Global Warming and Climate Change News

Study: No sun, cloud link to latest warming
Thursday April 10th 2008, 3:20 pm

A study finds no link between incoming solar rays and global cloud cover, dealing a blow to climate skeptics who argue that warming is caused by the rays, not manmade emissions. [News Source]

Outdoorsmen target global warming
Thursday April 10th 2008, 10:40 am

** FILE ** Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., smiles in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Dec. 13, 2005 file photo. Congressional Democrats reached a compromise late Friday to boost automobile fuel economy by 40 percent, clearing the way for a House vote probably next week on an energy bill that Democratic leaders would like to send to President Bush before Christmas. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)A new assessment of the threat of global warming to fish and wildlife habitat has hunters and anglers calling for action.


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Climate change will have ’significant impact’ on health (USA Today)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 10:13 am

A top government health official said Wednesday that climate change is expected to have a significant impact on health in the next few decades, with certain regions of the country and the elderly and children most vulnerable to increased health problems. [News Source]

Warming Iceland prepares for change
Thursday April 10th 2008, 10:12 am

Bathers pose for a photo as they swim in the geothermal hot springs at Iceland's Blue Lagoon near Grindavik in this September 30, 2006 file photo. On a purely physical level, this land of icecaps and volcanoes and home to more than 300,000 people is undergoing a rapid transformation as its glaciers melt and weather patterns change dramatically. But global warming is also having a profound effect on Iceland economically - and in many ways the effects have actually been beneficial. Picture taken September 30, 2006. To match feature CLIMATE/ICELAND REUTERS/Bob Strong/Files (ICELAND)Iceland, a country of icecaps and volcanoes and home to 300,000 people, is undergoing a rapid transformation as its glaciers melt and weather patterns change dramatically.


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Climate change rises on World Bank agenda (Environmental News Network)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 10:06 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change is now one of the World Bank's top concerns because of its expected impact on health and economic growth in developing countries, the bank's lead environmental economist said. Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are where global warming's damage will disproportionately be felt, and that makes it a key issue for the World Bank and other financial ... [News Source]

CDC: Global Warming Likely to Bring Health Risks (Fox News)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 9:49 am

A top government official said that climate change is expected to bring an increase in health problems in the next few decades.



Climate change brings health risks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 3:56 am

A top government health official said Wednesday that climate change is expected to have a significant impact on health in the next few decades, with certain regions of the country — and the elderly and children — most vulnerable to increased health problems. [News Source]

Hunters worry about global warming (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 3:16 am

Global warming could force elk and mule deer from much of the American West. Wild trout could disappear in lower Appalachian streams. Two-thirds of the country's ducks may disappear. [News Source]