Climate change droughts ‘may lay waste’ to parts of US
26/2/2009 Guardian The world’s pre-eminent climate scientists produced a blunt assessment of the impact of global warming on the US Read the rest of this entry »
Spain has lost 90% of its glacial ice in the last century
24/2/2009 Guardian The Pyrenees mountains have lost almost 90% of their glacier ice over the past century Read the rest of this entry »
Squabbling derails greenhouse gas efforts, says ex-minister
23/2/2009 Guardian Britain’s efforts to cut carbon emissions have been
hampered by government infighting
A collapsing carbon market makes mega-pollution cheap.
23/2/2009 Guardian Europe’s system to edge up the cost of emissions and boost green energy has backfired. Read the rest of this entry »
West blamed for rapid increase in China’s CO2
23/2/2009 Guardian Consumer exports behind 15% of emissions – study Read the rest of this entry »
Guardian Poorest nations shortchanged by billions in climate change pledges.
22/2/2009 Missing climate funds World bank projects UN projects. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate curbs need ‘people power’ – Head of EEA
17/2/2009 BBC The battle against climate change can only be won “in the hands of the many, not the few”, a top scientist has said. Read the rest of this entry »
The tropics on fire: scientist’s grim vision of global warming
16/2/2009 Guardian Ranchers, soybean farmers and loggers burned and cut down a near-record area of the Amazon rainforest last year. Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen article submitted to The Observer
15/2/2009 Article submitted to The Observer by James Hansen.The Sword of Damocles Read the rest of this entry »
Bleak forecast on fishery stocks – world wide.
13/2/2009 BBC The world’s fish stocks will soon suffer major upheaval due to climate change, scientists have warned. Read the rest of this entry »
‘CO2 reduction treaties useless’ – Inst. of Mech.Engineers
13/2/2009 BBC A new report says treaties aimed at reducing CO2 emissions are useless. Read the rest of this entry »
North Atlantic is the big cheese of global climate. – Fred Pearce
12/2/2009 New Scientist If ever there was a superpower of the oceans, the North Atlantic, with its ability to control global weather systems, is it. Read the rest of this entry »
Ocean climate change: a really inconvenient truth.
12/2/2009 New Scientist The effects of climate change may be even more devastating for marine species than for those on land. Read the rest of this entry »
Obama ‘must act now’ on climate – Head of AAAdvancementofScience.
12/2/2009 BBC The planet will be in “huge trouble” unless Barack Obama makes strides in tackling climate change, says a leading scientist. Read the rest of this entry »
UK’s CO2 reduction plan is ‘certain to fail’ – expert.
11/2/2009 BBC The UK’s plans to cut emissions by 80% by 2050 are fundamentally flawed and
almost certain to fail, according to a US academic. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists plan emergency summit on climate change
9/2/2009 Guardian Scientists are to hold an emergency summit to warn the world’s
politicians they are being too timid in their response to global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Environmentalists and population increase – the elephant in the room.
2/2/2009 BBC VIEWPOINT by John Feeney Read the rest of this entry »
Human emissions could bring ‘irreversible’ climate chaos.
27/1/2009 New Scientist What would happen if the world stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow? Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming could suffocate the sea.
25/1/2009 New Scientists Fish could vanish from huge stretches of the ocean for tens of thousands of years unless we drastically reduce our carbon emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
Acid oceans ‘need urgent action’ – 150 marine researchers.
30/1/2009 BBC The world’s marine ecosystems risk being severely damaged by ocean acidification unless there are dramatic cuts in CO2 emissions, warn scientists. Read the rest of this entry »