Forum discusses recent U.S. Supreme Court deliberations on global warming, the first case of its kind before the high court. Host: Michael Krasny Guests: Brent Dorsey, director of corporate environmental programs at Entergy Howard Fox, attorney with Earthj

... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

... writing a new history of Earth s climate. Layers extracted from cores drilled ... now apparent that alterations in our climate can happen quickly and dramatically. ... that centuries of slow, creeping climate variations have actually been

... account of the economic value of climate, derived from its "amenity value" or the benefits which a particular climate provides to the people of that region or country. As climate change moves higher on the economic

... work ever published on the earths climate, an awesome force that, at different ... in every stage of human evolution. Climate: explains extreme weather-related ... about what is in store for the worlds climate in the short- and long-term future

A MONSOON dropped 35 centimetres of rain in one day across many parts of South Asia this month. Germany had its wettest May on record, and April was the driest there in a century. Temperatures reached 45 degrees in Bulgaria last month and 32 degrees in Mos

... intervened to remove the words “climate change” from the title of a bank progress report and ordered changes to the text of the report to shift the ... commissioned a draft report entitled Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable

What are some of the reasons why "climate sceptics" dispute the evidence that ... are bringing potentially dangerous changes to the Earth's climate? As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finalises its landmark

Schmelzendes Grönlandeis lässt Meeresspiegel schneller steigen Grönlands Gletscher schmelzen - nur wie schnell? US-amerikanische Forscher haben das Abtauen des Eisschilds nun genau untersucht. Das Ergebnis: Der Meeresspiegel wird doppelt so schnell steigen

Alpengletscher erneut geschrumpft Die Alpengletscher sind erneut stark geschrumpft. Forscher haben in der Schweiz 91 der Eisriesen minutiös vermessen - und bei fast allen einen deutlichen Rückgang verzeichnet. Der Grund war der Winter 2006/2007 mit seinen