Global Warming and Climate Change News

Climate change clash in Africa (The Christian Science Monitor)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 6:43 pm

Uganda's Karimojong herders are the latest example of how global warming contributes to increased fighting. [News Source]

Roadmap to curb global warming unveiled (North Adams Transcript)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 11:29 am

ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) — A regional environmental group Monday released a comprehensive "climate change roadmap" to reduce pollution linked to global warming by 75 percent in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. [News Source]

U.N. to intensify Africa climate change monitoring (AlertNet)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 10:21 am

Source: Reuters GENEVA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Global warming is likely to have a profound impact on Africa, but the continent lacks the means to detect and adapt to shifting patterns of drought, floods and disease, ... [News Source]

U.N. to intensify Africa climate change monitoring (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 10:15 am

Global warming is likely to have a profound impact on Africa, but the continent lacks the means to detect and adapt to shifting patterns of drought, floods and disease, United Nations' environmental agencies said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Poll: 73% Consider Global Warming Serious Issue (Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 8:58 am

American voters tend to see Global Warming as a serious problem but are divided as to whether it's caused by human activities or long-term planetary trends. [News Source]

Do jets contribute to global warming? (USA Today)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 7:48 am

Be sure to read the fascinating article in today's paper about rising concern over pollution from jets and its relation to climate change. In the article, David Travis, a climate science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, says aircraft emissions... [News Source]

Global warming emissions rise despite vow (Boston Globe)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 4:00 am

Emissions of the major global warming gas carbon dioxide in New England and Eastern Canada have increased since 2001, though regional leaders promised that year to gradually reduce those emissions, according to a report released yesterday. [News Source]

Global Warming Another Emerging Topic (Washington Post)
Tuesday December 19th 2006, 12:37 am

Global warming is a key subject that many educators and scientists say should be, but isn't, taught in every school. And as with other emerging sciences, there remains a need, they say, for more materials available for teachers to incorporate into their lessons. [News Source]