Understanding the Arctic -- NSF-funded expeditions cover new ground in climate science The effects of climate change appear in the Arctic before becoming apparent in other regions, but scientists know little about the Arctic sea floor. An international NSF-funded collaboration is exploring the ongoing effects of climate change in the Arctic
2006-12-28 00:00:00
Australia ponders climate future The parched conditions afflicting much of Australia spark an emotional debate about the nature of climate change.
2006-12-24 09:17:52
India and China in warming study India and China agree to send an expedition to the Himalayas to study the impact of global warming.
2006-12-21 20:05:23
EU to tackle aircraft emissions The EU will include airlines in its Emissions Trading Scheme, capping the greenhouse gases they can emit.
2006-12-20 06:48:33
Government should practice what it preaches on environment - Huhne Government buildings are emitting more carbon than ever before - with Gordon
Brown's Treasury the worst offending department - according to research by the
Liberal Democrats.
The results show:
Three quarters of government departments have seen
2006-12-20 00:00:00
Exxonmobil wins award for worst EU lobbyist - Huhne Responding to ExxonMobil being awarded the Worst EU Lobby Award 2006
for its continued funding of climate sceptic websites and work, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary Chris Huhne MP said:
"This is a richly deserved wooden spoon for Exxon
2006-12-20 00:00:00
Climate change has surprising effect on endangered naked carp Forthcoming in the January/February 2007 issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, a groundbreaking study reveals an unanticipated way freshwater fish may respond to water diversion and climate change. Endangered naked carp migrate annually between
2006-12-19 00:00:00
Offshore wind farms get go-ahead Plans for two major offshore wind farms in the Thames Estuary are given the government green light.
2006-12-18 11:43:48
Carbon moves 'may boost airlines' Passengers may be passed the cost if airlines are given permits to emit greenhouse gasses, say two reports.
2006-12-18 11:07:48
Brown premiership will fail on climate change - Huhne Responding to David Miliband's warning that Labour will lose the next
election unless it takes the environment more seriously, Liberal Democrat
Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said:
"David Miliband is right to highlight how unambitious
2006-12-18 00:00:00
Antarctica's ancient winds mapped Scientists from the US reconstruct a 40,000-year record of climate change at the South Pole.
2006-12-15 11:13:33
Gore tells scientists to be vocal The former US Vice President Al Gore tells scientists they need to speak out more on the issue of climate change.
2006-12-15 03:32:06
Overconfidence leads to bias in climate change estimations Just as overconfidence in a teenager may lead to unwise acts, overconfidence in projections of climate change may lead to inappropriate actions on the parts of governments, industries and individuals, according to an international team of climate research
2006-12-15 00:00:00
ESA mission controllers react to solar flare An energetic storm on the Sun has forced ESA mission controllers to react to anomalies or take action to avoid damage to spacecraft. Several missions, including Integral, Cluster and Envisat, felt the storm's effects, highlighting the need for ESA's ongoi
2006-12-15 00:00:00
Sea level rise 'under-estimated' Sea level rise projections are under-estimating the impact of climate change on the oceans, a study suggest.
2006-12-14 19:02:32
GOVERNMENT AVIATION STRATEGY STILL ON CLIMATE COLLISION COURSEviation UK aviation policy remains on a climate change collision course today, after the Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander refused to scrap plans to expand UK airports. Friends of the Earth said that it was becoming increasingly clear that the Government lack
2006-12-14 15:32:00
Asia's greenhouse gas 'to treble' Asia's greenhouse gas emissions will treble over 25 years, a report for the Asian Development Bank warns.
2006-12-14 10:56:31
It's enough to turn your neighbors green Developed countries' motivation to invest in greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects in developing countries is based on their desire to reduce air pollution they receive from abroad and keep transaction costs down, rather than to achieve global-scale
2006-12-14 00:00:00
Friends of the Earth Welcomes New Planning Measures The new national Planning Policy Statement on climate change [1] announced by Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, today (13 December) was welcomed by Friends of the Earth as a huge step in the right direction. The
2006-12-13 14:25:00
Sea creatures' global warming fix A simple sea creature could help to address the problem of global warming, a scientist claims.
2006-12-13 13:19:11
New building code shows Government unwilling to tackle climate change - Stunell Commenting on today's publication of the new Code for Sustainable Homes,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Local Government Secretary, Andrew Stunell
MP said:
"The Government's Code is a miserable misnomer, this will not provide
sustainable homes. When ser
2006-12-13 00:00:00
Soil nutrition affects carbon sequestration in forests On December 11, USDA Forest Service (FS) scientists from the FS Southern Research Station (SRS) unit in Research Triangle Park, NC, along with colleagues from Duke University, published two papers in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNA
2006-12-13 00:00:00
GOVERNMENT TO UNVEIL PLANS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHNAGE THROUGH THE PLANNING SYSTEM Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Ruth Kelly is expected to reveal a package of measures tomorrow (Wednesday 13 December) aimed at tackling climate change through the planning system. Friends of the Earth said that the anticipated a
2006-12-12 15:53:00
Revised wind farm plans unveiled The company behind the UK's largest wind farm project - proposed for a Hebridean island - unveils revised plans.
2006-12-12 10:49:37
Revised wind farm plans unveiled The company behind the UK's largest wind farm project - proposed for a Hebridean island - unveils revised plans.
2006-12-12 01:33:11
Arctic sea ice study results alarming - Huhne Commenting on the data presented to the American Geophysical Union,
suggesting that Arctic sea ice is no longer showing a robust recovery from the
summer melt, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris
Huhne MP said:
"This study provide
2006-12-12 00:00:00
Rights focus sought over climate Tackling climate change needs more attention to human rights, former Irish President Mary Robinson is to say.
2006-12-11 01:58:33
Radar reveals view of land beneath polar ice In the first test of a new radar instrument, scientists have seen through more than a mile of Greenland ice to reveal an image of land that has been hidden for millions of years. Ohio State University scientists and their colleagues will use what they le
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Climate experts search for answers in the oceans By absorbing half of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere, the oceans have a profound influence on climate. However, their ability to take up this carbon dioxide might be impaired as a result of climate change. To determine their response to glo
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Miliband needs green switch not blue sky thinking - Huhne Responding to David Miliband's suggestion that a personal carbon trading
scheme may be introduced, in which every citizen would have their own personal
carbon allowance and credit card, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment
Secretary, Chris Huhne MP s
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Innovative satellite system proves worth with better weather forecasts, climate data Preliminary findings from a revolutionary satellite system launched earlier this year show that the system can boost the accuracy of forecasts of hurricane behavior, significantly improve long-range weather forecasts, and monitor climate change with unpre
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Regional nuclear war would trigger mass death, devastating climate change Even a small-scale regional nuclear war could produce as many fatalities as all of World War II, disrupt the global climate for a decade or more and impact nearly every person on Earth, according to two new studies by University of Colorado at Boulder, Ru
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Midges send undeniable message -- Planet is warming Small insects that inhabit some of the most remote parts of the United States are sending a strong message about climate change. New research suggests that changes in midge communities in some of these areas provide additional evidence that the globe is i
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Climate change affecting Earth's outermost atmosphere Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels will produce a three percent reduction in the density of Earth's outermost atmosphere by 2017, scientists predict. Recent observations have shown that the thermosphere, which begins about 60 miles
2006-12-11 00:00:00
NASA provides new perspectives on the earth's changing ice sheets It is widely documented that climate change is causing the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to shrink. What most do not know is that until just six years ago, we had no real way of measuring whether the ice sheets were shrinking or growing, or at what r
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Abrupt ice retreat could produce ice-free arctic summers by 2040 New NCAR research indicates that Arctic sea ice will soon begin to retreat four times more rapidly than at any time since observations began. The Arctic may become nearly devoid of late summertime sea ice by about 2040 because of greenhouse gas emissions.
2006-12-11 00:00:00
Tornado reaction from local MP Commenting on today's news about the tornado in Kensal Rise in
Brent, local Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East Sarah Teather said:
"This natural disaster happened a few streets away from my own
home and constituency office in Brent. It is merciful
2006-12-07 00:00:00
Global warming of the future is projected by ancient carbon emissions Global warming 55 million years ago suggests a high climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide, according to research led by Mark Pagani, associate professor of geology and geophysics at Yale and published in the December 8 issue of Science.
2006-12-07 00:00:00
Ancient climate change may portend toasty future Scientists, including Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, have found that the Earth's global warming, 55 million years ago, may have resulted from the climate's high sensitivity to a long-term release of carbon. This f
2006-12-07 00:00:00
BROWN BUDGET FAILS GREEN TEST YET AGAIN Friends of the Earth criticised Chancellor Gordon Brown for failing to take tough action in his Pre Budget Report today to tackle climate change. The environmental campaign group said that 'green' measures announced today were just "tinkering in the margi
2006-12-06 17:20:00
Photo Gallery: Carnival of Climate Chaos On a bright winter's day - Saturday 4th November 2006 - 2000 People & Planet students and people young and old paraded through the Capital. Bearing giant weather symbols of climate chaos, designed by political artist PolyP, they demonstrated the
2006-12-06 15:50:35
Gordon Browns legacy: massive spending commitments - Cable Responding to the Pre-Budget
Report, Liberal Democrat Shadow
Chancellor, Vince
Cable MP branded the Chancellor's legacy as one of
high personal debt and massive spending commitments.
Commenting on debt Dr Cable
said:
"Household debt has grown
2006-12-06 00:00:00
Global warming will reduce ocean productivity, marine life A 10-year, satellite-based analysis has shown for the first time that primary biological productivity in the oceans -- the growth of phytoplankton that forms the basis for the rest of the marine food chain -- is tightly linked to climate change, and would
2006-12-06 00:00:00
PRE BUDGET REPORT - BROWN MUST TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGEE Substantial measures - rather than token green gestures – to tackle climate change are urgently needed in tomorrow’s Pre Budget Report, Friends of the Earth said today. The environmental campaign group said that green measures widely predicted
2006-12-05 18:46:00
Cameron's climate change claptrap - Huhne On the day that David Cameron delivers a keynote speech to the Green
Alliance, the Liberal Democrats have released a dossier showing that the Tories
may have started to talk green, but are continuing to act dirty.
Commenting, Liberal Democrat Shadow
2006-12-05 00:00:00
Southern Ocean could slow global warming A new climate model predicts that the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds' shift poleward will store carbon dioxide and heat in the deep ocean. Although atmospheric warming will slow, sea level will rise faster.
2006-12-05 00:00:00
Climate negotiators or 'climate tourists'? "'Climate change tourists' is what I call you ... you come here to look at some climate impacts and some poor people suffering, and then climb on your airplanes and head home."
2006-12-04 09:39:10
CGIAR climate change research The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), in consultation with the global environmental change science community, is refining a comprehensive climate change agenda that is already generating climate-resilient innovations, incl
2006-12-04 00:00:00
Reducing air pollution could increase rice harvests in India An analysis by researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego found that the combined effects of atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases negatively affected growing conditions for rice in India. The researchers estimate that harvests would have been 20
2006-12-04 00:00:00
MPs urge 'climate change' budget MPs press Gordon Brown to make greenhouse gas emissions a priority in his pre-Budget report.
2006-12-03 11:02:46
Prime Minister responds to public in The Big Ask online climate debate The Prime Minister will respond to calls for the UK to cut its carbon dioxide emissions at the close of an online debate on the solutions to climate change today (1 December). The Big Ask climate debate, which generated hundreds of responses, was hosted
2006-12-01 01:00:00
Cut nuclear weapons by half - Campbell Ahead of the publication of the Government's White Paper, Liberal Democrat
Leader Menzies Campbell today launched the proposals of his party's policy
working group on the future of Britain's Trident nuclear weapons
system.The proposals, to be debate
2006-12-01 00:00:00
CHANCELLOR MUST TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE IN PRE BUDGET REPORT Gordon Brown must put climate change at the heart of his Pre-Budget Report next Wednesday. Friends of the earth today publishes a numbeer of measures that the Chanclleor shoud implement to make it cheaper and easier for people to go green.
2006-11-30 01:24:00
Scientists want to solve puzzle of excess water vapor near cirrus clouds Researchers in recent years have found water vapor at concentrations as much as twice what they should be in and around cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere, a finding that could alter some conclusions about climate change. A group of European and US scie
2006-11-30 00:00:00
BRITISH TRAVEL INDUSTRY MUST WAKE UP TO CLIMATE THREAT Friends of the Earth said today that the British travel industry must wake up to the threat posed by climate change and do more to reduce the environmental impact caused by its activities, especially aviation growth.
2006-11-29 13:53:00
Climate 'altering UK marine life' The UK's marine environment could already be suffering the consequences of climate change, a report suggests.
2006-11-29 09:52:13
EU to set phase two carbon limits The EU is to set carbon limits under the next phase of the European Trading Scheme, a tool to tackle global warming.
2006-11-29 00:53:35
Marine environment damage shows need for action - Huhne Responding to the Marine Climate Change Impacts
Partnership report published today, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP
said:
"This report highlights the folly of the Government's decision to drop
the marine bill from th
2006-11-29 00:00:00
Cameron talks show EU holds the key on climate change - Huhne Commenting on revelations that David Cameron has held secret climate change
talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said:
"David Cameron is realistic enough to know t
2006-11-28 00:00:00
Tories still lack real green policies - Huhne Commenting on George Osborne's announcement of a consultation into replacing
the Climate Change Levy, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary,
Chris Huhne MP said:
"With the launch of yet another consultation, the Conservatives are again
del
2006-11-27 00:00:00
Brown must make green tax switch - Huhne Commenting on new figures showing a fall in green taxation and on reports
that Gordon Brown is considering raising car tax and air passenger duty,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP
said:
"These reports would ring rather
2006-11-24 00:00:00
Impact of climate change in Africa Africa is the continent that will suffer most under global warming. Past history gives us lessons on the likely effects of future climate change. Of greatest concern are the "large infrequent disturbances" to the climate as these will have the m
2006-11-24 00:00:00
Hong Kong 'climate change threat' Hong Kong and the Pearl river delta could face flooding as a result of climate change, a think-tank says.
2006-11-23 12:03:35
Prime Minister launches The Big Ask climate debate Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Director of Friends of the Earth, Tony Juniper will kick off an online debate on the solutions to climate change today (Wednesday 22 November). The Big Ask climate debate is being hosted at www.foe.co.uk as part of The Bi
2006-11-22 01:00:00
Coral reefs are increasingly vulnerable to angry oceans Size and shape may predict the survival of corals around the world when the weather churns the oceans in the years to come, according to a new model that relies on engineering principles.The increasing violence of storms associated with global climate cha
2006-11-22 00:00:00
Global warming scientist in Canada to speak on 'From Here to Eternity' David Archer, scientist and author on the hot topic of global warming, will be in Ontario on December 6, 2006 to take part in Perimeter Institute's popular monthly public lecture series. He will describe the issue in complete context and use the geologic
2006-11-22 00:00:00
Kyoto Moves Forward - at a slow pace Modest agreements were reached at the United Nations climate change talks that ended in Nairobi on Friday. Representatives from 165 countries discussed ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2012 under the existing Kyoto Protocol, which is the on
2006-11-21 12:47:00
Fusion deal points way to climate change solution - Davey Commenting on the signing of a formal agreement to build an experimental
nuclear fusion reactor, Liberal Democrat Shadow Trade and Industry
Secretary, Edward Davey MP said:
"Fusion is completely different to existing nuclear power - it is cleaner and
2006-11-21 00:00:00
Level of important greenhouse gas has stopped growing Scientists at UC Irvine have determined that levels of atmospheric methane -- an influential greenhouse gas -- have stayed nearly flat for the past seven years, which follows a rise that spanned at least two decades.
2006-11-20 00:00:00
Climate threat to mobile species Some of the most spectacular migratory animals will be severely affected by climate change, a UN report says.
2006-11-16 23:46:07
Fires in far northern forests to have cooling, not warming, effect Droughts and longer summers tied to global warming are causing more fires in the Earth's vast northernmost forests, a phenomenon that will spew a steadily increasing amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
2006-11-16 00:00:00
Friends of the Earth's Big Ask campaign gets Climate Change Bill into Queens Speech The announcement of a climate change bill in the Queens Speech was welcomed by Friends of the Earth today (15 November). The environmental group, which has led the call for new climate legislation through The Big Ask campaign, also said that the proposed
2006-11-15 12:35:00
Climate bill sets carbon target A climate change bill commits the UK to cut emissions by 60% by 2050, but there is no mention of annual targets.
2006-11-15 12:11:53
Climate Talks Lack Urgency Campaigners today called for a greater sense of urgency in the Climate Change Talks in Nairobi as ministers from 165 countries and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan gathered for the final three days of United Nations talks on climate change.
2006-11-15 11:18:00
Annan to move on African climate The UN chief is to announce measures to help Africa adapt to climate change at a major summit in Kenya.
2006-11-15 07:26:08
Climate Change Bill must have teeth and bite - Huhne Commenting on the likely contents of the Climate Change Bill, which will be
announced in tomorrow's Queen's Speech, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment
Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said:
"The Climate Change Bill has to have teeth and bite. There must be
2006-11-15 00:00:00
US must follow UK's belated lead with cultural property bill - Foster The Liberal Democrats today welcomed the belated announcement of a
lsquo;Protection of Cultural Property During Armed Conflict Bill rsquo; to ratify
obligations under the 1954 Hague Convention, but warned the Government must now
put pressure on the
2006-11-15 00:00:00
