Global Warming and Climate Change News

‘Glacial earthquakes’ warn of global warming.
Friday March 24th 2006, 6:00 pm

Scientists have recorded a significant and unexpected increase in the number of "glacial earthquakes" caused by the sudden movement of Manhattan-sized blocks of ice in Greenland. [News Source]

Climate data hint at irreversible rise in seas.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

Within the next 100 years, the growing human influence on Earth's climate could lead to a long and irreversible rise in sea levels by eroding the planet's vast polar ice sheets, according to several teams of scientists. [News Source]

Little time to avoid big thaw, scientists warn.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

Arctic temperatures are near a prehistoric level when seas were 16 to 20 feet higher, studies say. The world may have as little as a decade to take the steps to avoid this scenario. [News Source]

States draft joint plan to cut plant emissions.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

Details of the first interstate effort in the United States to curb the emissions linked to global warming emerged Thursday with the publication of a draft rule power plants will be bound by in the coming years. [News Source]

Climate change ‘harms world poor’.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

The poorest people in the world in Asia and Africa will be worst hit by climate change, a UK government report says. [News Source]

Judge clears tougher rules for emissions.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

A Marion County judge on Thursday upheld Gov. Ted Kulongoski's authority to push forward with stricter vehicle-emissions standards. [News Source]

Oregon to adopt stricter emission rules.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

A judge Thursday allowed Oregon to adopt stricter vehicle emission standards on 2009 model cars and light trucks, turning back a challenge to the governor's line-item veto authority. [News Source]

Legislators eye global warming.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

Colorado lawmakers are taking their first stab at confronting global warming with a proposal to study how the state can participate in efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Bill calls for studies on cutting carbon dioxide.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

Colorado lawmakers are taking their first stab at confronting global warming with a proposal to study how the state can participate in efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Warming will change NW.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

From the crests of the Cascades to Puget Sound, people in the Pacific Northwest can expect to experience changes driven by global warming. [News Source]

Global warming may help spread mossie diseases.
Friday March 24th 2006, 12:00 pm

A doctors' group says climate change could help spread tropical mosquito-borne diseases to southern states. [News Source]