Carbon emissions show sharp rise

The part about no energy efficiency gains is bothersome, since they are usually one of the fastest and cheapest ways of "producing" clean energy.

BBC NEWS : Carbon emissions show sharp rise

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Mysterious Stabilization of Atmospheric Methane May Buy Time in Race to Stop Global Warming

Some uncommon good news, at the basic physical level. No politics required. But action to take advantage of the lull is still vital.

Scientific American.com: Mysterious Stabilization of Atmospheric Methane May Buy Time in Race to Stop Global Warming

Report: Global warming killing species - World Environment - MSNBC.com

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Report: Global warming killing species - World Environment - MSNBC.com

Slow Talks Could Leave Climate Deal in 'Tatters'

Here's another take on the same story as below.

Slow Talks Could Leave Climate Deal in 'Tatters'

2007 crucial in global warming battle: UK

The lead times on International agreements make time much shorter than it appears.

2007 crucial in global warming battle: UK - Yahoo! News

Climate Change Is as Serious as WMD: Annan

And climate change increses the risk of more other top notch political action targets, like poverty, disease, and the use of WMDs.

Climate Change Is as Serious as WMD: Annan

WWF - Climate change has birds out on a limb

Some detailed regional forecasts included, and a link to both summary and full report pdfs.

WWF - Climate change has birds out on a limb

Ice-melt isolates remote communities in Canada - Yahoo! News

It's a different world when the roads can melt.

Ice-melt isolates remote communities in Canada - Yahoo! News

Malaria surge in Kenyan highlands may be tied to global warming - Yahoo! News

One of the predictions early on regarding Global Warming was the spread of cold limited diseases northward. These results from Kenya are some of the first empirical data that indicates the predictions coming to pass.

Malaria surge in Kenyan highlands may be tied to global warming - Yahoo! News

Scientists Say White House Muzzled Climate Research

This is actually old news, but the higher levels of investigation by the Commerce Department and NASA are something new.

"These investigations are critical because the Republicans in Congress have ignored this serious problem," Lautenberg said.

Scientists Say White House Muzzled Climate Research

White House shrugs off the Stern report

Get this: "The president has long recognised that climate change is a serious issue. He has committed the nation to investing in new technologies."

There's also doubt that using Al Gore as the point man will have much effect in DC.

Analysts Sceptical about Report's Impact in US - and Benefits of Using Al Gore

Comments on the Stern report

Prometheus, the Science policy weblog from The University of Colorado, has some commentary on the Stern report, some of which question the editorial filters used in choosing excerpts from its sources. They find it alarmist, which doesn't mean there's no cause for alarm. Check out the previous post on this blog today.

A Global Catastrophe of Our Own Making

Here's a detailed summary of the Stern report, which is the impetus for the highest level yet of British resolution to deal with Global Warming.

A Global Catastrophe of Our Own Making

Gore to advise British on global warming

LONDON - Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a major British report said Monday.

British Treasury chief Gordon Brown, who commissioned the report, said former Vice PresidentAl Gore, who has dedicated much time to warning of the effects of global warming, would advise the British government on climate change.

Gore to advise British on global warming - Yahoo! News

Gore to advise British on global warming

LONDON - Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a major British report said Monday.

British Treasury chief Gordon Brown, who commissioned the report, said former Vice President

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Al Gore, who has dedicated much time to warning of the effects of global warming, would advise the British government on climate change.

Gore to advise British on global warming - Yahoo! News

Climate Change Economic Warning

Sir Nicholas Stern, a former chief economist with the World Bank, will warn that governments need to tackle the problem head-on by cutting emissions or face economic ruin.

Tackle Climate Change or Face Deep Recession, World's Leaders Warned

Warming link to amphibian disease

The culprit in the case of declining amphibian populations may be warming as much as pesticides, mediated by a fungal infection.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Warming link to amphibian disease

Bill Mc Kibben - Saving the Planet Will Require Community Effort

This is the guy who wrote "The End of Nature", prescient for noting that with climate change becoming global, there really wasn't anywhre left that was "natural", that all environments were under human impact.

How Close to Catastrophe? Saving the Planet Will Require Community Effort

Global ecosystems 'face collapse'

This is from the stress of consumption of resources, setting aside the stresses of climate change with all its wildcards.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Global ecosystems 'face collapse'

U.S., EU hold climate talks despite Kyoto rift - Yahoo! News

U.S., EU hold climate talks despite Kyoto rift - Yahoo! News