by Jad Mouawad, International Herald Tribune, April 28, 2008As oil prices soared to record levels in recent years, basic economics suggested that consumption would fall and supply would rise as producers opened the taps to pump more. But as prices flirt

by Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent, News Daily, April 27, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Before humans began burning fossil fuels, there was an eons-long balance between carbon dioxide emissions and Earth's ability to absorb

ScienceDaily, April 26, 2008More than 20 years of continuous measurements and a dose of "belief" yield discovery of subtle ocean currents that could dramatically improve forecasts of climate, ecosystem changes. An international collaboration of scientists

Special issue of Ecological Applications Volume 18, Issue sp2 (March 2008)published by the Ecological Society of AmericaWhile the Earth’s climate has exhibited broad extremes over geologic time, there is general agreement that the effects of global

by Catherine Brahic, NewScientist.com new service, April 25, 2008You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the first time, Arctic scientists are preparing

BLOGGER'S NOTE: A commenter on the realclimate blog has recently left links to 3 abstracts of interest and concerning changes in the temperatures, locations, and winds of the troposphere and stratosphere.__________________________________________________________________Nature

BLOGGER'S NOTE: The text below has been lifted from Andrew Revkin's Dot Earth blog, New York Times, April 25, 2008.At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Center for Collective Intelligence is creating what it calls a wiki-style Climate Collaboratorium

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 18, 2008 International efforts are gaining momentum to hammer out a new climate change agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012. A new plan from U.S. President George Bush which aims

by Belle Dumé, environmental research web, April 1, 2008 Although the world's oceans are expected to warm up as a result of climate change, the way this happens will be more complex than first thought. So say researchers in the US and UK who have

by Liz Kalaugher, environment research web, April 22, 2008 On 28th and 29th February 2008, a 400 sq. km area of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula broke up. That adds to the total of seven ice shelves that have disappeared in the West

by Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer, April 23, 2008WASHINGTON -- Major greenhouse gases in the air are accumulating faster than in the past despite efforts to curtail their growth.Carbon dioxide concentration in the air increased by 2.4 parts per

BLOGGER'S update, April 23rd (evening):Hank Roberts was kind enough to post the explanation (although, looking at this evening's graph, I must admit, after viewing the 4 graphs, that I still have no idea what is going on with them -- only time will tell,

by Alexandra Fuller, New York Times, April 20, 2008FOR all its Old West mythology, Wyoming is and always will be a mining state, more roughneck than cowboy. Frankly, in a land of long winters and high winds, there aren’t a lot of other economic choices.

Wandering Stream. The jet stream -- pictured here -- is creeping northward and weakening, new research shows. Global warming could be to blame. (AP photo/NOAA)by Seth Borenstein, Associated Press, Discovery, April 18, 2008The jet stream -- America's