Global Warming and Climate Change News

Eating less meat may slow climate change (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 9:06 pm

Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane flatulence from the animals, scientists said on Thursday. [News Source]

Eating less meat may slow climate change (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 7:08 pm

Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane flatulence from the animals, scientists said on Thursday. [News Source]

Global Warming Good And Bad For World Crops (KTAL Shreveport)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 6:26 pm

(Washington, DC) -- Global warming could be either good or bad for world agriculture, depending on what country you live in. A new study says world crop production could collapse in Africa, Latin America and India if climate change stays on its current course. [News Source]

Experts: Climate Change Puts Sea at Risk (The San Francisco Examiner)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 4:53 pm

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Italian President Giorgio Napolitano attends the opening ceremony of the National Conference on Climate Change, in the FAO headquarters in Rome, Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007. Italian experts said global warming is proceeding faster in Europe than in the rest of the world and that the Mediterranean could become a stagnant sea. [News Source]

Insurers warned of climate change impact (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 4:26 pm

Severe weather events such as the Gulf hurricanes, coupled with the possibility of global warming and other types of climate change, have upended some traditional principles of insurance. [News Source]

Global warming a farmer’s bane? (The Globe and Mail)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 11:42 am

WASHINGTON — Don't count on Canada to feed the world as global warming wipes out farmers nearer the equator, warns the author of a new book that traces the impact of climate change on agriculture. [News Source]

Global warming impact like “nuclear war”: report (Environmental News Network)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 10:58 am

Climate change could have global security implications on a par with nuclear war unless urgent action is taken, a report said on Wednesday. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) security think-tank said global warming would hit crop yields and water availability everywhere, causing great human suffering and leading to regional strife. [News Source]

English coastal storms more intense, but is it climate change? (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 10:28 am

Coastal storms battering the southern coast of England have sharply increased in intensity over the last century and a half, a possible consequence of global warming.

Global warming impact like “nuclear war”: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 10:01 am

Climate change could have global security implications on a par with nuclear war unless urgent action is taken, a report said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Global warming a farmer’s bane? (The Globe and Mail)
Wednesday September 12th 2007, 6:12 am

WASHINGTON -- Don't count on Canada to feed the world as global warming wipes out farmers nearer the equator, warns the author of a new book that traces the impact of climate change on agriculture. [News Source]