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climate change stories: 469 news summaries

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 Climate Research 
 Faces Years 
 Without 
 Satellites 

Scientists warn that death of aging satellites will leave dangerous gaps in knowledge

Mar 6, 09 3:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists studying climate change are going to lose their eyes in the sky just when satellite data is most needed to make vital decisions, NPR reports. Years of underinvestment and squabbling between government agencies mean the climate satellites now in orbit will fail long before new ones can replace them,... More »

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climate change • NASA • NOAA • satellite • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

analysis

Hopes High in Climate Fight as Obama Takes Lead

US to take major role in new environmental treaty

Mar 1, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Kyoto Protocol signed more than a decade ago faced roadblocks to achieving its environmental goals—but with President Obama pushing hard on climate change, new international agreements could be much stronger, the New York Times reports. Obama has placed the US “at the forefront of the international climate... More »

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climate change • environment • Kyoto Protocol • treaty • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

 Climate Alarmists Are 
 Off Base: George Will 

Only one fact debated; 'that challenge was mistaken': Will

Feb 27, 09 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - George Will set off a flurry of criticism this month with a column that questioned global warming. In his Post column today, he's not backing down, taking particular aim at the New York Times—long “a megaphone for the alarmed.” A Times article by Andrew Revkin asserted that... More »

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climate change • New York Times • global warming • Arctic sea ice

New Enemy in Climate Fight: Methane-Heavy Sheep Burps

Methane from livestock may cause more emissions than automobiles

Feb 26, 09 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Big oil, coal-fired power plants, automakers and now sheep: As governments look to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, researchers are looking seriously at livestock, believed to contribute more than cars via the methane gas they belch during digestion, the Wall Street Journal reports. To that end, researchers in New Zealand are trying... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • New Zealand • methane • sheep • hydrogen

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton emphasized the environment today in China as she wrapped up a weeklong visit to Asia, the New York Times reports. “When we were industrializing and growing, we didn’t know any better,” Clinton said, praising recent advances in green energy and asking for more. “... More »

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China • climate change • Hillary Clinton • environment • cap and trade • secretary of State • Beijing • power plant • carbon emissions • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama and PM Stephen Harper today announced an environmental partnership between the US and Canada, the Globe and Mail reports. Harper spoke of a “clean energy dialogue” between top officials to “collaborate on the development of clean energy science and technology.” Said Obama, who was... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Canada • United States • press conference • NAFTA • Stephen Harper • prime minister • Obama administration • President Obama



 EPA Expected to 
 Start Limiting 
 CO2 Emissions 

Agency will act on ignored Supreme Court ruling

Feb 19, 09 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The EPA is expected to soon start regulating emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases for the first time, reports the New York Times. The agency is under an order—ignored by the Bush administration—to decide whether CO2 is a pollutant that endangers the public. Obama administration officials... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • Clean Air Act • Environmental Protection Agency • carbon emissions • EPA • greenhouse-gas emissions • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson

 Mayor: Global Warming 
 Could Swamp NYC 

Bloomberg calls for city to improve infrastructure ahead of climate disaster

Feb 18, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Climate change will make New York City a hotter, wetter, and stormier place in coming decades and sea levels that could rise at least 4 feet may swamp the city, a panel of scientists convened by Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned yesterday. Bloomberg said the city must start preparing evacuation plans... More »

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climate change • New York City • global warming • New York • Michael Bloomberg • infrastructure

Carbon Dioxide Gets Buried in Midwest Experiment 

Site in Illinois may be able to hold 100 billion tons of CO2

Feb 16, 09 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Construction began this week on an Energy Department project that aims to bury a million metric tons of carbon dioxide beneath Illinois' surface by 2012, Wired reports. While that's peanuts compared to the billions of tons emitted each year, the project—the largest such injection to date—could pave the... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • power plant • coal power • carbon emissions • Department of Energy • carbon sequestration

(Newser) - You know all those dire warnings about global warming? They're actually too optimistic, says a top scientist in the field. The climate is going to heat up much faster than anticipated over the next century, with more environmental damage as a result, said Chris Field of the Intergovernmental Panel on... More »

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climate change • environment • carbon dioxide • global warming

GLOSSIES

 Satellites Eye Climate Change  

Japan, US to monitor carbon emissions from orbit

Feb 14, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan and the US are using satellites to study global warming, the Economist reports. Last month Japan launched Ibuki—meaning breath—a satellite that will gather data from 56,000 points around the globe. America’s equivalent, the Orbital Carbon Observatory, will launch at the end of the month. Researchers... More »

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climate change • global warming • carbon • satellite • power plant • carbon emissions

Climate Change May Tank World's Fish Stocks

Scientists predict huge upheaval to marine populations

Feb 13, 09 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The world's supplies of fish face major upheaval, scientists warn, as climate change forces species from shrimp to herring away from warming waters toward the poles. The BBC reports that in 40 years, American fishermen may see a 50% reduction in the population of Atlantic cod. "The impact of... More »

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climate change • environment • fish • fishing • marine biology • fishermen • cod

 Fishing Banned 
 in Melting Arctic 

Federal panel moves to block trawlers from newly accessible waters

Feb 6, 09 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal panel has voted to block fishing trawlers from moving into a vast area of the Arctic Sea made newly accessible by melting ice, the New York Times reports. The move will protect 150,000 square nautical miles of US waters north of the Bering Strait while scientists assess... More »

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climate change • global warming • fishing • ice melt • Bering Strait • Arctic Sea • fishing ban • marine biology

Warming Will Wipe Out Calif. Agriculture: Energy Sec.

Top US producer faces disaster without swift action on climate change

Feb 4, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees dire effects of global warming, particularly on his home state of California, he tells the Los Angeles Times. Some 90% of the snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, a vital storehouse for water used in farming and cultivation, could disappear, he said. “We’re... More »

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climate change • agriculture • California • global warming • water • James Inhofe • Sierra Nevada • Obama administration • Steven Chu

Acidic Oceans Could
Confuse Fish: Study

Global warming hiking up oceanic acidity levels

Feb 3, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Climate change could be a disaster for marine life, a new study finds. As the atmosphere fills with CO2, the ocean absorbs it, and becomes more acidic, Wired reports, and clownfish, which navigate by scent, lose their ability to do so in water as acidic as the ocean is expected... More »

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climate change • ocean • fish • scientific study • acidification

Two Kids Should Be the Limit: Eco Expert

UK green adviser says overpopulation is 'ghost at the table'

Feb 2, 09 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - If you have more than a pair of kids, you’re damaging the planet, says an environmental adviser to the British government. He says contraception and abortion are key to fighting overpopulation that adds to global warming, the Times of London reports. “I am unapologetic about asking people to... More »

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climate change • environment • parenting • global warming • children • overpopulation

OPINION

Geo-Engineers Not Quite Ready to Save Earth

Far-flung ideas hold promise, but the
science still lags

Jan 30, 09 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Their proposals to combat global warming may sound like science fiction, but geo-engineers insist they can save the planet. Two new reports show that while that may be the case, the science has a long way to go, the Economist reports. The burgeoning field posits that humans can cool the... More »

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climate change • global warming • plankton • iron • geo-engineering

 Centuries of Trouble Already 
 Locked In by Warming 


Expert warns that CO2 has triggered 1,000 years of change

Jan 27, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The damage from global warming will continue for centuries even if emissions could possibly be brought under control immediately, warns one of the world's leading climate experts. The heat and carbon dioxide being soaked up by the world's oceans now will be released regardless of what's done to mitigate the... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • ocean • carbon emissions • greenhouse-gas emissions

As Temperatures Rise,
West's Trees Dying Faster

New study paints dire picture for US forests which are releasing carbon dioxide—not storing it

Jan 22, 09 10:04 PM CST
(Newser) - America’s trees are dying at an alarming rate in the nation's western forests, a new study says. Death rates have more than doubled over the last two to three decades, Time reports, even in seemingly healthy locales. All types and sizes of trees, and at all elevations, have been... More »

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climate change • global warming • study • science • ecology • Forest Service • carbon emissions • beetle

All of Antarctic
Is Heating Up, Study Says

Finding debunks perceived cooling in most of continent

Jan 21, 09 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Antarctica is warming up after all, scientists say. New research contradicts previous findings that parts of the continent were actually cooling and thus giving ammunition to skeptics of global warming, reports National Geographic. The new study in Nature uses satellite information to fill in spotty weather station data over the... More »

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climate change • global warming • Antarctica • satellite • western Antarctic ice sheet • weather data

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