Donors urged to help poor countries adapt to climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) Donor countries should raise up to two billion dollars to help vulnerable, poor countries adapt to climate change, according to a report submitted to the United Nations Thursday. [News Source]

Sea-level rise forecast is scaled back A collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would raise sea levels by about 10 feet, not nearly 20 feet as earlier predicted, according to a new study. [News Source]

Sea-level rise forecast is scaled back A collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would raise sea levels by about 10 feet, not nearly 20 feet as earlier predicted, according to a new study. [News Source]

Study: Tropical storms might impact warming

A new study suggests that tropical cyclones shoot water high into the atmosphere. The result may be a small but significant contribution to the greenhouse effect.

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Study: Tropical storms might impact warming

A new study suggests that tropical cyclones shoot water high into the atmosphere. The result may be a small but significant contribution to the greenhouse effect.

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What if global-warming fears are overblown? (CNN Money) With Congress about to take up sweeping climate-change legislation, expect to hear more in coming weeks from John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at University of Alabama-Huntsville. [News Source]

Climate change biggest threat to humans. Climate change poses the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century but its full impact is not being grasped by the healthcare community or policymakers, a medical report concludes. [News Source]

Inspection of gadgets predicts global power surge. The number of TVs, computers, iPods and other electronic devices in the home is expected to jump threefold by 2030 and will require the equivalent of 230 new nuclear reactors to keep them running, according to an international study calling on world governments to raise the bar on gadget efficiency. [News Source]

High noon. As the climate warms, environmentalists square off over Big Solar's claim to the Mojave Desert. As of late March, the Bureau of Land Management had received 199 applications for industrial-scale solar plants, totaling 1.7 million acres, in the desert Southwest. [News Source]

Climate change biggest threat to humans. Climate change poses the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century but its full impact is not being grasped by the healthcare community or policymakers, a medical report concludes. [News Source]

Inspection of gadgets predicts global power surge. The number of TVs, computers, iPods and other electronic devices in the home is expected to jump threefold by 2030 and will require the equivalent of 230 new nuclear reactors to keep them running, according to an international study calling on world governments to raise the bar on gadget efficiency. [News Source]