Climate Research

Farmers May Have Started Local Climate Change In Africa 3,500 Years Ago

| Posted 02.14.2012

By David Biello (Click here for original article.) Humans may have been causing climate change for much longer than we've been burning fossil fue...

U.S. And China Begin To Bridge Differences At Cancun Climate Meeting

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 05.25.2011

CANCUN, Mexico — The United States and China appeared close to agreement Wednesday on a key issue that has troubled climate change negotiations,...

Carbon Capture: A Cheaper, Neglected Solution To CO2 Levels

nytimes.com | John Tierney | Posted 05.25.2011

Governments are doing practically nothing to study the removal of carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, but this technology could be a much che...

New Prediction: Earth Could Warm 6.3 Degrees This Century

washingtonpost.com | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 03.02.2012

Robert Corell, who chairs the Climate Action Initiative and reviewed the UNEP report's scientific findings, said the significant global temperature ri...

Elephant Seals Equipped With Sensors Help Study Ocean (SLIDESHOW)

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

TROLL RESEARCH STATION, Antarctica - Into the Antarctic enigma, the puzzle of a place with too few researchers chasing too many climate mysteries, slo...

Climate-Change Program To Aid Poor Nations Is Shut

New York Times | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 05.25.2011

The National Center for Atmospheric Research, an important hub for work on the causes and consequences of climate change, has shut down a program focu...