New Data On 'Population Emissions' Brett Smith for redOrbit.com While many climate change studies focus on the physical and ecological processes that drive greenhouse gas emissions, a new study published this week focuses on the societal forces that could cause global warming. In a report published Sunday in Nature Climate Change , University of Michigan professor Tom Dietz and his colleague Eugene Rosa from Washington State ... [News Source]

Global warming means more wildfire for California, study shows Rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns associated with climate change are likely to increase wildfire levels in California and the West in coming decades, according to a new study. [News Source]

Climate change to raise global fire risk BERKELEY, Calif., June 12 (UPI) -- Climate change will increase fire risk, with some regions like the western United States seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years, researchers say. [News Source]

Global warming could lead to more wildfire in California: study California and the West, which have experienced a surge in wildfire during the last decade, can expect more of the same with global warming, according to a study published Tuesday. [News Source]

Climate change will boost number of West's wildfires WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change will make wildfires in the West, like those now raging in parts of Colorado and New Mexico, more frequent over the next 30 years, researchers reported on Tuesday. More broadly, almost all of North America and most of Europe will see an increase in wildfires by the year 2100, the scientists wrote in the journal Ecosphere, a publication of the Ecological ... [News Source]

Will ‘slow living’ movement pick up speed in US? An odd mix of environmental leaders, academics and farmers met to exchange ideas about a little-known philosophy called "slow living." Its followers believe that investing in local communities and food systems helps people lead slower, more fulfilling lives and it may also be an important tool in combating climate change. [News Source]

Over-reliance on gas risks runaway emissions, says IEA economist. Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency, discusses why the emissions situation is getting worse rather than better, why an overreliance on abundant natural gas reserves is a dangerous strategy, and why the global community must take action in the next several years if it hopes to avert temperature increases. [News Source]

Will ‘slow living’ movement pick up speed in US? An odd mix of environmental leaders, academics and farmers met to exchange ideas about a little-known philosophy called "slow living." Its followers believe that investing in local communities and food systems helps people lead slower, more fulfilling lives and it may also be an important tool in combating climate change. [News Source]

Over-reliance on gas risks runaway emissions, says IEA economist. Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency, discusses why the emissions situation is getting worse rather than better, why an overreliance on abundant natural gas reserves is a dangerous strategy, and why the global community must take action in the next several years if it hopes to avert temperature increases. [News Source]

Complaint says California cap and trade racially biased. A coalition of environmental justice and civil rights activists has filed a complaint alleging that cap-and-trade provisions in California's pioneering program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions discriminate against people of color. [News Source]

Warming will unlock carbon in forests, study warns. Researchers have found that the warmer it gets, the more active are the microbes that eat the topsoil and exhale carbon dioxide afterward. [News Source]