Climate Change

Recent News in Science and Technology

Here are some items in the news about Climate Change I wanted to make sure you've seen:

• Warming threat worse in tropics (LA Times, 5 May 2008)
• Baltic sea ice cover hits an all-time low (Physorg.com, 3 May 2008)
• Major Arctic Sea Ice Melt is Expected This Summer (Physorg.com, 2 May 2008)
• Marine Life Gasping for Breath (Science/AAAS, 1 May 2008)
• Nature's carbon balance confirmed (BBC, 28 Apr 2008)
• Potential Global Warming “Fix” Will Damage the Ozone Layer (Universe Today, 25 Apr 2008)
• Clearing smog reveals true extent of global warming (NewScientist, 18 Apr 2008)
• Researchers Warm Up To Melt's Role In Greenland Ice Loss (NASA, 18 Apr 2008)
• Forecast for big sea level rise (BBC News, 15 Apr 2008)
• Purdue's Vulcan Project Reveals U.S. Carbon Emissions in New Detail
     (CARMA—Carbon Monitoring for Action, 8 Apr 2008)
  Purdue's Project Vulcan (Purdue University)
• Carbon Trading Not Enough, Says Rio Tinto Scientist (ABC News, Australia, 5 Apr 2008)
• Large Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses (Voice of America, 26 Mar 2008)
• U.N.’s Pachauri urges caution in biofuel use (Reuters, 26 Mar 2008)
• Obama and Clinton plan to cool it (i.e., the Earth) (Salon, 15 Mar 2008)
• CO₂ Output Must Cease Altogether (MSNBC, 10 Mar 2008)
• 2007 Was Tied for the Second Hottest Year on Record (Universe Today, 18 Jan 2008)
• Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013‘ (BBC, 12 Dec 2007)
• Nuclear needs ‘huge expansion’ (BBC, 16 Oct 2006)