Global Warming and Climate Change News

Murray-Darling woes linked to global warming: report (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 8:43 pm

A group of Australian researchers claim to have found further evidence that lower rainfall and reduced run-off in the south-east of the country are linked to global warming.



Oxygen Depletion Zones In Tropical Oceans Expanding, Maybe Due To Global Warming (Science Daily)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 6:13 pm

Scientists confirm computer model predictions that oxygen-depleted zones in tropical oceans are expanding, possibly because of climate change. Oceanographers have discovered that oxygen-poor regions of tropical oceans are expanding as the oceans warm, limiting the areas in which predatory fishes and other marine organisms can live or enter in search of food.



Inevitable global warming a challenge for agriculture (Ararat Advertiser)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 2:02 pm

I CURRENTLY see no process or strategy that will stop global warming from becoming inevitable. The scientific evidence of both global warming and climate change has been stacking up for some time now.



International, National, Local Experts Gather at Chicago Botanic Garden for International Climate Change Forum (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 1:05 pm

Thought leaders from government, corporations, and non-profit organizations will gather at the Chicago Botanic Garden on June 5th as part of the Garden’s first International Climate Change Forum, a day-long long examination of issues relating to climate change and global warming that is part of the United Nations Environment Programme’s World Environment Day celebration.



Global Warming Affects World’s Largest Freshwater Lake (Science Daily)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 10:13 am

Russian and American scientists have discovered that the rising temperature of the world’s largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.



Global Warming Affects World’s Largest Freshwater Lake (Science Daily)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 10:13 am

Russian and American scientists have discovered that the rising temperature of the world’s largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.



Global Warming Affects World’s Largest Freshwater Lake (Kansas City InfoZine)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 9:03 am

Lake Baikal in Siberia had been thought resistant to climate change



Ocean currents may offset global warming over coming decade (Guardian Unlimited)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 5:11 am

Natural variations in ocean currents will cancel the effects of manmade global warming in the coming decade, claim climate scientists



Asia tourism, airlines ‘complacent’ on climate change (TODAYonline)
Thursday May 01st 2008, 12:03 am

File photo shows Thai Airways aircraft docked at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. Asian airlines and tourist firms are too complacent about the urgent need to address global warming, industry leaders warned at a conference on climate change