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Climate ScienceThe scientific community is certain with near unanimity that man-made global warming is disrupting Earth’s climate and that remedies are urgently needed. But public opinion and political rhetoric do not mirror the prevailing scientific consensus. We report here on continuing climate research and the controversies which surround the empirical findings.
Still, Bill McKibben and others leading the two-week D.C. sit-in remain intent on connecting the dots between the oil pipeline and climate danger
WASHINGTON—Close to noon Tuesday, frustrated tourist Ron Higgins of Los Angeles tries to maneuver a...
Aug 24, 2011 | Read More
Jason Box, known for his study of glaciers, says oil sands mining is a moral issue that he feels compelled to address. The two-week sit-in begins Saturday
WASHINGTON—His climatology career at Ohio State University is advancing swimmingly. He's never had...
Aug 18, 2011 | Read More
Study author says she is concerned that climate skeptics will seize upon some of the new findings as evidence against human-made warming
Includes corrections Arctic sea ice could disappear completely by 2060 in the summer months due to...
Aug 16, 2011 | Read More
retreating glaciers in Himalayas
Japanese scientists say that the shrinking of two glaciers has accelerated in the past 10 years and could disappear due to 'significant warming'
Three Himalaya glaciers have been shrinking over the last 40 years due to global warming and two of...
Aug 2, 2011 | Read More
Experts say the marshes on Georgia's coast can't grow quickly enough to keep up with the current rate of sea level rise
DARIEN, Georgia—Some 60 miles south of Savannah, Dorset Hurley strides into chest-high cordgrass on...
Jul 31, 2011 | Read More
As extreme weather events multiply, scientists are still in the early stages of understanding how more energy is influencing complex weather phenomena
Despite America's intense political polarization over climate change, the scientific measurement of...
Jul 29, 2011 | Read More
Keystone pipeline
The agency's plan to complete its pipeline review by year-end has left both critics — and the GOP supporters who want to fast-track the process — unhappy
WASHINGTON — Rep. Lee Terry and Sen. Mike Johanns might share some of the same constituents in...
Jul 27, 2011 | Read More
New study finds that as warming heats up oceans and melts Arctic sea ice, buried POPs are being re-released into the environment
During the industrial boom of the mid-twentieth century thousands of man-made chemicals were...
Jul 25, 2011 | Read More
A UN peacekeeper helps hurricane victims in 2008
A special meeting of the Security Council this week will consider adding a 'green helmets' force to intervene in climate change-related conflicts
A special meeting of the United Nations Security Council is due to consider whether to expand its...
Jul 20, 2011 | Read More
Greenland ice sheet
New research finds that early warning of some impending global warming tipping points may already be possible
After several years of identifying possible climatic "tipping points" such as the meltdown of the...
Jul 15, 2011 | Read More