The Science of Climate Change
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"Northern Hemisphere Temperatures During the Past Millennium: Inferences, Uncertainties, and Limitations," Geophysical Research Letters, March 15, 1999, Michael E. Mann, Raymond S. Bradley, and Malcolm K. Hughes
* Amazon rainforest very vulnerable to likely temperature rise (June. 2009)
* Scientists: "Abrupt and irreversible shifts" increasingly likely (June, 2009)
* US feeling climate impacts now: report (June, 2009)
* Ozone hole intensifies acidification of Southern Ocean (June, 2009)
* Nobel panel: six years to avert "unmanageable climate risks" (May, 2009)
* Warming-driven food shortages could crash civilization (April, 2009)
* Temperatures seen doubling earlier projections by 2100 (May, 2009)
* Scientists see CO2 "overshoot" in 20 years (April, 2009)
* Wildfires seen as positive feedback in warming process (April, 2009)
* Warming may turn forests from CO2 sinks to sources (April, 2009)
* Scientists: temperatures will overshoot safe warming range (April, 2009)
* Antarctica's largest ice shelf disintegrates (April, 2009)
* Arctic meltdown poses global threat to humanity. (March, 2009)
* Warming seen as greatest threat to polar bears (March, 2009)
* Scientists: oceans will rise as much as three meters (March, 2009)
* Acidification found thinning shells of sea animals (March, 2009)
* Drought turns Amazon rainforest into net carbon emitter (March, 2009)
* Lovelock: climate catastrophes will decimate civilization (Feb. 2009)
* Chu warns of dire consequences for agriculture (Feb. 2009)
* Scientists see climate impacts lasting 1,000 years (Jan. 2009)
* Active hurricane seasons seem to correlate with fewer winter storms (Jan. 2009)
* US "old growth" tree death rates doubled in past 30 years (Jan. 2009)
* Scientists find Antarctica is warming (Jan. 2009)
* Canadian forests found to be sources of CO2 (Jan. 2009)
* Rapid climate change could impact US within decades (Dec. 2008)
* IPCC co-chair sees worsening climate impacts (Dec. 2008)
* Greenhouse gases hit all-time high concentrations (Nov. 2008)
* CO2 found acidifying Kansas groundwater (Nov. 2008)
* Pine beetle devastation of western pine forests accelerates (Nov. 2008)
* Asian smog masks warming impacts (Nov. 2008)
* Scientists detect greenhouse warming in Antarctica (Nov. 2008)
* Atmosphere is ripe for climate disaster now (Nov. 2008)
* Current warming trend is steepest in 5,000 years (Nov. 2008)
* One quarter of land mammals face extinction (Oct. 2008)
* Climate change outpacing IPCC projections (Oct. 2008)
* Scientists startled by Arctic seabed methane releases (Sept. 2008)
* Schellnhuber: Any CO2 over 280 ppm is unsafe (Sept. 2008)
* Higher temperatures turn plants to CO2 sources (Sept. 2008)
* Warming is disrupting corn pollination patterns (Sept. 2008)
* Arctic melt may signal warming is "unstoppable" (Sept. 2008)
* Findings link global warming to hurricane intensity (Sept.2008)
* Temperatures of last decade unmatched in 1300 years (Sept. 2008)
* Scientists astounded by speed of prehistoric deep freeze (Aug. 2008)
* Canada loses huge chunk of ice shelf (July, 2008)
* Scientists amazed at speed of ancient "climate snaps" (June, 2008)
* Hansen: Oil, Coal execs are committing "crimes againt humanity" (June, 2008)
* Antarctic iceberg suffocates seals (May, 2008)
* Ocean warming is expanding marine "dead zones" (May, 2008)
* Warming to spawn fewer -- but more intense -- hurricanes (May, 2008)
* Scientists at NASA and other research labs tie more tornadoes to warming (May, 2008)
* Tropical insects at risk of warming-driven extinction (May, 2008)
* Humans have upset earth's 600,000-year carbon balance (April, 2008)
* Warming seen decreasing oxygen levels in oceans (May, 2008)
* Models project a 10-year pause in warming (May, 2008)
* Pine beetles turn western forests into CO2 source (April, 2008)
* Migrating jet stream will lead to more weather extremes (April, 2008)
* Ocean carbon saturation could have a 1,500-year impact (April, 2008)
* Scientists: World must go zero-carbon -- soon (March, 2008)
* Warmer autumns generate more CO2 (Jan. 2008)
* Scientists declare 350 ppm a "safe level" of CO2 (Dec. 2007)
* NOAA: 2007 was Fifth Warmest on Record (Dec. 2007)
* Chief Scientists: "Dangerous warming" is inevitable (Dec. 2007)
* More than 200 scientists issue urgent SOS call at Bali (Dec. 2007)
* IPCC4: Earth faces rapid, irreversible changes (Nov. 2007)
-- IPCC4 cites "Five Reasons for Concern"
-- IPCC4: Summary for Policy Makers (wiithout charts and graphics)
* UN Declares Earth is in Code Red (Oct. 2007)
* Flannery: Danger point arrived faster than expected (Oct. 2007)
* Warming is making for a wetter world (Oct. 2007)
* IPCC: "Too late" to avoid dangerous climate impacts (Sept. 2007)
* Ancient runaway warming was triggered by methane release (Sept. 2007)
* Scientists predict new warming spike in two years (Aug. 2007)
* Low-level ozone buildup accelerates warming (July, 2007)
* Desertification poses major threat to political stability -- UN (June, 2007)
* We are at the brink of a "dangerous level of interference" --- Hansen (June, 2007)
* Warming drives surge of dengue fever in Southeast Asia (June, 2007)
* Caterpillar infestation decimates trees in northeastern US (June, 2007)
* Warming progressing three times faster than anticipated (June, 2007)
* Climate is flirting with a "tipping point" -- NASA (May, 2007)
* Three species go extinct every hour (May, 2007)
* Scientists shocked by carbon levels in the Southern Ocean (May, 2007)
* EC concerned that biofuels will threaten rainforests (April, 2007)
* Hansen: "Time's up!" (April, 2007)
* IPCC II details coming impacts in the US (April, 2007)
* Earth's climate sentivity consistent for 420 million years (March, 2007)
* Science panel calls for immediate action to avert catastrophe (Feb. 2007)
* Scientists: ice cap meltdown seems inevitable (Feb. 2007)
* Ocean acidification found deeper than 4,000 meters (Feb. 2007)