Climate

The Climate Post: Stakes High as Negotiators Begin Climate Talks in Germany

Tim Profeta | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Australia, Climate, Nuclear Power, Epa, Environment, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Japan, Green News
Tim Profeta

The meeting in Bonn, Germany this week was the first since the 2011 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Durban where leaders initially agreed to put together a plan that would limit Earth-warming emissions.

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NASA Orbiter Yields Big Surprise About Sand Dunes On Mars

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Sand Dunes, Mars Atmosphere, Video, Space Exploration, Climate, Space, Mars Orbiter, Mars Sand Dunes, Mars, Erosion, Weather, Atmosphere, Science News

By: Nola Taylor Redd Published: 05/09/2012 01:15 PM EDT on SPACE.com Towering sand dunes on Mars, once thought to be ancient and unchanging, are...

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The Future We Want (But Won't Get Unless You Pull Your Socks Up!)

Kelly Rigg | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Rio+20, Subsidies, Pres. Obama, Fisheries, Climate, Climate Change, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Kelly Rigg

President Obama, we get that you're concerned about the US losing its competitive advantage in relation to new powerhouses such as China, Brazil and India, but how can you look us in the eye and say that any level of poverty is okay?

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Climate Change and More Weather Extremes

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Climate, Weather, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Climate Change Science, Americans Climate Change, Green News
Bill Chameides

Which do you find more bizarre? The apparent trend in weird weather or the swing in public opinion about climate change? And which do you think is more likely to hold?

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The Eco-evolution Will Not Be Televised!

Betsy Rosenberg | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Environment, Climate-Change, Climate Change, American-Mentality, Climate, Global Warming, Green News
Betsy Rosenberg

With glaciers melting, sea levels rising and freak storms taking lives and livelihoods at a record rate, why have we not progressed in our coverage of the environment, our life support system, and the tenor of these topics, that for the most part, remains unchanged?

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A New Climate Reality: What Happens Now?

Janet Ritz | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Environment, Climate, Green News, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Change Happening, Climate Change Statistics, Weather Patterns, Warm Winters, Green News
Janet Ritz

The new climate reality is that we've blown it. Climate change has arrived. The damage is done and is about to grow exponentially.

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The Climate Post: EPA Makes Historic Announcement, First Greenhouse Gas Rule for New Power Plants

Jan Mazurek | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, Climate, Epa, Environment, Power Plants, Climate Change, BP Oil Spill, Coal, Green News
Jan Mazurek

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released long-awaited greenhouse gas rules for new power plants this week. Using the Clean Air Act, the...

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You Want to Bring the Old Economy Back? Really?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Jobs, Climate, Trade, 1%, Plutocracy, Economic Crisis, Economy, Financial Crisis, US Economy, Business News
Dave Johnson

Democrats have to be perceived as actually fighting for the interests of the 99%. The way to be perceived as doing this is to actually do it

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The Clouds Are Falling, the Clouds Are Falling

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Iris Effect, Water Vapor, Climate, Dick Lindzen, Climate Science, Climate Change, Feedback, Climate Skeptics, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Sensitivity, Clouds, Global Temperatures, Green News
Bill Chameides

Does a new study lend support to Richard Lindzen's "iris effect" hypothesis?

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Why the Republican Belief in So Many False Narratives?

Marvin Meadors | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: False Narratives, Republicans, Satire, Political Humor, Trickle-Down Economics, Climate, Epa, Politics News
Marvin Meadors

Why do Republicans believe so many false narratives? No lock box in the world is as strong as their faith in the counterfactual, known to the rest of ...

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Has the Earth's Missing Heat Been Found?

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Solar Radiation, Energy, Solar Variation, Climate, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Earth, Missing Heat, Climate Change, Climate Science, Solar Minimum, Sun, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oceans, Green News
Bill Chameides

Starting in about 2003, a slowdown in heat buildup was observed in the ocean while greenhouse gases continued to build up in the atmosphere, trapping more heat. Six years later Kevin Trenberth asked, where was the missing heat?

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14 By 14, A Biblical Emissions Mandate: 14 (Percent Reduction) By (20)14

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Covenant, Carbon, Religion, Environmental, Leviticus, Climate, Bible, Sabbatical, Environment, Coejl, Greenhouse, Torah, Jewish, Rabbi, Green Faith, Religion News
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb

We should let our workers rest from their labors; and the Earth should be allowed to rest, too. Social, spiritual and ecological sustainability intertwine.

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A Look at Our Energy Outlook

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Climate, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Copenhagen, Renewable Fuels Standard, Policy, Barack Obama, Politics, Electricity, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Copenhagen Accord, Oil, Renewables, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, State of the Union, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.com.Steady as we go with energy but definitely not on our climate target. Presidential Disconnect? A little more than tw...

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World Not Quite As Hot In 2011

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Weather Records 2011, Video, Climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Noaa, Climate Change, Weather 2011, Weather, La Nina, Extreme-Weather, Green News

WASHINGTON — The world last year wasn't quite as warm as it has been for most of the past decade, government scientists said Thursday, but it co...

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Lynne Peeples

Flu Pandemics May Be Linked To Weather Patterns, Researchers Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Avian Flu, Climate, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, h5n1, Pandemic, Flu Pandemic, The Infection Loop, Weather, H1n1, Influenza, Green News

A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests. The link, a...

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Mild Winter Yields Strange Economic Patterns

AP | By JONATHAN FAHEY | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Mild Winter, Energy Prices, Winter Clothes, Warm Winter, Winter Shopping, Winter Spending, Climate, Snow, Winter, Heating, Medicine, Consumer Spending, Airlines, Video, Business News

NEW YORK -- Out of a relatively balmy winter have sprung some economic surprises. People have more cash in their pockets because they aren't turning u...

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Truth and Consequences

Michael Brune | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Winter, Climate Change, Climate, Climate Disruption, January Skiing, January Weather, Ski Conditions, January Temperature, Ski Snow, Skiing, Sierra Snowfall, Green News
Michael Brune

It's another warm, dry, sunny day here in San Francisco today. Highs might hit 70 degrees. Temperatures are in the 80s in Los Angeles, with a high of 90 in Fullerton. It's January 5. Has the weather been weird where you are, too?

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The Climate Post: Fight Over Tar Sands Pipeline May Lead to Cancellation, "Huge" Consequences

Mason Inman | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Energy, Climate, Epa, Greenhouse Gas, Environment, Climate Change, Ethanol, Pollution, Barack Obama, Canada, Methane, Green News
Mason Inman

If the pipeline is approved, some environmental groups say they'll sue -- but if it is cancelled, the company proposing the pipeline, TransCanada, will probably reapply.

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Imagine We Care About 'Imagine'

Carol Smaldino | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Religion, Imagine, John Lennon, Climate, Peace, New Years Eve, Cee Lo Green New Years Eve, Cee Lo Green Imagine, Cee Lo Green Imagine Lyrics, Cee Lo Green, Culture News
Carol Smaldino

On the Channel 4, WNBC New Year's Eve extravaganza a few minutes before midnight, Cee Lo Green sang -- instead of "No religion too" -- "all religions true," and it's so not okay

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The Climate Post: As Eurozone Crisis Deepens, Fight to Save Emissions Trading Scheme Begins

Mason Inman | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Energy, Carbon Emissions, Fossil Fuels, Cap-and-Trade, Climate, Environment, European Union, Light Bulbs, Climate Change, Nuclear, Climategate, Green Energy, Pollution, Europe, Green News
Mason Inman

Prices in Europe's carbon emissions trading scheme have collapsed this year, in part because there were too many allowances in the system starting off, threatening the future of the whole market.

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The Climate Post: Surprise Deal Emerges at United Nations Climate Talks

Mason Inman | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Opec, Kyoto Protocol, Durban, Environment, Oil, Oil Prices, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cop17, Global Warming, Canada, China, Climate, Green News
Mason Inman

In a surprise turnaround, the UN climate talks produced a new deal to eventually curb global emissions moving forward.

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The Generals Know Best

Edward Flattau | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Climate Change Politics, Environmentalism, Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Climate, Global Warming, Politics News
Edward Flattau

Some of our politicians consider global warming a hoax. Our military leaders consider global warming a threat to national security.

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Making Sense of the Durban Climate Talks

Kassie Siegel | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Durban, Cop17, Durban Climate Conference, Climate, Global Warming, Green News
Kassie Siegel

The hard truth about the this year's climate conference in Durban, South Africa, is that the outcome is horrendously inadequate for the scale and immediacy of the climate problem we face.

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Global Warming: What Happens When You Factor Out the Other Factors

Bill Chameides | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Richard Muller, Glaciers, Refudiator, Climate, Temperatures, Solar Activity, Climate Skeptics, El Nino, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, Pulse of the Planet, Temperature Records, Sea Ice, La Nina, Arctic, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Cooling, Volcanoes, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) Project, Green News
Bill Chameides

2011-12-14-Screenshot20111214at6.04.10PM.jpg Has the warming trend slowed in the 2000s? Yes and no.

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At Global Climate Talks, The U.S. and China Are Divided As Ever

Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Climate, Kyoto Protocol, Durban, Todd Stern, All Terrain, Emissions, Climate Conference 2011, Durban Talks, Climate Change, Global Warming, China, Green News
Tom Zeller Jr.

The somewhat deflating reality surrounding the global climate talks in Durban, South Africa -- now hurtling toward another arguably empty conclusion -- is that success or failure is heavily contingent on the whims of just two countries: China and the United States. The two nations, after all, produce far more climate-warming gases than their nearest competitors, and their mutual, steely-eyed refusal to budge from their bedrock negotiating positions tends to render even the most conciliatory gestures among lesser polluters both quaint and meaningless.

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