NASA scientists have confirmed once again that the world is warming. An 18-year survey of land surface temperatures has found that, between 1991 and 1998, those cities, fields, forests, savannahs and
Scientists have warned that one of South America's leading tourist destinations, the San Rafael Glacier in Patagonian, Chile could soon retreat to a point where it no longer reaches the sea.
www.climateprediction.net Anyone with a personal computer can now lend a helping hand to scientists trying to figure out the complex problem of climate change. The site offers a downloadable
Global carbon dioxide emissions will shoot from the 2001 figure of 23.9 billion metric tonnes, to a projected 37.1 billion metric tonnes in 2025, with current climate change policies offering little
As the world celebrated Earth Day, April 22, most scientists agree that global warming presents the greatest threat to the environment. There is little doubt that the Earth is heating up. In the
Big US institutional investors asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to clarify whether companies should be required to disclose the risks they face from climate change. Public pension funds
Greenland's massive ice sheet could begin to melt this century and may disappear completely within the next 1,000 years if global warming continues as its present rate. According to a new climate
Annual economic losses due to natural disasters exacerbated by global warming may double to US $150 billion in a decade. A report brought out by insurance major Swiss Re states that insurers will
A key adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Moscow to bury a U.N. plan to limit emissions of gases blamed for global warming, the WWF environmental group said. But the WWF said arguments