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study says

Apr 15, 2013 11:22 AM CDT

Antarctic Melting Fastest in 1K Years

Summers see 10 times the melting of 600 years ago

(Newser) - The Antarctic Peninsula is melting at a rate not seen for a millennium, researchers find. They investigated a 1,200-foot ice core from the peninsula, analyzing sections that had melted and refrozen, al Jazeera reports. The thickness of those layers and the gases held within revealed the extent of the...

New School Regs: Start Teaching Climate Change

Apr 10, 2013 8:23 AM CDT

New School Regs: Start Teaching Climate Change

Standards formulated by 26 states, educators

(Newser) - For the first time since 1996, educators have released major national guidelines for science in schools. The big news this time: They include a call for climate change education, potentially beginning in middle school, the New York Times reports. They also strongly urge schools to teach evolution. The Next Generation...

Andean Ice That Solidified Over 1,600 Years Melted in 25

new study

Apr 5, 2013 12:06 PM CDT

Andean Ice That Solidified Over 1,600 Years Melted in 25

Quelccaya ice cap melt reviewed in new paper

(Newser) - The Quelccaya ice cap sits 18,000 feet above sea level, high in the Peruvian Andes, where it earns the title of world's largest tropical ice sheet. But its size is diminishing, and a team of glaciologists have come to a dramatic conclusion about the recent melting. In a...

Why Tonight's Earth Hour
Is Misguided

OPINION

Mar 23, 2013 11:01 AM CDT

Why Tonight's Earth Hour Is Misguided

Bjorn Lomborg: It's just 'vain symbolism' that sends the wrong message

(Newser) - The annual Earth Hour celebration in which locales and individuals across the world turn off lights at 8:30pm local time is under way once again today. You will not catch Bjorn Lomborg in the dark, however. This gimmicky stunt sends the message that beating global warming is easy and...

US Could Suffer
a 'Katrina' Every
Other Year

study says

Mar 19, 2013 7:42 AM CDT

US Could Suffer a 'Katrina' Every Other Year

Major storm surges could happen 10 times as often by century's end: study

(Newser) - A new study offers a dire warning about climate change: Hurricanes like Katrina could be commonplace by century's end. Researchers found that intense storm surges, typically the deadliest aspect of such storms, could become 10 times as frequent over upcoming decades if the climate warms by 3.6 degrees....

Open by 2050:
Shipping Lanes
in North Pole

Open by 2050: Shipping Lanes in North Pole

Climate change opening up China-Europe shortcut

(Newser) - Climate change has got its upside if you happen to own a shipping company. Researchers say that by 2050, the Arctic ice sheet will be weak enough for cargo ships to take the northern route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans without the aid of icebreakers, the Guardian reports. Ships...

Eons of Data Suggests
Record Heat Is Ahead

study says

Mar 7, 2013 6:21 PM CST

Eons of Data Suggests Record Heat Is Ahead

End of century will be hottest point ever for humans, says study

(Newser) - By the end of the century, humans will get unwanted bragging rights: They will be living in temperatures hotter than any endured by their ancestors, reports the Los Angeles Times . Such is the conclusion of a major new study from researchers at Oregon State and Harvard, who pored over data...

Killer Storms,
Mild Winters:
That's Climate
Change

scientists say

Feb 18, 2013 6:13 PM CST

Killer Storms, Mild Winters: That's Climate Change

Atmospheric physics are apparently behind it

(Newser) - Climate skeptics may be chuckling, but scientists say our odd mix of extreme snowstorms and otherwise-mild snowfall is caused by climate change. Apparently it's all atmospheric physics: Lower temperatures give us more rain and less snow, but a warmer atmosphere can retain and drop more moisture, which leads to...

Thousands March Against
Keystone Oil Pipeline

Feb 17, 2013 4:01 PM CST

Thousands March Against Keystone Oil Pipeline

Greens also call for standards on current power plants

(Newser) - A crowd that organizers tallied at 35,000 marched on the White House today to pressure President Obama into nixing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, reports The Hill . The environmental activists came together in the National Mall and heard speeches before heading to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. "They’ve got...

In 1st, Majority of Americans Say Keep Abortion Legal

survey says

Jan 22, 2013 7:58 AM CST

In 1st, Majority of Americans Say Keep Abortion Legal

Poll comes on 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

(Newser) - For the first time ever—and on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—a majority of Americans think abortion should almost always be legal. That majority clocks in at 54%; 44% think abortion should be illegal (though some of those respondents will allow for exceptions). Another big number: 70%...

Wild Weather Strikes
Across the Globe

Jan 18, 2013 10:32 AM CST

Wild Weather Strikes Across the Globe

Snow and ice hit southeast US, London, while Australia bakes in heat

(Newser) - It was a wild day for weather around much of the world today, as snow hit the southeastern United States and Britain while record heat baked Australia. In Virginia, 13 inches of snow hit some areas, while in Mississippi two to four inches fell in places, reports the AP . At...

No. 2 Global Warming
Player: Black Carbon

new study

Jan 16, 2013 7:09 AM CST

No. 2 Global Warming Player: Black Carbon

Ranks high among all the ways humans contribute to climate change

(Newser) - The reputation of black carbon, aka the particles that make up soot, just got a whole lot dirtier, thanks to a four-year study of its impact on global warning. The analysis, compiled by 31 authors, found that black carbon's contribution to climate change is double what it was believed...

US Report: Climate Change
Already Taking Heavy Toll

Jan 12, 2013 1:45 PM CST

US Report: Climate Change Already Taking Heavy Toll

National Climate Assessment offers bleak overview

(Newser) - A federal advisory panel has delivered its assessment on climate change, and it's not pretty. Expect hotter temperatures and more "extreme weather events" across the US in coming decades, says the panel of 240 scientists and other experts, reports the Hill . “These changes are part of the...

West Antarctic Warming
Twice As Fast as
We Thought

West Antarctic Warming Twice As Fast as We Thought

New study finds temperatures up 4.4° since 1958

(Newser) - West Antarctica is warming at roughly twice the rate scientists previously believed, and roughly three times as fast as the planet as a whole, according to a new study of data from the middle of the region. The average temperature has risen 4.4°F since 1958, the New York ...

Despite 'Unremarkable' Temps, More Ice Melt Woes

Dec 6, 2012 10:50 AM CST

Despite 'Unremarkable' Temps, More Ice Melt Woes

Records set throughout the Arctic

(Newser) - Despite "unremarkable" temperatures across the Arctic over the past year, melting around the region continues to set records, reports LiveScience . Among the findings of the latest Arctic Report Card released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association yesterday (its largest such report since starting them in 2006):

Snow coverage

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World Carbon Emissions
Hit New Record in 2011

Dec 3, 2012 2:52 AM CST

World Carbon Emissions Hit New Record in 2011

Climate change goals moving out of reach, scientists warn

(Newser) - Neither concern for the planet nor a weak global economy have been able to keep carbon emissions down, researchers say. Emissions rose 3.6% to a new record last year and have risen another 2.6% so far this year, putting the planet on what now appears to be an...

UN Climate Summit Meets Today, Doomed as Usual

Nov 26, 2012 8:55 AM CST

UN Climate Summit Meets Today, Doomed as Usual

Kyoto extension the top item on the docket

(Newser) - Seventeen thousand delegates from 194 countries are meeting in Doha, Qatar, today for the 18th UN climate change conference, and pretty much no one is expecting anything useful to emerge from it. Here's what you need to know:

The stakes are especially high this year because the Kyoto Protocol

...

Why New York's Fate Is Sealed

opinion

Nov 25, 2012 2:55 PM CST

Why New York's Fate Is Sealed

James Atlas: Global warming 'is our fate'

(Newser) - Human beings are masters of two things—engineering and denial—which likely ensure that New York City will be underwater "in 50 or 100 or 200 years," writes James Atlas in the New York Times . Experts have already warned about the effect of global warming on the city—...

Obama's Moon Shot:
Try Climate Change

David Remnick

Nov 13, 2012 4:03 PM CST

Obama's Moon Shot: Try Climate Change

David Remnick: President has to rally the nation before it's too late

(Newser) - Candidate Obama in 2008 talked about climate change, but President Obama largely ignored the issue. Now he has another chance, writes David Remnick at the New Yorker , provided he's willing to "step outside the day-to-day tumult of Washington politics and establish a sustained sense of urgency." America...

Climate Change's
New Vital Crop: Bananas

Climate Change's New Vital Crop: Bananas

Warming to force farmers to switch away from spuds

(Newser) - As the planet gets warmer, farmers are going to have to give up on certain crops and people are going to have to get used to radically changed diets, according to a new report. Agricultural experts predict that harvests of maize, rice, and wheat are set to fall in many...