Global Warming and Climate Change News

No show at polar bear hearing
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 1:46 pm

WASHINGTON - APRIL 02: U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) questions witnesses during a hearing about the possible listing of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act April 2, 2008 in Washington, DC. U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne was invited to testify but declined until he said he could provide more information regarding the listing of the polar bear as endangered. According to conservation groups, polar bears are threatened because their habitat, sea ice, is shrinking from global warming. The Senate environment committee met Wednesday to hear why the Bush administration has yet to decide whether to list polar bears as threatened, but its star witness failed to show.


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Models look good when predicting climate change (PhysOrg)
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 12:09 pm

The accuracy of computer models that predict climate change over the coming decades has been the subject of debate among politicians, environmentalists and even scientists. A new study by meteorologists at the University of Utah shows that current climate models are quite accurate and can be valuable tools for those seeking solutions on reversing global warming trends. Most of these models ... [News Source]

States sue EPA over global warming
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 11:56 am

Cars and trucks share the road on the southbound Interstate 5, near the Newhall Pass between Santa Clarita and Los Angeles Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Traffic was moving smoothly Monday as transportation officials reopened Interstate 5 after a fatal, fiery tunnel crash closed the freeway over the weekend. All main lanes on both sides of the freeway were open, while the truck tunnel where Friday's deadly crash occurred remained closed. The tunnel is a truck bypass that runs beneath eight lanes of I-5, the main West Coast interstate, linking Mexico and Canada. It is also a major route from Los Angeles to the city's northern suburbs. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)A coalition of states is suing the Bush administration to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked what justices called inaction on global warming.


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Models Look Good when Predicting Climate Change (Newswise)
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 11:16 am

The accuracy of computer models that predict climate change has been the subject of debate. A new University of Utah study shows that current climate models are quite accurate and can be valuable tools for those seeking solutions on reversing global warming trends. Most of these models project a global warming trend that amounts to about 7 degrees Fahrenheit over the next 100 years. [News Source]

Poor nations balk at global warming pact (Kitchener/Waterloo Record)
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 4:49 am

BANGKOK, THAILAND (Apr 2, 2008) -- Poor countries at a UN conference said yesterday they won't sign a global warming pact unless industrialized nations guarantee them billions of dollars needed to adapt to the impact of climate change. [News Source]

Climate change will affect pregnancies in coastal India (Calcutta News)
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 2:12 am

A rise in sea levels due to global warming will force people in India's coastal areas to drink salty water, thus affecting pregnant women and their unborn children, says a scientist associated with the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [News Source]

Climate change will affect pregnancies in coastal India (New Kerala)
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 1:29 am

By Prashant K. Nanda, New Delhi, April 2: A rise in sea levels due to global warming will force people in India's coastal areas to drink salty water, thus affecting pregnant women and their unborn children, says a scientist associated with the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [News Source]

Poor nations demand more money to cope with global warming (Straits Times)
Wednesday April 02nd 2008, 12:20 am

BANGKOK - DEVELOPING countries at a UN conference said they won't sign a global warming pact unless industrialised nations guarantee them billions of dollars needed to adapt to the impact of climate change. [News Source]