Global Warming and Climate Change News

Antarctic snow may hide climate shock.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

A new study that shows Antarctic snowfalls have changed little in 50 years, despite global warming, could be evidence that the worst is yet to come. [News Source]

Greenland’s ice cap is melting at a frighteningly fast rate.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

The vast ice cap that covers Greenland nearly three miles thick is melting faster than ever before on record. [News Source]

Cities, states aren’t waiting for U.S. action on climate.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

With Washington lawmakers deadlocked on how best to curb global warming, state and local officials across the country are adopting ambitious policies and forming international alliances. [News Source]

Putting the carbon back.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

Some soil scientists, archaeologists, geographers, agronomists, and anthropologists think that enriching Earth's soils with charcoal can help avert global warming. [News Source]

Rock’s green days.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

In a summer beset by bubbling thermometers and soaring gas prices, dozens of rock bands are doing more than just singing about environmental causes. [News Source]

Polar snows fail to halt sea’s rise as globe warms.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

Global sea levels are now tipped to rise significantly higher than expected because Antarctica is failing to "lock up" increased moisture caused by global warming. [News Source]

No dice for Greenland ice.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

Something ominous may be happening beneath Greenland's vast ice sheet. The sheet now seems to be melting and sliding seaward at an accelerating rate--a condition that could eventually endanger coastal populations and affect Earth's climate. [News Source]

Greenland’s melting ice sheet may speed rise in sea level.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

Two new scientific studies measuring Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet and the pace of Antarctic snowfall suggest that the sea level may be rising faster than researchers previously assumed. [News Source]

Greenland ice melt may be faster than thought.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

Greenland's ice sheet is melting more rapidly than expected, according to data obtained from two NASA satellites that measure the gravitational pull of the earth's rivers, mountains and glaciers. [News Source]

Melting of Greenland’s ice sheet quickens.
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

The melting of Greenland’s ice sheet is accelerating, threatening an increasing rise in sea levels. [News Source]

Greenland melt ’speeding up.’
Thursday August 10th 2006, 8:00 pm

Data from a US space agency satellite show that the melting rate has accelerated since 2004. If the ice cap were to completely disappear, global sea levels would rise by 21 feet. [News Source]