BANGKOK, Oct 1 (IPS) – The rising challenge of climate change has raised fears of growing conflicts as the impact of more extreme weather triggers food water scarcities across the Asia region. The concerns have added to a growing sense of urgency in the ongoing 12- day climate change talks in Bangkok, the latest in [...]

When it comes to climate change, what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. The latest science suggests that warming in the far northern region will affect ocean currents and weather patterns around the world, said Nalân Koç, director of the Centre for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems at the Norwegian Polar Institute. Koç [...]

British Antartic Survey have released the most comprehensive picture of the rapidly thinning glaciers along the coastline of both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has been created using satellite lasers. The findings are an important step forward in the quest to make more accurate predictions for future sea level rise. Reporting this week in [...]

On the plains of Marsabit the heat is so intense the bush seems to shiver. The leafless scrub, bleached white by the sun, looks like a forest of fake Christmas trees. Carcasses of cattle and camels are strewn about the burnt red dirt in every direction. Siridwa Baseli walks out of the haze along a [...]

ON BOARD COAST GUARD FLIGHT ABOVE BEAUFORT SEA, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Out in the Arctic Ocean, about 200 miles (322 km ) north of the nearest human settlement, the future of the world’s climate is written in the patterns of ice patches on the water’s surface. Old, “multiyear” ice — the glue that holds [...]

In our last post, we determined whether global warming was still happening by adding up all the heat content of the climate system.  Murphy 2009 performed this analysis and found that that planet has been accumulating heat up to 2003. Unfortunately their data ends there as the ocean data they used from Domingues 2008 stops [...]

Denise Russo is a tireless worker for others in need. Her efforts for Thirst Aid Live are testament to how single individuals can and are making a difference in the troubled world we live in and the Foundation honors her. We are all faced with the fierce urgency of the need to act on climate [...]

Remember when the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund were constantly making global headlines for their fierce opposition from people’s movements around the world? Well, international Finance Institutions (including the World Bank) are rearing their ugly heads again—this time with the U.N. as their vehicle. Today, more than 50 social movements, [...]

New chief energy scientist says UK emissions could be twice the officially suggested levels The UK’s apparent reduction in carbon emissions since 1990 is merely an “illusion”, because manufacturing has been outsourced to developing countries, according to the UK government’s new chief energy scientist. Professor David MacKay said the presence of these “embedded” greenhouse gas [...]

A DEVELOPER planning 200 beachfront homes where three houses have already been lost to the sea will make new owners truck their homes away if the water gets closer than 50 metres. In what may be a model for beachfront developments in the global warming era, Olmwood Pty Ltd has told Greater Taree Council it [...]