Under all but one of 21 climate scenarios studied, Chicago heat waves are likely to be both more frequent and longer by the end of the 21st century. (Credit: Thinkstock) JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Hundreds to thousands more city residents could die by the...

Published: Monday, May 16, 2011 - 11:32 in Earth & Climate The majority of seaports around the world are unprepared for the potentially damaging impacts of climate change in the coming century, according to a new Stanford University study. In a s...

Published: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 09:33 in Earth & Climate Global climate change is anticipated to bring more extreme weather phenomena such as heat waves that could impact human health in the coming decades. An analysis led by researchers at the...

Published: Monday, May 2, 2011 - 14:33 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) Sara Pryor Steve Scott The production of wind energy in the U.S. over the next 30-50 years will be largely unaffected by upward changes in global tem...

Natural gas mined from Marcellus shale is worse for the environment than conventional gas, coal, and oil. "We are not advocating for more coal or oil, but rather to move to a truly green, renewable future as quickly as possible," says Robert Howarth. ...

by Michael A. Livermore. In a recent House Energy and Commerce Committee climate hearing, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) jokingly asked if some of his fellow colleagues were going to overturn the law of gravity, “sending us floating about the room...

by Janet Ritz The world changes so fast, it's difficult to see it in context. Scientists watch from a mathematical point of view, points on a graph, comparative analyses, blips on radar from sensors slapped on the bows of ships.  Dry bi...

By Sara Peach, The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media In 1989, cartoonist Matt Groening told a reporter that his new television show, “The Simpsons,” would tackle the serious subjects in life. “It always amazes me how few cartoonists in ...

by Eban Goodstein. Arctic sea ice extent averaged over Januray 2011 its lowest recorded levels since satellite records began in 1979. It was 19,300 square miles below the record low of 5.25 million square miles, set in 2006, and 490,000 square...

by Robert Stavins. California Gov. Jerry Brown plans to move forward with the implementation of Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), the Global Warming Solutions Act, under which California seeks to take dramatic steps to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions....

by Mark Hertsgaard. This post is adapted from Hertsgaard’s new book Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. If you’re a Seattleite, come meet Hertsgaard at a Grist Happy Hour and see him talk about the book at Town Hal...

(Wiley-Blackwell) From the building of vast dams to conquering space, science has always taken human beings to the height of their ambition. Now, faced with a globally changing climate could Geoengineering provide an audacious solution? A special secti...

(University of Calgary) Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive volcanic eruptions burnt significant volumes of coal, producing ash clouds that had broad impact on global oceans.

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Decreases in the Earth’s snow and ice cover have exacerbated global warming more than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed satellite data showing snow and ice during the past three decades in the...

Much of the nation's South remains paralyzed today by a major winter storm that left up to a foot of snow and dangerous ice accumulations in its wake. Six states have declared states of emergency, and travel is extremely hazardous in the affected regio...

It's good to brush up on the basics once in a while -- especially when political and ideological arguments have consumed the public narrative on climate change. It's important to understand the scientific reasons addressing climate change is so urgen...

photo: www.bluewaikiki.com/Creative Commons In case you were holding out hope that all that extra CO2 we're pumping into the atmosphere would stimulate enough extra plant growth to balance out any future increases in global temperature, give it up: N...

The diminished number of political figures is contrasted by the growing participation of the business community which is speaking in stronger terms than ever before about the need to find real solutions to human-induced climate change.

Fernando del Mundo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, writes: "Ernesto Castillo never had it so good until Mt. Pinatubo erupted and forced him ...

According to Olly Smith, Mail Online, "the vineyards are sinking! ...

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Naked Hindu holy men, Naga saints, are going on a world tour to campaign against global warming. The Express reports that "the Naga Saints - who smear themselves in ...

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From the Examiner: "Gore won an Oscar for his climate change documentary in 2007 which in light ...

From Mathhew Daly, AP, in News from Indian Country: "Call her “the other Sarah” from Alaska. Like former Gov. Sarah Palin, ...

Global warming is not all serious. At least according to late-night celebrities. Warmal Globing, yes that's right Warmal Globing, has put together a collection of  late-night jokes on the subject.  "President Bush is ...

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