The most authoritative scientific report on climate change says with 90% certainty that the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are driving climate change.

As if it wasn't obvious before... picked by hazelly 2 years ago

The most powerful storm in the past 20 years, bringing it down to New York and New Jersey, filled reservoirs, water supply both the state. At the same time, he has brought many problems for thousands of motorists and homeowners who threatens to destroy coastline Long-Island and New Jersey and has increased the long debate over climate change. picked by Jon77 1 year ago

Next in series: Global warming responsible for results of 2008 election. picked by mahler87 7 months ago

A tiny Alaska village eroding into the Arctic Ocean sued two dozen oil, power and coal companies Tuesday, claiming that the large amounts of greenhouse gases they emit contribute to global warming that threatens the community's existence.

The lawsuit has been billed, the most dangerous in america picked by doggylives 4 months ago

A vast array of physical and biological systems across the earth are being affected by warming temperatures caused by humans, says a new analysis of information not previously assembled all in one spot. picked by karenben 4 months ago

Global temperature fluctuations mostly stable since 1979
with only regional warming and cooling trends. picked by Inc0m 2 years ago

And we thought global warming was a problem...
(a bit long, but worth the watch) picked by tundramonkey 2 years ago

Seattle is considering banning the ancient tradition of bonfires, of lying on the beach at night, lounging around a fire because they contribute to global warming or cooling or climate change or something. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

The United States made a dramatic reversal Saturday, first rejecting and then accepting a compromise to set the stage for intense negotiations in the next two years aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Below is a complete listing of responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming. There are four separate taxonomies; arguments are divided by:
Stages of Denial, Scientific Topics, Types of Argument, and Levels of Sophistication. BBC has similar site with less info. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Lock Up Carbon In Soil And Use Bioenergy Exhaust Gases For Energy. Writing in the journal Nature, a Cornell biogeochemist describes an economical and efficient way to help offset global warming: Pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring, or partially burning, trees, grasses or crop residues without the use of oxygen. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

a non existent article in a non-existent learned journal was dangled as bait. The article reported to scientifically proved that "concerns about manmade global warming are unfounded." Rush and several Blogs ate it up, despite obviously gibberish math and such reference works as "Miocene, Pliocene and Plasticine fossil records for eukaryotic mass on the West African continent... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

ANTARCTICA'S Southern Ocean is losing the capacity to soak up rising man-made carbon emissions, leading scientists to warn yesterday of an expectedly rapid rise in global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

After more than 40 years of climate study he says that global warming is irreversable and that almost everything we're trying to do about it is wrong picked by tigertony 6 months ago

A team of water experts says the pattern of droughts and floods in South Africa shows our global warming was triggered by the variability of the sun’s irradiance rather than by human-emitted CO2. They say variations in South African rainfall patterns are keyed to periodic reversals of the sun’s magnetic field—and to the constantly changing distance between the sun and the earth a... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Might the cultivation of "shiny crops" be a good way to reflect solar energy back into space – thus helping cool the surface of the planet in the fight against global warming? picked by wildminou 8 months ago

A previously inhabited island is now completely submerged in the ocean. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Global warming is a dramatically urgent and serious problem. We don't need to wait for governments to solve this problem: each one of us can bring an important help adopting a more responsible lifestyle: starting from little, everyday things. It's the only reasonable way to save our planet, before it is too late. picked by Johnny21J 1 year ago

As climate change continues to make headlines across the world, participants at the 2007 Envisat Symposium this week are hearing how Earth observation satellites allow scientists to better understand the parameters involved in global warming and how this is impacting the planet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A team of scientists announced today confirmation of a link between massive volcanic eruptions along the east coast of Greenland and in the western British Isles about 55 million years ago and a period of global warming that raised sea surface temperatures by five degrees (Celsius) in the tropics and more than six degrees in the Arctic. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago