Global Warming Fix? Carbon Dioxide Captured Directly From Air ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2008) — University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith and his team are working to efficiently capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

An Accurate Picture Of Ice Loss In Greenland ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2008) — Researchers from TU Delft joined forces with the Center for Space Research (CSR) in Austin, Texas, USA, to develop a method for creating an accurate picture of Greenland’s

'Climate-proof' crop hunt begins by Mark Kinver, Science and environment reporter, BBC News, September 23, 2008

Puzzling Property Of Night-shining Clouds At Edge Of Space Explained ScienceDaily (Sep. 26, 2008) — An explanation for a strange property of noctilucent clouds--thin, wispy clouds hovering at the edge of space at 85 km altitude--has been

Carbon dioxide output is rising rather than falling, despite efforts to curb it. 'It's scary,' one researcher says. From Times Wire Services, September 26, 2008

by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer, September 26, 2008 The rise in global carbon dioxide emissions last year outpaced international researchers' most dire projections, according to figures being released today, as human-generated greenhouse

NASA climate expert warns Kansans of dire consequences of global warming Photo by Thad Allender. James Hansen answers questions from the public about global warming on Tuesday at

var articleheadline = "Steve Connor: The ultimate gas leak that scientists dreaded"; by Steve Connor, Science Editor, The Independent, September 23, 2008There are two significant facts about methane in terms of global warming. It is about 20 times

var articleheadline = "Exclusive: The methane time bomb"; Exclusive: The methane time bomb by Steve Connor, Science Editor, The Independent, September 23, 2008 Arctic scientists discover new global warming threat as melting permafrost releases

Abstract The observed increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) since the preindustrial era has most likely committed the world to a warming of 2.4°C (1.4°C to 4.3°C) above the preindustrial

Environmental Research Web, September 22, 2008Even if greenhouse gas emissions are fixed at 2005 levels, new analysis shows that irreversible warming will lead to biodiversity loss and substantial glacial melt. The Earth will warm about 2.4°C (4.3°

by Tyler Will, The Good 5-cent Cigar, September 24, 2008At the Fall 2008 Honors Colloquium last night, some of the audience members criticized joint Nobel Prize winner and Pennsylvania State University professor Michael Mann. One told him to leave the

Scientist delivers political shots with climate change bookby Margaret Munro, Canwest News Service, September 11, 2008When Environment Canada scientists were ordered to refer all media calls to Ottawa earlier this year, climatologist Andrew Weaver

Abrupt Climate Change Focus Of U.S. National Laboratories ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2008) — Abrupt climate change is a potential menace that hasn’t received much attention. That’s about to change. Through its Climate Change Prediction Program,

Permafrost May Not Thaw Even During Global Warmingby Henry Fountain, New York Times, September 18, 2008One of the potential consequences of a warmer world, according to scientists who study such things, is the deep thawing of the permafrost. Thawing

Science, 19 September 2008, Vol. 321, No. 5896, p. 1648; DOI: 10.1126/science.1157525 Ancient

by Catherine Brahic, New Scientist, September 18, 2008Seen emerging from a mud cliff, the smooth, near-black surfaces look like a long-lost objects from some high-tech civilisation. In fact, they are huge chunks of ice – the oldest ice ever found in

Environmental Research Letters, September 17, 2008 Small glaciers, not large, account for most of Greeenland's recent loss of ice, study shows COLUMBUS, Ohio: The recent dramatic melting and breakup of a few huge Greenland glaciers have fueled public