at Hartland Landfill are worth upwards of $840,000 a year -- 10 times what was initially estimated -- but only if the federal government creates a national trading system for credits and the Capital Regional District can find a buyer.
Victoria Times Colonist.
07 April 2007
Iowa city agrees to reduce greenhouse gases but goals unclear.
Decorah became the fourth city in Iowa to endorse a resolution on reducing carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases.
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
07 April 2007
Alaska in no rush to protect polar bear.
The state House of Representatives passed a resolution this week opposing efforts to list the polar bear as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Anchorage Daily News.
07 April 2007
Judge: no closed-door hearings in upcoming auto emissions case.
Federal Judge William Sessions said Friday there will be no closed-door hearings in the upcoming trial challenging Vermont's effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions by new cars.
Burlington Free Press.
07 April 2007
