White roofs slow global warming (People’s Daily) White roofs, which have a massive cooling effect, can slow global warming, newly-released data showed. If the 100 biggest cities in the world installed white roofs and changed their pavement to more reflective materials like concrete instead of asphalt-based material, the global cooling effect would be massive, according to data released at the on-going annual Climate Change Research Conference ... [News Source]

Reduced dominance is predicted for U.S. An intelligence forecast for the next president envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades--as the world is battered by climate change, and destabilized by regional upheavals over shortages of food, water and energy. [News Source]

Bangladesh: A country on the frontline of climate change. Climate change may not be directly responsible for Bangladesh's waterlogged land, the intrusion of salt water or its river erosion, but it is turning a bad situation into a potential catastrophe. [News Source]

Fogging up those old-time forecasts. One of the country's most fervently unmodern subcultures--prognosticators--has had to confront climate change. They are deciding how--or if--they should factor greenhouse gases into weather-predicting formulas that are two centuries old. [News Source]

Ocean conditions signal rebound of West Coast salmon. A federal oceanographer says a flip-flop in atmospheric conditions is creating a feast for salmon and other sea life off the West Coast, reversing a trend that contributed to a virtual shutdown of West Coast salmon fishing this summer. [News Source]

Strongest hurricanes getting stronger. Scientists have previously predicted that as global warming further heats up the ocean, hurricanes could become more frequent, more intense or both. [News Source]

Temperatures to match Bordeaux. Ireland faces the prospect of having average temperatures akin to Bordeaux in the south of France unless the world moves to tackle climate change. [News Source]

Weather set to get ‘harder’ in future. The traditional Irish 'soft day', with clouds and drizzle drifting in from the Atlantic, could be a thing of the past, a weather expert predicted last night. [News Source]

Low levels of Arctic sea ice signal global warming’s advance. This year will see the second-biggest loss on record of Arctic sea ice — a sign that the area of ice coverage is shrinking at a pace faster than once expected. [News Source]

Extreme waves ’caused by climate change.’ Climate change has caused an increase in weather events and extreme waves being generated off the southern coast of Australia, CSIRO researchers say. [News Source]

To slow global warming, install white roofs. White roofs and reflective pavement in the world's 100 largest cities could have a massive cooling effect, according to data released at California's annual Climate Change Research Conference. [News Source]