Climate change may carry huge price tag for California
November 14, 2008
About $2.5 trillion of real estate assets in California are at risk from extreme weather events, sea level rise and wildfires, with a projected annual price tag of between $300 million and $3.9 billio
Eroding beaches, disappearing snowpacks, subdivisions decimated by wildfires -- climate change in California could be expensive.
Choices for Obama science posts serious about climate change
President-elect Obama continues to excite the scientific community. John Holdren has been selected as the president's Science Advisor, and Jane Lubchenco has been chosen as head of NOAA, signifying that the new administration is serious about climate change and the environment.Read More...
Agencies' report warns of faster climate change
The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies have suggested, according to a report led by the U.S. Geological Survey. 
Grasshoppers are recruited as climate...
The rasping summer sound of grasshoppers chirping in fields and meadows is to be used to help to track climate changes.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change marks 20th anniversary
Lawyers 'sprint' to be ready on...
Climate change is bad for the environment, but it may be good for business. Very, very good.
Lawyers 'sprint' to be ready on...
Climate change is bad for the environment, but it may be good for business. Very, very good.
UN official hopes for US role in...
The head of the U.N.'s climate change body said Friday that he hopes the United States will take a more active role in fighting global warming once Barack Obama becomes president.
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Scientist David Wheeler advises new man in White House to help Africa implement environmentally friendly policies - otherwise US will suffer consequences
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Tropical species also threatened by climate change
If you can't stand global warming, get out of the tropics. While the most significant harm from climate change so far has been in the polar regions, tropical plants and animals may face an even greater threat, say scientists who studied conditions in Costa Rica.
Colorful study probes climate change, fall foliage
Could climate change dull the blazing palette of New England's fall foliage? The answer could have serious implications for one of the region's signature attractions, which draws thousands of "leaf peepers" every autumn.
Shivering teacher tells class about...
Global warming was the topic, but one eighth-grader from Harlem posed a question that his teacher could answer with firsthand knowledge:
Climate change affecting Walden Pond...
Naturalist Henry David Thoreau might well be surprised that while much of the land around Walden Pond remains undeveloped, many of the plants he knew so well are gone, probably...
Climate change, drought to strain...
Seven Western states will face more water shortages in the years ahead as climate change exacerbates the strains drought and a growing population have put on the Colorado River,...
Scientists try to mitigate climate...
Scientists studying the changing nature of the Earth's climate say they have completed one crucial task - proving beyond a doubt that global warming is real.
EU Leaders Try to Reach Agreement on...
EU leaders divided in final 2008 summit on how to tackle climate change while reigniting stalled economies
EU Leaders Stick With Key Climate...
Europe unites around economic stimulus package without sacrificing ambitious climate change goals
Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias
Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.
Pacific nations call for help on climate change (AFP)
AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joined Pacific island nations Tuesday in a call for immediate help to cope with the impact of climate change in the region.
Australian leader holds firm on...
World leaders must deal with the threat of global climate change despite the spreading "cancer" of the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday.
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EU climate change push in disarray as...
Europe's ambitious drive against climate change was today in disarray with a
growing number of countries in open revolt over its targets.
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The global financial crisis could hardly come at a worse time for nations seeking a new agreement on climate change that - on top of everything else - will cost tens of billions...
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President Bush has taken a reasoned, balanced approach to the serious challenges of energy security and climate change. The President supports a climate change policy that takes...
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A report by environmental group Ceres says that Apple needs to improve what it's doing about climate change.
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LiveScience.com - A solitary chunk of granite, small enough to heft in one hand, is key evidence that Australia and parts of Antarctica were once attached to North America, a...
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