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Climate Change

It's getting hot in here

Is the planet really warming? It's "unequivocal," a major international panel concluded earlier this year, warning that the world's poor would be hit the hardest. While some continue to doubt the science, others are rushing forward toward solutions: from pushing recycled deep-fry oil as gasoline to advocating a return to clean-burning nuclear energy. But will it be too little, too late?

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September 2008
- Plans to Stop Global Warming Straight From Sci-Fi Novels
  
  Economist | Sep 5, 08 3:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Scientists worry humans might not curb carbon emissions in time to save the planet from irreversible harm, and some have suggested a radical concept called geo-engineering, the Economist reports. Once the stuff of science fiction, geo-engineering would combat global warming by manipulating the environment. While promising, critics warn ecological consequences could be disastrous and might encourage nations to continue using fossil fuels. More »
- Global Warming Makes Storms Worse: Study
  
  USA Today | Sep 4, 08 1:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Global warming is causing intensifying hurricanes around the world, a new study shows. Scientists analyzed 2,000 “tropical cyclones” occurring from 1980 to 2006 and found that the “strongest storms are getting stronger, especially over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans,” USA Today reports. Warmer water “has more energy that can be converted to tropical cyclone wind,” explains one of the researchers. More »
- New Way to Fight Global Warming: Wipe Your Feet
  
  Der Spiegel | Sep 3, 08 7:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Global warming could make it easier for non-native plants to take root on the Arctic's Svalbard archipelago, but one researcher is fighting the problem on the ground level, Der Spiegel reports. Chris Ware has set up shop at Longyearbyen’s airport, where he cleans arriving passengers' shoes. "Dirt almost always contains seeds," he said. "Sometimes it is one, sometimes it is 30 or 40." More »
- Crowded Northeast Looks Offshore for Wind
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 3, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Northeast is the most promising region of the US for major development of wind power, the Wall Street Journal reports, with large coastal cities close to strong offshore winds and a shallow continental shelf good for erecting turbines. The federal government is getting ready to lease 10 tracts of the outer shelf to companies primed to build wind farms; construction could start within 5 years. More »
- Vast Ice Shelf Tumbles Into Sea
  
  Canada.com | Sep 3, 08 8:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A 4,500-year-old, 19-square-mile Arctic ice shelf has broken off an island in Canada, Canada.com reports, making more than 75 square miles of Canadian ice shelves that have melted this summer. “These changes are irreversible under the present climate, and indicate that the environmental conditions that have kept these ice shelves in balance for thousands of years are no longer present,” said an expert. More »
August 2008
- Both Arctic Passages Navigable for First Time
  
  Der Spiegel | Aug 28, 08 3:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In what scientists say is an historic moment, both Northeast and Northwest Passages are navigable as of this week, and shipping firms are salivating over the possibilities, Der Spiegel reports. With an increasing number of largely ice-free days every summer, the radical shortcuts offered by the once-treacherous routes will eventually be incredibly profitable. At least one company is poised and eager to exploit them, when Russian authorities come through with permits. More »
- Next Prez Will Have to Save the Planet
  
  Washington Post | Aug 28, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Whether it's John McCain or Barack Obama, the next US president will instantly face "the most momentous political challenge of all time"—saving the world from catastrophic climate change, Carlos Pascual and Strobe Talbott write in the Washington Post . We have 7 years to begin reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid catastrophe: a submerged Manhattan, an even dryer Nevada, and millions of "climate refugees" the world over, they note. More »
- Energy Firm to Tell Investors of Risks From Global Warming
  
  New York Times | Aug 28, 08 8:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A major builder of coal-fired power plants has agreed to fully inform investors of the risks global warming poses to its business in a landmark deal with New York's attorney general. Green groups hope the agreement by Xcel Energy will spur other firms to follow suit, reports the New York Times. More »
- Rising Seas to Swallow Reserve
  
  Independent (UK) | Aug 25, 08 1:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A portion of a major UK nature reserve is being abandoned to the rising tides, the Independent reports. In the face of eroding sea defenses, Titchwell Marsh has decided to make a “managed retreat” inland, giving up much on a substantial portion of the birdwatching hotspot. “The erosion has been going on for years,” said a marsh official, “but it is being accelerated by sea level rise.” More »
- Greenies Fight Religious Custom in Taiwan
  
  Agence France Presse | Aug 22, 08 6:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taiwanese environmentalists are working to douse the flames of "Ghost Month," during which Taoists and Buddhists burn ritual paper money to honor ancestors. Setting one ton of money ablaze releases at least an equal amount carbon dioxide, the AFP reports; temples and households can now turn over their money to state incinerators "cleansed" by monks and designed to better handle the exhaust. More »
- Scientists Spot Crack at Top of the World
  
  Associated Press | Aug 22, 08 1:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A huge crack—seven miles long and a half-mile wide—has opened in a northern Greenland glacier as an 11-square-mile chunk of ice appears to be breaking off. The phenomenon is occurring in the Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier, once thought largely immune to the effects of global warming, reports the AP. Scientists now predict disintegration of a major portion of the glacier within the year. More »
- Seals Plunge for Climate Data
  
  Popular Mechanics | Aug 17, 08 1:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Giant seals living in the chilly waters of Antarctica are helping researchers gather important data on climate change, reports Popular Mechanics . The elephant seals, tagged with hat-like sensors, make frequent dives deep into the Southern Ocean and surface with valuable details about water temperature and salinity. The dense waters of Antarctica drive ocean circulation around the planet. More »
- It May Be 'Mayday!' for Commercial Aviation
  
  New Republic | Aug 13, 08 9:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The end of cheap oil means it’s “springtime for gloomy futurists,” Bradford Plumer writes in the New Republic , but we’re not headed for a Mad Max scenario just yet—unless you like cheap seats on airplanes. Jet fuel is approaching twice the price of a year ago, and clamored-for carbon pricing could quintuple fares. And airplanes can’t run on solar or fuel cells presently, so look for a radical restructuring in commercial aviation. More »
- Melting Greenland Bares Chilling View of Our Future
  
  New York Times | Aug 6, 08 5:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Want to see what we’re in for as the planet keeps warming? Visit Greenland, where climate change has even created a new kind of language for its people, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times . Conversations on the melting island are now peppered with phrases expressing amazement at the speed of climate change and expressions of uncertainty such as "I don’t know anymore.&rdqu