Global Warming and Climate Change News

Frogs face extinction: Goodall.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

Armageddon is approaching for frogs throughout the world, warns internationally renowned primatologist Jane Goodall. [News Source]

Fresh global warming fears as glaciers melt at alarming rate.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

The latest report from the Icelandic government's Committee on Climate Change has warned that the country's glaciers will have all but disappeared by the next century, contributing to the threat of sea level rises, a British broadcaster has reported. [News Source]

Ground-level ozone pollution to increase.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

Ground-level ozone pollution is contributing to hundreds of deaths a year in the UK - and climate change could help make the situation worse, a report from the Royal Society warned today. [News Source]

Hundreds of deaths from ozone predicted.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

A study by the Royal Society found ground levels of ozone, the pollutant caused when sunlight hits a mixture of gases in the air, has risen by six per cent per decade since the 1980s. [News Source]

Tourism to face the challenge of climate change.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges in general, and to sustainable development and the UN Millennium Development Goals in particular. [News Source]

There’s a gold mine in environmental guilt.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

This is strange territory. The Dow is down. Wall Street needs a bailout. But in the Washington area and across the country, there is still a bull market in environmental guilt: Sales of carbon offsets are up. [News Source]

Carbon offset market grows up, problems remain.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

"We go to companies and tell them to forget about offsetting. It's a dying breed, like the dotcom boom," says the head of one of the first charities to offer offsets. [News Source]

Up on the roof.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

Adding a layer of vegetation on the top of buildings can keep things cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. [News Source]

Scientists develop solar cells with a twist.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

US researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars. [News Source]

Berlin aims to become solar powerhouse.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

Berlin wants to become a world leader in the solar energy field, both as a user of the sun's rays for energy and as a pioneer in solar technology despite its northern, cloud-covered location, its economy minister said. [News Source]

Indian farmers should go organic: Prince Charles.
Monday October 06th 2008, 6:00 pm

With a view to mitigate ongoing climate change, Prince Charles of the UK appealed the Indian farmers to join the global organic club. [News Source]