New Fossils Suggest Ancient Cat-sized Reptiles in Antarctica (LiveScience.com)
June 8, 2008
LiveScience.com - Cat-sized reptiles once roamed what is now the icebox of Antarctica, snuggling up in burrows and peeping above ground to snag plant roots and insects.
The evidence for this scenario comes from preserved burrow casts discovered in the Transantarctic Mountains, which extend 3,000 miles (4,800 km) across the polar continent and contain layers of rock dating back 400 million years. ...
Reporters feel the heat over climate change
It is now just over a year since the controversial programme The Great Global Warming Swindle was broadcast on Channel 4, but there has been no cooling in the relationship between scientists and the media. Ofcom is deliberating on whether the programme breached its code, and its upcoming verdict could have far-reaching implications for the media's coverage of climate change and other scientific issues.
Leader of disappearing island nation says climate change an issue of survival, not economics
The leader of a country slowly being submerged by the Pacific Ocean told an environment conference Thursday that climate change is an issue of human survival, not economic development. 
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Eager to be a role model, an African-American teacher plans to travel to Antarctica, where almost all is white.
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AFP - Asian airlines and tourist firms are too complacent about the urgent need to address global warming, industry leaders warned at a conference on climate change.
C4's climate change documentary 'was...
A Channel 4 documentary which claimed that the idea of man-made climate change was a fraud and a conspiracy has been censured by the broadcasting regulator. Ofcom.
China calls for more technology...
China called on the international community Thursday to increase the flow of technology to developing countries to help them fight climate change.
China calls for help on climate...
AP - China called on the international community Thursday to increase the flow of technology to developing countries to help them fight climate change.
Congress Faces Major Decisions on Climate Change (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 29 (OneWorld) - Two potentially important boosts to efforts to halt climate change coincided this week with the publication of a major scientific report and the unveiling Wednesday of a new piece of legislation in the U.S. Congress.
Fed report says climate change risks crops, water (AP)
AP - Climate change is increasing the risk of U.S. crop failures, depleting the nation's water resources and contributing to outbreaks of invasive species and insects, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
China calls for more technology...
China called on the international community Thursday to increase the flow of technology to developing countries to help them fight climate change.
China Calls for Help on Climate Change
China called on the international community Thursday to increase the flow of technology to developing countries to help them fight climate change.
UK think tank: Slow global response...
If uncontrolled, climate change could have security implications as serious as a world war, a British defense think tank said Wednesday.
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