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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

White House: US Must Assert Rights in Warming Arctic

Outgoing policymakers expect surge in region's military, commercial activity

Jan 19, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - With the Arctic getting warmer, the Bush administration predicts a multinational grab at resources there. To that end, it released a 10-page directive describing challenges the US faces and calling for an Arctic policy that underlines US concerns, the Washington Post reports. “The United States has broad and fundamental... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • global warming • White House • Arctic • Arctic race


 Obama 
 'Has 4 Years 
 to Save Planet' 

Environmental crisis at tipping point—and US must show way

Jan 18, 09 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Carbon levels are skyrocketing, ice caps are melting, and global flooding is on its way if Barack Obama doesn’t do something about it, and quickly, a NASA scientist says. Top climate expert Jim Hansen says it’s crucial that within 4 years the next president change America—the world’... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • global warming • carbon emissions • Jim Hansen • President Obama

Bush Creates Massive
Marine Protection Area

US will protect huge ocean area

Jan 6, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - In a move that puts his conservation record on par with some of the country’s greenest leaders, President Bush today created three marine national monuments that will protect 195,280 square miles of vulnerable island and ocean ecosystems in the Pacific, the Washington Post reports. The announcement is in... More »

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climate change • Dick Cheney • Pacific Ocean • George W. Bush • greenhouse-gas emissions • Environmental Defense Fund • marine national monuments

 Comet Crash Created 
 Diamonds, Death 

'Nanodiamond' discovery points to species-destroying collision 13,000 years ago

Jan 2, 09 6:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Newly discovered microscopic diamonds suggest that a comet crashed into North America 13,000 years ago, triggering devastating floods and fires that killed 35 species and wiped out human communities, reports the Los Angeles Times. Layers of "nanodiamonds," found in a number of regions in the country, were... More »

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climate change • paleontology • North America • American Geophysical Union • nanodiamonds • Young Dryas • extinctions • Clovis people • Laurentide glacier • iridium • Douglas Kennett • James Kennett

 Global Warming Battle 
 Hits Malibu Beach 

Wealthy homeowners pay millions for temporary solutions

Jan 1, 09 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Malibu's scenic Broad Beach is vanishing between the rising sea and the sea walls homeowners are building to protect million-dollar properties from global warming, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ocean levels are projected to rise at least a couple feet in the next century, wiping away this and many other... More »

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climate change • environment • California • Hollywood • global warming • beach • Malibu • beachfront

OPINION

 Obama, Please 
 Impose a Gas 
 Tax: Friedman 

'Systemic approach' essential for environment, economy

Dec 28, 08 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - It may be hard to sell, but a gas tax would be a “win, win, win, win” move—for the environment, the economy, the war on terror, and America’s standing in the world, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times. Barack Obama still has the popularity to... More »

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climate change • environment • terrorism • gas prices • gas tax • economy • carbon emissions • President Obama

GLOSSIES

 Climate Change 
 Pushes Aspens 
 to Brink 

New weather patterns exacerbate other issues, like the nasty bark beetle

Dec 21, 08 5:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Huge swaths of the Rocky Mountain landscape is being transformed as the region's signature tree, the aspen, goes into rapid decline, reports the Smithsonian. Climate change and surging population of the bark beetle is causing the grim phenomenon known as SAD (sudden aspen decline). The beetle is a mere... More »

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climate change • global warming • Colorado Rockies • University of Colorado • Rockies • pine trees • aspen tree

(AP) - Barack Obama today selected a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for key science posts, in a sign he plans a more aggressive response to global warming than did the Bush administration. John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco are leading experts on climate change who have advocated forceful government action. “... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • science • NOAA • transition • Election 2008 • President Obama • John Holdren • White House Office of Science and Technology Policy • Jane Lubchenco • Harold Varmus • Eric Lander

Obama Picks Physicist as Science Adviser

Harvard energy
expert to get key role,
cheering scientists

Dec 19, 08 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama will appoint Harvard physicist John P. Holdren as science adviser this weekend, pointing to an expanded role for science in the next administration, the Boston Globe reports. Holdren is versed in energy, climate change, and nuclear proliferation. Coming on the heels of Nobel laureate Steven Chu’s nomination... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • energy • science • physicist • Harvard • Obama administration • John Holdren

 Arctic Melt Speeds Up 


Some temps 10 degrees hotter than normal

Dec 16, 08 9:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world, scientists have found, in a phenomenon not expected for at least another decade. This fall, temperatures in some areas of the Arctic were as much as 10 degrees warmer than normal thanks to Arctic amplification, which could mean the... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Arctic • Arctic sea ice

 Will Undersea Methane 
 Kill Us or Save Us? 

It could be worse than CO2 or viable source of energy

Dec 14, 08 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - If warnings about undersea methane are true, we can "kiss our winter boots goodbye," Kirsten Weir writes in Salon. In the doomsday scenario, vast stores of undersea gas deposits will melt and send heat-trapping methane into the atmosphere. But such a crisis would require a 10-to-15 degree Celsius... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • global warming • Arctic • methane • natural gas • undersea methane

Calif. Adopts 1st US Plan to Slash Greenhouse Gases

Plan to reduce carbon emissions by 15%

Dec 12, 08 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - California regulators have adopted an ambitious, comprehensive blueprint to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2020, reports the Los Angeles Times. The plan, the first of its kind in the nation, calls for 33% of the state's electric power to come from solar power and wind farms, and includes... More »

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climate change • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • green technology • solar power • carbon emissions • wind farms • Air Resources Board

 Fifth of Coral Reefs Dead: Study 

Pollution leads to warmer, more acidic seas, scientists say

Dec 11, 08 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A fifth of the world’s coral reefs have died or been destroyed, says a study released to the UN yesterday. In it, marine scientists warned that the future of marine life and the $30 billion economic value of reefs are increasingly threatened by climate change. The report also zeroed... More »

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climate change • ocean • marine life • coral reef • carbon emissions

Warmer Northeast Sees Fewer Snow Days 

Seasonal temperatures are rising .8 degree per decade, 40-year survey shows

Dec 11, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Winter in the northeastern US is less white than it used be, with rising temperatures and less annual snowfall, the Boston Globe reports. From New Jersey to Maine, seasonal thermometers are climbing nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit per decade, say researchers, who analyzed 40 years of climate data. That means 14... More »

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climate change • Northeast • global warming • snow • winter weather

Obama Energy
Pick a Nobel
Physicist

Chu was an early advocate for climate change solutions

Dec 10, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Nobel laureate Steven Chu is Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, the Wall Street Journal reports. The acclaimed physicist, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was an early advocate for finding scientific solutions to climate change, and his lab is doing groundbreaking work in developing carbon-neutral sources of energy,... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • alternative energy • green energy • Nobel Prize • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • energy secretary

 Green Protesters 
 Vow to Target 
 Heathrow 

'Plane Stupid' group protests climate change and airport expansions

Dec 9, 08 4:37 AM CST
(Newser) - A British anti-pollution group emboldened by protests that shut down an airport outside London yesterday has vowed to do the same at Heathrow, reports the Guardian. The group, Plane Stupid, campaigns against climate change, air travel and airport expansion plans. "We intend to continue to directly challenge airport expansion,... More »

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climate change • London • global warming • England • protests • airport • Heathrow Airport

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