Global Warming and Climate Change News

Most people in denial over climate change, according to psychologists.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

The majority of people in Britain are in denial about the risk of global warming in our lifetimes, according to a new study into the psychology of climate change. [News Source]

India’s thirst is making us all wet.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

One nation's thirst for groundwater is having an impact on global sea levels. Satellite measurements show that northern India is sucking some 54 trillion litres of water out of the ground every year. This is threatening a major water crisis and adding to global sea level rise. [News Source]

World needs CO2 budget to limit warming: WWF.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

The world is in danger of spending its "carbon budget" by about 2025 and risks temperatures rising beyond 2 degrees Celsius unless nations adopt a flexible carbon accounting system, conservation group WWF says in a report it commissioned. [News Source]

Mercury rising.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

New models by the British government’s Meteorological Office show that if we continue burning fossil fuels at the same high rate, global temperatures may rise more than previously thought. [News Source]

Park City, Utah may lose snow because of climate change.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

Climate change could make this trendy tourist town lose one-third of its ski days by 2075, according to a new report by Stratus Consulting. [News Source]

Japan faces pressure to stop importing polar bear products.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

With polar bears in danger of extinction due to climate change and the U.S. government making moves to protect them, Japan may become a target of criticism as the world's No. 1 importer of polar bear products, which are widely sold over the Internet. [News Source]

Walruses suffer substantial losses as sea ice erodes.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

Half a century after Pacific walruses began recovering from industrial-scale hunting, marine biologists are growing worried that they face a mounting threat from global warming. [News Source]

Global warming could reverse a walrus comeback.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

Half a century after Pacific walruses began recovering from industrial-scale hunting, marine biologists are growing worried that they face a mounting threat from global warming. [News Source]

US national parks endangered by climate change.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

On Thursday, two environmental groups pointed to 25 jewels of the National Park System as examples of how climate change poses an immediate threat to America’s recreational, historical, and scenic gems. [News Source]

Climate change hikes in Alps.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

A Swiss resort is offering climate change hiking trips to show the changes in the landscape scientists say are the result of global warming. Video. [News Source]

SPI cuts huge carbon deal.
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 10:00 am

Major timber producer Sierra Pacific Industries has signed the largest cap-and-trade carbon offset plan in history, according to company spokesman Mark Pawlicki. [News Source]