Fewer Days Of Extreme Cold And More Days Of Extreme Heat In Europe ScienceDaily (Jan. 31, 2009) — Scientists from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have selected 262 European observatories which analysed the series of minimum and

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From the University of Zurich's World Glacier Monitoring ServiceGlacier Mass Balance Losses 1980-20071 Summary of the balance years Preliminary mass balance values for the observation periods 2005/06 and 2006/07 have been

Text below lifted in its entirety from www.realclimate.org post of January 27, 2009Warm reception to Antarctic warming storyFiled under: Arctic and Antarctic Climate Science— gavin @ 11:15 PMWhat determines how much coverage a climate study gets?It

Global warming from CO2 will increase 5-fold over the next millennium, University of Liverpool scientists predict ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2009) — Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that heating from carbon dioxide will increase

Prescription for Arctic Melting: Clear the Air Down South The quickest way to curb Arctic melting now underway may be to turn off the tap of short-lived pollutants swirling north from cities and industry far to the south

Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeAs PreparedHon. Al GoreWednesday, January 28, 2009 We are here today to talk about how we as Americans and how the United States of America as part of the global community should address the dangerous

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 28, 2009; doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812721106Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions Susan Solomon¹ (Chemical Sciences

Dr. Sterman’s reaction to the Solomon et al. paper: "I have read the Solomon paper. It’s an excellent demonstration of the bathtub principle — the concept of stocks and flows, which prior research shows many people, even many highly educated people,

Demographic models and IPCC climate projections predict the decline of an emperor penguin population Stéphanie Jenouvrierab1, Hal Caswella1, Christophe Barbraudb,

Antarctic Warming Trendsfrom NASA's Earth Observatory, January 23, 2009 download large image (2 MB, JPEG) acquired 1957-2006 For a long time, it seemed that Antarctica was immune to global warming. Most of the icy southern continent,

Obama aims for oil independence BBC, January 26, 2009Obama on the three steps to energy independence President Barack Obama has called

Emperor penguins face extinction Less ice could spell bad news for a great many species Emperor penguins,

Real science comes to Washington Myopic conservatives and the media still don't get global warming. But if anybody can preserve a livable climate, Obama's amazing energy team can. by Joseph RommObama's green dream team: Energy Secretary Steven

Emissions Cut Won’t Bring Quick Relief, Scientists Sayby Cornelia Dean, New York Times, January 26, 2009 Many people who worry about global warming hope that once emissions of heat-trapping gases decline, the problems they cause will