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US military launches war on global warming
08 08 2008 Forget the images of fuel-guzzling Hummer SUVs, the Pentagon wants to promote green technology and cut fuel use to save money and lives
 
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China's smogs have surprise climate benefit
08 08 2008 It may be the scourge of China's Olympic organisers, but the industrial smog could be cutting emissions of methane from rice paddies
 
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Climate maps offer wildlife hope of sanctuary
06 08 2008 A new way to predict how habitat zones will shift or vanish could help usher endangered species to safety (full text available to subscribers)
 
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Humans cause climate change, US body concedes
06 08 2008 The US Climate Change Science Program has issued a report concluding that human activity caused the rapid warming in the 20th century
 
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Satellites help explain Greenland ice loss mystery
06 08 2008 A combination of satellite measurements shows that most of the island's ice is lost through many smaller glaciers, not two larger ones
 
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China's smogs have surprise climate benefit
06 08 2008 It may be the scourge of China's Olympic organisers, but the industrial smog could be cutting emissions of the greenhouse gas methane
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IPCC 'wrong' on logging threat to climate
05 08 2008 Estimates for the ability of original-growth temperate forest to soak up CO2 are much too low, suggests Australian research
 
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Is climate change causing an upsurge in US tornadoes?
31 07 2008 Unseasonal tornadoes wreaked havoc in the US earlier this year, but pinning down the cause is a tricky affair, says Chris Mooney (full text available to subscribers)
 
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Arctic ice continues to thin
31 07 2008 The North Pole could soon be ice-free during summer, as studies show that the ice cover at the end of last summer was at its thinnest ever
 
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Software predicts where El Niño will strike next
31 07 2008 A program that tracks the subtler effects of the destructive El Niño weather systems could improve forecasts
 
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33% of China's carbon footprint blamed on exports
29 07 2008 Economists now say that one-third of China's carbon dioxide emissions come making exported goods – many of them for developed countries
 
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33% of China's carbon footprint blamed on exports
28 07 2008 Economists now say that one-third of China's carbon dioxide emissions come from the manufacture of exported goods – many of them destined for developed countries
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Threatened species 'need help' finding cooler homes
18 07 2008 To help species survive climate change, governments should consider transplanting entire ecosystems to new regions, say researchers
 
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Missing fossils could warn of extreme climate to come
18 07 2008 Overheated tropics millions of years ago may have wiped out plant life – finding proof could help modellers produce more accurate forecasts
 
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Satellite cutbacks could leave us blind at the poles
17 07 2008 If current climate satellites fail, slashed funding will mean the next generation of instruments may not be launched in time
 
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US spring melt to shift by months
17 07 2008 Climate change could mean a two-month shift in the start of the snowmelt by the end of the century, suggests a new model
 
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Satellite cutbacks could leave us blind at the poles
16 07 2008 If current climate satellites fail, slashed funding mean the next generation of instruments may not be launched in time
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Shifts in US spring melt 'out by a month'
16 07 2008 Climate change could mean a two-month shift in the start of the snowmelt by the end of the century, suggests a new model
 
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Climate pain ahead for folk in the 'kidney stone belt'
15 07 2008 As the climate warms in coming years, higher rates of dehydration will encourage painful kidney stones and a big bill for hospitalisations
 
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World on the verge of the last great land grab
15 07 2008 Booming demand for resources as the world's population surges from 6 to 9 billion will put unsustainable demand on the remaining forests
 
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Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on
03 07 2008 Fears that meltwater could increase the speed at which glaciers flow into the sea, rapidly destroying the ice sheet, may be unfounded
 
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Which countries would you pick for your climate team?
02 07 2008 A new map shows which countries are doing the most to combat climate change, with Latvia and Slovakia getting top marks
 
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Cleaned up skies explain surprise rate of warming
02 07 2008 A decrease in air pollution may account for half of the warming experienced in Europe over the last 30 years
 
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TV boom may boost greenhouse effect
02 07 2008 A chemical being used in ever larger quantities to make flat-screen TVs may make global warming worse, but no-one knows by how much (full text available to subscribers)
 
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Drought-resistant wheat beats Australian heat
25 06 2008 Genetically modified wheat offers bigger yields in dry conditions, but will its abilities overcome aversions to the technology?
 
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