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- Signs of a changing planet. Hattam, Jennifer // Sierra;Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 90 Issue 4, p17
This article informs that the research conducted by scientists from the Universities of New Mexico and Arizona, and published in the November 4, 2004, issue of Nature, shows a strong correlation between large fires and warm periods over the past 7,000 years. The polar bear may soon have company...
- Climate Change: The Public Health Response. Frumkin, Howard; Hess, Jeremy; Luber, George; Malilay, Josephine; McGeehin, Michael // American Journal of Public Health;Mar2008, Vol. 98 Issue 3, p435
There is scientific consensus that the global climate is changing, with rising surface temperatures, melting ice and snow, rising sea levels, and increasing climate variability. These changes are expected to have substantial impacts on human health. There are known, effective public health...
- Tropical Cyclone Intensity Discrepancies. // CO2 Science;11/17/2010, Vol. 13 Issue 46, p6
The article offers information on a study, which examined whether global warming leads to a more intensified topical cyclone (TC) activity. The researchers conducted an analysis of the discrepancies in the TC data sets from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in terms of track, intensity,...
- Global warming and cooling linked to the sunspot cycle. Pearce, Fred // New Scientist;8/11/2007, Vol. 195 Issue 2616, p14
The article reports that data on how atmospheric heart translates into temperature changes rules out the lower estimates of predicted global warming created by computer models. Heating and cooling of the atmosphere during sunspot cycles has been measured, finding a larger oscillation of global...
- Policy Success Depends on Words. // Environmental Forum;Mar/Apr2010, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p24
The author comments on research paper entitled "The Psychology of Climate Change Communication," by the Columbia University's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. The reports' suggestion on the need to use the term climate change rather than global warming in describing the outcome of...
- An assault on the climate consensus. Gribbin, John // New Scientist;12/15/90, Vol. 128 Issue 1747, p26
Reports on the views of U.S. President George Bush with regard to the likelihood of global warming. Consideration of the World Climate Conference in Geneva, Switzerland; Calculation of the rates of warming by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; How Bush is advised by two men working...
- Goodbye grey skies, hello extra warming. Marshall, Michael // New Scientist;12/4/2010, Vol. 208 Issue 2789, p01
The article discusses research reported by scientist Axel Lauer and colleagues in an issue of the "Journal of Climate" on the shrinkage of low-lying grey clouds that will attend global warming and the exacerbating effect that such cloud loss will have on global temperature escalation. Comments...
- Heavy weather. // Nature;11/17/2005, Vol. 438 Issue 7066, p257
Reports on the failure of the administration of the U.S. President George W. Bush in assessing the threats posed by global warming. Call for research about the regional effects of climate change; Launch of seminars and workshops regarding the issue; Recommendations for an effective research and...
- Planet Gore. // National Review;3/5/2007, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p14
The article focuses on the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report. Several changes from the 2001 report are discussed, including the reduction of the estimate of the human influence on global warming by one-third. Comments from Rajendra Pachauri, chairman...
