Global Warming and Climate Change News

NZ tourism may survive climate change, but travel costs a risk (The New Zealand Herald)
Monday May 05th 2008, 11:18 pm

Climate change due to global warming will help determine a new crop of winners and losers - in tourism. And a report from Deutsche Bank Research says some of the biggest polluters will be among the biggest winners - with New Zealand among the countries which will initially be better off.



NZ tourism may survive climate change (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Monday May 05th 2008, 9:53 pm

Climate change due to global warming will help determine a new crop of winners and losers — in tourism.



Global warming today’s Great Depression (The Courier Mail)
Monday May 05th 2008, 6:20 pm

GLOBAL warming could have the same economic effect as the Great Depression if handled poorly, the Government's top climate change adviser says. [News Source]

Global warming today’s Great Depression (Herald Sun)
Monday May 05th 2008, 6:20 pm

GLOBAL warming could have the same economic effect as the Great Depression if handled poorly, the Government’s top climate change adviser says.



Global warming today’s Great Depression (The Mercury)
Monday May 05th 2008, 6:20 pm

GLOBAL warming could have the same economic effect as the Great Depression if handled poorly, the Government's top climate change adviser says. [News Source]

Wildlife in tropics really feel the heat
Monday May 05th 2008, 6:00 pm

While global warming is expected to be strongest at higher latitudes, it looks like species living in the tropics are at greater risk, researchers said in a study published Monday.



Exxon to build carbon-capture test plant
Monday May 05th 2008, 4:16 pm

Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to spend more than $100 million to build a plant that could make capturing and storing carbon dioxide more affordable and open up vast new sources of natural gas.



Experts: Poles likely on thinning ice
Monday May 05th 2008, 2:00 pm

The Arctic will remain on thinning ice, and climate warming is expected to begin affecting the Antarctic also, scientists said at a briefing to sum up recent conference findings.



New climate change fund to help Asia adjust to global warming impact (GMA News)
Monday May 05th 2008, 11:04 am

MANILA, Philippines - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is establishing a new fund to slow the onset of climate change and to help the Asia-Pacific region adapt to the expected devastating impact of global warming.



Global warming skeptics target students (Moldova.org)
Monday May 05th 2008, 10:13 am

Some 11,250 schools in Canada were sent teaching material from a Chicago think-tank that contends humans are not responsible for global warming.The Heartland Institute, based in Chicago, purchased the school mailing list to provide balance to environmental teaching, its science director, Jay Lehr told the Canwest News Service.All the kids in our schools are being taught that climate change is a ... [News Source]

Garnaut warns of Global warming woes (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Monday May 05th 2008, 6:54 am

Global warming could have the same economic effect as the Great Depression if handled poorly, government climate change adviser Ross Garnaut says.