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Scientists Agree (Again): Climate Change Is Real

Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
Tom Zeller Jr.

If you count yourself among the 49 percent of Americans who believe that climate change is happening, and that we're playing a key role in it, give yourself a gold star. The planet's best and brightest scientific minds agree with you.

Do Beliefs In The 'Second Coming' Hold Back Climate Change Action?

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 05.03.2013 | Green

Are religious beliefs in the end of the world holding back climate change action in the U.S.? A study from two researchers at the University of Pit...

Coastlines Will Be Hardest Hit By Climate Change, New Study Says

Posted 01.29.2013 | Green

From Climate Central's Michael D. Lemonick: No part of the U.S. will escape the harsh consequences of climate change, which has already begun to ca...

Are Australia's Waves Getting Bigger?

Posted 01.22.2013 | Green

From Mother Nature Network's John Platt: Coastal areas in parts of Australia, Indonesia and Antarctica will be hard-hit by stronger winds and waves...

Study Suggests How Climate Damage Could Be Largely Avoided

Reuters | Posted 03.15.2013 | Green

* 20-65 pct of adverse climate impacts could be avoided * Emissions need to peak in 2016, fall by 5 pct/yr to 2050 By Ni...

New Climate Change Study Contains More Bad News

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 12.03.2012 | Green

WASHINGTON -- The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely that globa...

So-Called Medieval Warm Period Not So Warm After All

Posted 10.02.2012 | Green

From Climate Central's Michael D. Lemonick: The so-called Medieval Warm Period (MWP), a 400-year span from about 950 to 1220 A.D. when the Vikings ...

Sea Level Rise Poses Specific Threat To East Coast Cities

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 06.25.2012 | Green

Brace yourselves, East Coasters. A new report finds that rates of sea level rise in a "hotspot" along the U.S. Atlantic Coast are increasing about...

'Humans Have Played A Dominant Role' In Warming Our Oceans

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 06.11.2012 | Green

Despite the onslaught of politicians attempting to project an air of question around man-made climate change, studies continue to emerge proving the c...

Many Governments Aren't Meeting Emissions Reductions Pledges, Researchers Say

Reuters | Posted 07.24.2012 | Green

* Policies not adequate to limit warming to 2 degrees * Could widen emissions gap to 9 billion tonnes by 2020 By Nina Ch...

Will Climate Change Risks Force A Global Economic Shift?

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 05.01.2012 | Green

Will sustained global economic growth intensify the effects of climate change? A new study from the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Rese...

Making Wet Places Wetter, Dry Places Drier

Posted 04.27.2012 | Green

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Global warming is revving up the planet's cycle of evaporation and precipitation, making wet places eve...

New Study Finds Important Global Warming Link

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 06.04.2012 | Green

WASHINGTON (AP) — The dramatic temperature increases that thawed the last ice age followed spikes in carbon dioxide levels in the air, a new study f...

U.S. Government Needs Open Group To Study Climate Change, Report Says

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 11.17.2011 | Green

How will the U.S. government tackle climate change? A recent report suggests that the intelligence community could benefit from the creation of an ope...

Plants And Animals Are 'Fleeing Global Warming,' Study Finds

Posted 10.18.2011 | Green

A new study suggests that plants and animals are moving as the climate changes. Red Orbit reports on research published in the journal Science, sho...

Study: Climate Change's Biggest Threat Comes From Stuff We Haven't Built Yet, Still Time To Turn It Around

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

If you think all the carbon-spewing stuff we've built to date, from power plants to cars to airplanes, will just drag us over the climate change tippi...