Writing about global warming has changed a lot in the past few years. This is not because the science itself has changed - but because political reaction to it has. It seems that we have, at long last, moved beyond denial and inertia. The time for books that explain what global warming is and why it matters has come and gone. The need now is for answers to the one question that really mattered …

He wants to convince us that fears of climate change are overblown. Should we take Nigel Lawson seriously? By Julian Glover

To date climate change projections, as published in the last IPCC report, only considered changes in future atmospheric composition. This strategy is appropriate for long-term changes in climate such as predictions for the end of the century. However, in order to predict short-term developments over the next decade, models need additional information on natural climate variations, in particular …

JUMILLA, Spain: Global warming may be the latest threat to the wine industry, but a clutch of producers in one of Spain’s hardest-hit regions say they’ve found a way to survive, and even profit from it.

Fewer caribou calves are being born — and more of them are dying — in West Greenland as a result of a warming climate. The researchers believe that caribou may serve as an indicator species for climate changes including global warming. The research shows that the timing of peak food availability no longer corresponds to the timing of caribou births.

Global warming could gradually starve parts of the tropical oceans of oxygen, damaging fisheries and coastal economies.

May 2 (Bloomberg) — Japan and China are preparing a joint statement on climate change for Chinese President Hu Jintao ’s visit to Tokyo next week, Japan’s chief government spokesman said.