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Other NewsEditorialsGlobal warming challenge.The possibility of suspending California's Global Warming Solutions Act, a law unlikely to change temperatures but certain to wreak economic havoc, appears to have increased dramatically. Orange County Register 12 Mar Climate of fear.The integrity of climate research has taken a very public battering in recent months. Scientists must now emphasize the science, while acknowledging that they are in a street fight. Nature 11 Mar Is global warming cooling as an issue?One cold, miserable winter won’t end the debate about global warning, but the fact is the climate change issue lost its edge when scientists were found to be anything but unanimous about the world’s fate in a future global furnace. Sioux City Journal 10 Mar Climate change is not a matter of faith.The science of global warming has taken a severe hit in terms of the public's credulity. Yet as the latest scientific research makes clear, the evidence is, if anything, stronger than it ever was about the role of humans in the observable increase in global temperatures. London Independent 05 Mar Getting global warming right.Sen. Inhofe and others are waging a calculated misinformation campaign, seizing on every error or gap in scientific knowledge to cast doubt on research findings and portray scientists as villains. Los Angeles Times 03 Mar A climate of inquiry.So far, the climate-change establishment's efforts at damage control in the wake of the climategate email leak have left much to be desired. Wall Street Journal 03 Mar Rebuilding the trust.Lately, things are not looking too rosy for the fight against global warming. In fact, it has suffered heavy blows, especially with the Copenhagen failure. Jakarta Post 01 Mar Betting on climate change.Politicians and climate denialists can argue against it based on ideology, but in board rooms around the world, executives are making decisions grounded in science and its implications on business. St. Louis Post-Dispatch 28 Feb OpinionA message for climate change skeptics.Is global warming happening? The likelihood is more than 90 per cent that elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are heating the planet. Can we know for certain? No. But playing Russian Roulette with nine of 10 chambers loaded with live bullets is a fool's game. Canwest News Service 12 Mar Why are climate scientists losing the American public?Even as predictions about the possible effects of climate change get more troubling each day, Americans are increasingly skeptical of the science. This is depressing news for those who have spent years building the case for public concern. Washington Post 12 Mar Saluting scrutiny.Recent controversies in climate science — namely the emails purloined from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, and the erroneous statements on the fate of Himalayan glaciers — raise several issues about professional conduct, some more genuinely concerning than others. Nature 11 Mar Climate change "quagmire."That it should be left to a politician from a developing country to make that point - while his counterparts in the West push for Rube Goldberg solutions to a "crisis" that may not even exist - goes far toward explaining the state of the climate debate today. Wall Street Journal 11 Mar Climate-change deniers take a lesson from anti-evolution activists.The similarities between the anti-evolution movement and climate change-denial seem to get more numerous by the day. Washington Post 10 Mar The trouble with trusting complex science.There is one question that no one who denies manmade climate change wants to answer: What would it take to persuade you? In most cases the answer seems to be nothing. London Guardian 09 Mar Wanted: An eco prophet.People are drifting into a lethal slumber on climate change; more of the same won't wake them up. We need to be taught to believe by a true believer in a world where belief is the fatal, missing ingredient. London Guardian 08 Mar New NOAA climate office would meet growing needs.NOAA’s and the nation’s climate-related information resources are not organized to meet the growing demand. To remain relevant and responsive, NOAA must adapt. Science News 08 Mar |
Climate change threatens migratory birds, report says.Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. Associated Press 12 Mar Searching for the wildest strawberries to save crop diversity .Climate change is expected to negatively affect agriculture, with crops in parts of the world having to deal with warmer temperatures, droughts and rising salinity of water. ClimateWire 12 Mar More Americans say global warming exaggerated - poll.A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated, as more people also doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll. Reuters 12 Mar Battle over climate science spreads to US schoolrooms.Efforts in the past have been thwarted when courts ruled them unconstitutional, but those advocating the teaching of sound science may find it harder to fight misrepresentations concerning climate change. New Scientist 12 Mar NASA salvages vintage data.
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Once forgotten or erased, 1960s-era satellite images are being salvaged to aid climate science. Science 12 Mar No room for women.A new group overseeing financing for a United Nations climate effort has 19 members - none women. New York Times 12 Mar Ocean acidification: Another path to EPA rules on carbon emissions?Move over global warming. Ocean acidification is getting its day in court. Christian Science Monitor 12 Mar Interior Secretary talks about birds and wildlife refuges in Austin.U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar unveiled the 2010 State of the Birds report, which warned that climate change threatens the habitat and survival of many birds, including those in Central Texas. Austin American-Statesman 12 Mar Coastal and ocean birds most at risk from global warming.Birds that rely on oceans and live on coastlines are more vulnerable to climate change than birds found in any other habitats in America, according to a new report released Thursday by federal biologists and other researchers. San Jose Mercury News 12 Mar Mapping out the future of Alpine glaciers.The Alps are known as “Europe’s water tower”. Their glaciers provide 40 percent of Europe’s fresh water. But these glaciers are facing an uncertain future, as studies show that temperatures in the Alps are increasing at a rate that’s more than twice the global average. Euronews 12 Mar Scientists propose naming electricity savings after physicist.A group of prominent scientists propose "the Rosenfeld," a unit for electricity savings, be named after Bay Area physicist Arthur Rosenfeld who is widely known as the "godfather" of energy efficiency and served on the California Energy Commission. San Jose Mercury News 12 Mar A different route to corn-based fuel.Jack Huttner, the executive vice president of Gevo, would like to take over an ethanol plant and, using the same base ingredients that go into corn-based ethanol - corn and natural gas for fuel - manufacture a different molecule: isobutanol. New York Times 12 Mar China unsure on warming cause, to stick with CO2 cuts.China's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it was creating were so serious that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Reuters 12 Mar Arctic ocean methane.New research indicates the Arctic seabed is releasing methane at a rate higher than all the other oceans of the world combined - raising concerns about the pace of global warming. Environment Report 12 Mar BBC defends journalist over climate email claims.The BBC says ABC chairman Maurice Newman was wrong to criticise BBC climate journalist Paul Hudson, who Mr Newman alleged sat on emails related to the so-called Climategate affair. Sydney Australian 12 Mar Independent review of IPCC and its global warming reports: An answer to critics.The political fight over the science of global warming took another turn when the United Nations announced Wednesday that it was initiating an investigation into the practices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Christian Science Monitor 12 Mar Scientists urge Senate action on global warming.Two thousand US economists and climate scientists, including eight Nobel laureates, sent a letter Thursday to the Senate urging lawmakers to require immediate nationwide cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions tied to global warming. Christian Science Monitor 12 Mar Nearly half of Americans believe climate change threat is exaggerated.Nearly half of Americans – 48 percent – now believe the threat of global warming has been exaggerated, the highest level since polling began 13 years ago, a poll published Thursday by Gallup found. London Guardian 12 Mar Switchable solvents.Solvents that reversibly switch from being hydrophobic to hydrophilic or between extremes in ionic strength simply by the addition or removal of carbon dioxide are being reported by Philip G. Jessop and coworkers of Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. Chemical & Engineering News 12 Mar Review of U.N. climate panel won't re-examine errors.An outside review of a U.N. climate panel after flaws were uncovered in its most recent report on climate change will not recheck that report's conclusions and will instead focus on improving procedures for the future, officials said Wednesday. Washington Post 11 Mar Out of step.
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Recent changes in the seasonal timing of biological events such as flowering and migration have been linked to warmer temperatures. Now a study shows that such seasonal shifts are becoming increasingly common in the UK and could wreak havoc across ecosystems as they disturb the delicate balance of nature. Nature 11 Mar Souring seas.
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Marine plankton survived a period of intense ocean warming and acidification some 55 million years ago. But their future descendants might not be so lucky, suggests a new study. Nature 11 Mar Settling the science on Himalayan glaciers.The remote glaciers of the Himalayan mountains have been the subject of much controversy, yet little research. Mason Inman looks at the clues scientists have garnered on the fate of these glaciers from ground- and space-based studies. Nature 11 Mar China says climate change is a fact.A deputy director of China's most powerful economic ministry has come out swinging against climate change denial. Senior Chinese government figures have described the view that climate change is not man-made as an "extreme" stance which is out of step with mainstream thought. Radio Australia 11 Mar Academics demand independent inquiry into new nuclear reactors.Pressure on the government to organise an independent inquiry into a new generation of nuclear power stations will intensify today with a call for action from a group of 90 high-ranking academics, politicians and technical experts. London Guardian 11 Mar Seas' acidity threatens life, livelihoods, film says.Oceans are becoming more acidic, which poses another threat in Virginia to oysters, clams and crabs as well as to water quality and coastal ecosystems, a panel of scientists and environmentalists warned Wednesday. Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot 11 Mar Flourishing forests.A recent growth spurt among forests in the Northern Hemisphere may be the result of climate change, suggests new research. Until now, regrowth as a part of natural ecosystem recovery after disturbances such as logging or clearing has obscured the influence of climate change on recent boosts in forest biomass. Nature 11 Mar Weather changes turn farming into gamble with nature.Changes in weather patterns have turned agriculture into a gamble with nature for Tanzanian farmers. Climate change experts agree that the only way to prevent major economic impact is to change the way agriculture is done. Inter Press Service 11 Mar |