Global Warming and Climate Change News

Drought And Wildfires Haven’t Changed Perry’s Views On Climate Change
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 5:42 PM

Texas Gov. Rick Perry heats up the atmosphere every time he talks about climate change. He's an avowed global warming doubter who once quipped, "The biggest source of carbon dioxide is Al Gore's mouth." read more [News Source]

Drought, Wildfires Haven’t Changed Perry’s Climate-Change Views
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 4:57 PM

Texas Gov. Rick Perry heats up the atmosphere every time he talks about climate change. He's an avowed global warming doubter who once quipped, "The biggest source of carbon dioxide is Al Gore's mouth." [News Source]

Perry Takes Hard Line On Environmental Issues
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 4:39 PM

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking a hard line on the campaign trail when it comes to the environment. He has dismissed global warming and climate change. The Perry administration in Texas has a long record of going after the Environmental Protection Agency. [News Source]

Global warming effect seen in pole-to-pole data-gathering flights
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 3:55 PM

climate change study results: Data culled from several years of pole-to-pole flights confirms some of the worries about human-generated global warming that had been predicted by computer-based mathematical models. The data mined by the National Center for Atmospheric Research will take years to analyze, but ‘it confirms a concern that’s been raised about the removal of ice from the arctic,’ the ... [News Source]

New Research Examines Role of Clouds in Climate Change
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 1:28 PM

New findings published Tuesday appear to undermine a controversial study - oft-cited by those who downplay the human impacts of climate change - that claimed variations in cloud cover are driving temperature changes across the globe. The analysis confirms - as most atmospheric scientists have long held - that the reverse is true: Clouds change in response to temperature changes. There is no ... [News Source]

Global warming brings crab threat to Antarctica
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 11:21 AM

The sea floor around the West Antarctica peninsula could become invaded by a voracious king crab, which is on the march thanks to global warming, biologists reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

Dot Earth Blog: Survey: Tea Party Isolated on Climate, But Wide Accord on Most Energy Policies
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 10:01 AM

A new survey shows strong support for energy research across the political spectrum [News Source]

Giant crabs make Antarctic leap.
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 10:00 AM

King crabs have been found on the edge of Antarctica, probably as a result of warming in the region, scientists say. The crabs are voracious crushers of sea floor animals and will probably change the ecosystem profoundly if and when they spread further, researchers warn. [News Source]

Research skewers claim that clouds cause climate change.
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 10:00 AM

New findings published Tuesday appear to undermine a controversial study - oft-cited by those who downplay the human impacts of climate change - that claimed variations in cloud cover are driving temperature changes across the globe. [News Source]

Feds climate incentives costly, says internal report.
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 10:00 AM

The federal government is getting little bang for its buck on some of its spending initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an internal Environment Canada report. [News Source]

Research skewers claim that clouds cause climate change.
Wednesday September 07th 2011, 10:00 AM

New findings published Tuesday appear to undermine a controversial study - oft-cited by those who downplay the human impacts of climate change - that claimed variations in cloud cover are driving temperature changes across the globe. [News Source]