Global Warming and Climate Change News

U.S.: Warming gases rose sharply
Wednesday April 23rd 2008, 3:09 pm

Emissions of two key greenhouse gases rose sharply last year and fears are that melting permafrost might be partly responsible for one, federal scientists reported Wednesday.


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Professor tells students how they can reduce global warming (AccessNorthGA)
Wednesday April 23rd 2008, 2:20 pm

A Gainesville State College assistant professor says the public can take little measures to greatly affect global warming. “I am no Al Gore,” says Dr. Sudhanshu Sekhar Panda, referring to the former vice president’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning effort to acknowledge man-made climate change. [News Source]

Study: Beetles in woods impact climate
Wednesday April 23rd 2008, 1:25 pm

**HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 1 p.m. EDT April 23, 2008. THIS STORY MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST OR POSTED ONLINE BEFORE 1 p.m. EDT April 23, 2008.**This undated aerial photo provided by the Colorado State Forest Service, shows pine trees killed by beetles are shown in their rusty red color near Grandby, Colo.. An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of acres of lodgepole pines: By 2020, the beetles will have done enough damage that the forest is expected to release more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to research published in the journal Nature this week. Bark beetles also have killed swaths of pines in the western United States, including about 2,300 square miles of trees in Colorado. (AP Photo/Colorado State Forest Service, Jen Chase)An outbreak of beetles in Canada is doing more than destroying millions of trees: By 2020, the forest will likely release more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to new research.


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NATION & WORLD: Climate change impacts aviation (Detroit Free Press)
Wednesday April 23rd 2008, 3:39 am

Aviation chiefs pledged Tuesday to address the industry's impact on climate change but shied away from setting concrete targets to reduce global-warming gases. A declaration signed by trade bodies and aircraft makers commits the industry to develop new technologies with the eventual aim of achieving carbon-free travel. [News Source]

Global warming could flood Florida coasts (Moldova.org)
Wednesday April 23rd 2008, 1:11 am

Scientists studying the consequences of global warming in south Florida say rising sea levels could flood coastal cities and damage fresh water supplies.The Miami-Dade County Climate Change Task Force presented a set of recommendations to help slow or prevent social, environmental and economic damage to the region, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday. Recommendations included promoting the use of ... [News Source]

Tech professor discusses climate change (The Daily Toreador)
Wednesday April 23rd 2008, 12:26 am

Tuesday, a global-warming lecturer brought some students back to Earth. Katherine Hayhoe, a Nobel Prize winner and Texas Tech geosciences professor, spoke about the effects of environmental choices on global climate change. Hayhoe said the world is warming because of the Greenhouse Effect. [News Source]