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(Newser) - Hundreds of naked people bared all on a Swiss glacier to protest global warming yesterday. The arresting demonstration was photographed by New York artist Spencer Tunick, known for his photos of nude gatherings, as temperatures hovered around 50 degrees. More »

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climate change • environment • Greenpeace • global warming • Spencer Tunick • Switzerland • glacier

Deserts Eat
Up China's Usable Land

In arid provinces, farms and families feel pinch of policy gone awry

Aug 16, 07 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - With China's deserts spreading another 950 square miles each year, the government is evicting families and replanting farms to stem the tide, the Christian Science Monitor reports from Gansu province. With 20% of the world's population but 7% of its arable land, China's decades-old problem has worsened due to overfarming,... More »

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China • climate change • environment • farming • global warming • deforestation • desert

Italian Grapes Make Early Debut

Spooks Wine Country

Aug 16, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - This year's grape harvest in Italy will be unlike any one in living memory—for starters because it's happening in August. Because of sky-high temperatures and scanty rainfall, grapes are ripening three to four weeks ahead of normal schedules. Some grape growers blame it on global warming, but scientists warn... More »

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climate change • weather • global warming • Italy • wine • harvest • grapes

Great Lake Getting Less Superior

Aug 15, 07 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Water levels in Lake Superior are down a whole foot this year, and scientists say man is to blame. The world's largest body of fresh water by surface area has suffered an on-and-off drought for four years, but levels may reach an all-time low this summer. Climate change is partially... More »

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climate change • environment • water • erosion • Great Lakes • Lake Superior • lake • fresh water

Washington: 'Do As I Say, Not As I Do'

Bush asks others to cut back emissions as US bankrolls high-emission projects

Aug 12, 07 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Bush asks others to reduce emissions, Washington is promising to pay for a state-of-the-art oil refinery in India that will pump out 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year. The Los Angeles Times says that this is only some of the smoke covering Washington’s tracks, as... More »

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climate change • Greenpeace • global warming • environmentalism • OPEC • Environmental Protection Agency • carbon emissions

Washed-Out Brits May Be Stuck in Trailers for Months

Thousands of homes and businesses are still drying out

Aug 10, 07 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Victims of the record flooding in England may have to live in mobile homes for months while their property is repaired. Tens of thousands of residences and businesses were badly damaged by floods over the past 2 months, which caused at least $6 billion in damage, Bloomberg reports. And meteorologists... More »

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climate change • England • homes • flood • repair • house • mobile home

10-Year Model Predicts Record Temperatures

Global warming to surge in 2009, new study says

Aug 10, 07 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new 10-year model of climate change forecasts several years of record temperatures between 2009 to 2014, the BBC reports. Most global warming predictions see significant climate changes over a century; the new model, developed by British meteorologists using present-day observations, offers shorter-term predictions of event such as El Nino... More »

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climate change • weather • environment • pollution • global warming • temperature • El Nino • Hadley Centre • Decadal Climate Prediction System

Climate Change Deniers
Still Impeding Progress

Americans lost in haze of contradictory information

Aug 7, 07 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists thought they'd convinced the world it was getting warmer, but a powerful, flush campaign of cynics is still successfully sowing doubt, Newsweek reports—and hobbling efforts to stave off disaster. From its humble beginnings ridiculing any warming, the "denial machine" has picked up funding from big oil and... More »

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climate change • environment • oil • global warming • science • Americans

Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

Number of 'extremely hot days' have tripled, Euro study shows

Aug 4, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled and the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled since 1880, according to a study released yesterday. Periods of sweltering weather last an average of 3 days now compared to 1.5  in 1880, a shift that forebodes a higher... More »

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climate change • weather • Spain • global warming • study • heat • heatwave • Finland • scientists • radiation • sunlight • Western Europe

Look Out, Santa: Russia Claims North Pole

Rich oil and gas reserves lie beneath ownership dispute

Aug 1, 07 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian ships will arrive at the North Pole today as part of Moscow's effort to claim a 1,240-mile area of the Arctic—and with it, more than $2 trillion in oil and gas reserves. The Telegraph reports that the fleet will deposit a Russian flag at the bottom of... More »

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climate change • Russia • oil • Canada • Vladimir Putin • North Pole • Arctic • Denmark • sovereignty • Arctic oil

Panel Links Global Warming to Hurricane Surge

Study backs UN Panel's conclusion that humans are driving dangerous trend

Jul 30, 07 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rising sea temperatures caused by global warming are causing a surge in the number of hurricanes and tropical storms, a new study confirms. The research, which examined the pattern of storms from the last 100 years, buffers a UN panel's conclusion earlier this year that humans are "more likely... More »

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climate change • global warming • ocean • sea • tropical storms • hurricane

Brown Downplays
US Fissure

New PM will visit Camp David,
insists he isn't 'America's poodle'

Jul 27, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's new Prime Minister is set to meet with President Bush at Camp David next week amid rumors that relations between the two nations have cooled since Tony Blair's departure. Brown is walking a tightrope between rebuffing this speculation and being seen as "America's poodle," an epithet Blair... More »

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Iraq • climate change • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • England • Labour Party • Camp David • America's poodle • prime minister • Britain • Iraq war

Meat Can be Tough on the Environment

Steaks do more damage than driving; cow farts also a problem

Jul 19, 07 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four average-sized steaks generate as much greenhouse gas as an ordinary car traveling for 3 hours at 50mph. The meat also chews up 169 megajoules of energy, enough to light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days. These were among the findings of Japanese scientists investigating the effects of beef production... More »

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climate change • cattle • global warming • Japan • beef • meat • cows • methane • steaks • megajoules • Japanese • carbon emissions

Darfur Hopes Lie in Hidden Lake

A hidden lake could spur 1,000 wells and quell deadly competition over resources in Darfur

Jul 18, 07 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A giant lake discovered beneath Darfur could lead to resolution of the conflict in the region, where genocide has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Darfuris and 2 million people have been left homeless since 2003, the BBC reports. Radar revealed the ancient body of water, comparable in... More »

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climate change • Darfur • genocide • water • Sudan • lake • radar • Lake Erie • Arabs • farmer

Yes, Climate Change Heats Up Hurricanes 

No, we havent' seen what a direct hit on a major city would do

Jul 16, 07 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stepping into the debate about whether climate change is likely to cause more frequent and more intense hurricanes, science writer Chris Mooney says in Salon the trend is observable, but it's nonscience to attribute any single hurricane to climate change, or to make predictions about any one hurricane season. Still,... More »

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climate change • hurricane season • hurricane

Sun Sets on Solar Global Warming Theory

Greenhouse gases the culprit, not sun's heat, experts say

Jul 11, 07 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A theory that global warming is caused by increased solar output is bunk, according to climate-change scientists. Although the world has grown hotter over the last 20 years, solar activity has actually dropped, the BBC reports, and an international panel concluded that greenhouse gases are 13 times more responsible for... More »

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climate change • global warming • science • global temperature • sun

Live Earth Fights Warming, Skepticism

Concerts will heat up stages, possibly the Earth

Jul 7, 07 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today's concert in Sydney kicks off the 24-hour Live Earth series, which puts over 100 acts on stages on seven continents to fight climate change. Along with raising awareness, the concerts are raising eyebrows at  the hypocrisy of using jet-setting rockers as role models for reducing greenhouse gases, and questions... More »

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climate change • music • global warming • live earth • concert

Rio Reverses Live Earth Ban

Environmental show will go ahead as planned

Jul 6, 07 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Rio incarnation of Live Earth, the ecofriendly concert extravaganza scheduled for tomorrow on all seven continents, is back on. Security concerns led a judge to put the kibosh on the event, which is expected to draw up to a million would-be environmentalists to Copacabana beach, but organizers have lined... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • Washington • live earth • Rio de Janeiro • National Mall • Antarctica

Itchier Poison Ivy Stems from Climate Change

Rising CO2 levels lead to bigger, stronger rash-causing weeds

Jun 27, 07 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Poison ivy is getting bigger and more potent, and the culprit is the 21st century's all-purpose scapegoat: climate change. The itchy, rash-inducing plant that has plagued hikers and gardeners since the beginning of time thrives in environments with high levels of CO2, the Journal reports, and with rates on the... More »

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climate change • CO2 • poison ivy • rash • hiking • gardening

China's CO2 Output Passes US

Building two power stations a week

Jun 20, 07 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has overtaken the US as the world's biggest CO2 emitter. A Dutch study says China is coughing up 9% more fossil fuel into the air than last year, compared with a 1.4% increase from the superpower across the Pacific. And the trend is up: China's industry is growing... More »

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China • climate change • energy • environment • pollution • carbon footprint • CO2 • fossil fuel • carbon emissions

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