NASA Satellites Show How Our Icy World Is Melting
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LiveScience.com - The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis of satellite data yet.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:40:04 GMT
Scientists melt mystery over icecaps and sea levels
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Reuters - U.S. scientists using satellite data have established a more accurate figure of the amount of annual sea level rise from melting glaciers and ice caps which should aid studies on how quickly coastal areas may flood as global warming gathers pace.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:49 GMT
Popular Opinion on Climate Change Traced to Political Elites
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LiveScience.com - It seems the general public just can't make up its mind about the existence of man-made climate change. Rather than steadily increasing or decreasing over the last decade, the U.S. public's concern over our warming planet has jumped up and down, according to Gallup polls. But what exactly is driving this seesawing of opinions on climate change?
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:44:59 GMT
The World is Crazy Enough Without Scratch-N-Sniff Pants
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It goes to show you that some people aren't worried about such weighty issues as the global economy or tensions in the Middle East. They're not even worried, it would appear, about climate change or starving children in countries far, far away. According to The Sideshow, the company Naked and Famous is making a $150 pair of men's jeans that can stand months without washing and smells, when scratched, like raspberry candy.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:52:59 GMT
China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
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AP - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:07:41 GMT
UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge
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 AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:09 GMT
Storm over climate change among weather forecasters
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Reuters - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:08:15 GMT
What Caused the Texas Drought -- Global Warming or La Nina?
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ContributorNetwork - The drought that still afflicts Texas has given rise to another controversy over the theory of global warming. Two eminent scientists have looked at the same data and have come to sharply different conclusions.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:34:36 GMT
"Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline
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Reuters - Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:27:58 GMT
Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change
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 AP - Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely risks.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:47:24 GMT
How climate change, urbanization are changing disaster aid
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Reuters - Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meager plot of farmland, so you migrate to a city where the jobs are, only to end up living in a slum regularly submerged by floods.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:14:13 GMT
New map for what to plant reflects global warming
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 AP - Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:36:18 GMT
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