Global Warming and Climate Change News

Student beliefs on global warming follow party lines (The Lantern)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 10:24 pm

Most Ohio State undergraduate students, regardless of political orientation, believe global warming is happening, according to a recent survey of 3,568 full-time, undergraduate students. However, beliefs about the cause of global warming significantly divide Democrats and Republicans. [News Source]

Bill Clinton in call for ’strong’ climate change bill (Financial Times)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 10:14 pm

The US Congress must pass a "strong" climate change bill before the global warming summit in Copenhagen this December if it is to have a chance of persuading China and India to sign up to a new treaty, says Bill Clinton. [News Source]

Doctors’ health warning on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 9:59 pm

Climate change will present the greatest threat to health this century, amplifying the risk of disease, malnutrition and homelessness through floods, drought and rising sea levels, a medical panel said on Thursday. [News Source]

Report: Climate Change Threatens Health (WebMD)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 6:54 pm

A newly released report identifies climate change as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. [News Source]

Global warming will force dictionary re-write (ZDNet)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 3:58 pm

For most of my life "Glacial (adjective)" has been synonymous with "slow" and "gradual." Get me re-write, it's starting to mean "sudden," and "gone forever." The new poster child for global warming is what was once the world's highest altitude ski spot: the Chacaltaya glacier, at 17,400 ft. in the Andes. No more glacier, no more skiing. The ski resort closed a few years back, now the Bolivian ... [News Source]

Bill Clinton in call for ‘strong’ climate change bill (Financial Times)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 3:41 pm

The US Congress must pass a “strong” climate change bill before the global warming summit in Copenhagen this December if it is to have a chance of persuading China and India to sign up to a new treaty, says Bill Clinton. [News Source]

Global warming may make monsoons harder to predict (SciDev.net)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 1:49 pm

[NEW DELHI] Monsoons will be more difficult to predict in the future because of global warming, researchers have warned. [News Source]

League of Women’s Voters forum addresses global warming (Pickens County Progress)
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 12:19 pm

The League of Women Voters of Dawson and Pickens Counties gathered with a panel of experts to discuss global warming and climate change issues at local, state, and federal levels, Saturday. [News Source]

New climate change strategy for West Somerset.
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 10:00 am

People in West Somerset could save millions of pounds in fuel bills thanks to the district’s new climate change strategy, launched at West Somerset Community College’s Carbon Fair last week. [News Source]

Carbon capture to save industry.
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 10:00 am

The projects are expected to comprise the development of a carbon dioxide storage hub and support for a range of technologies to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired power stations. [News Source]

Youth take easy, small steps to save energy.
Wednesday May 13th 2009, 10:00 am

Through small steps, young people are jumping in to preserve the environment, to do what they can to make the earth breathe more easily and to do their part for a better living environment. [News Source]