Dot Earth Blog: Dot Earth: The Climate Message â What Works?
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The scenario: Chance puts you in the same elevator alone with one of the leading candidates for the presidency. Your passion is pursuing ways to provide energy to a growing world while limiting climate risks. What do you say?.
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Greenhouse gas emissions could cause global temperatures to rise by up to 19.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to first results from the world's largest climate modeling experiment.
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The current debate over climate change runs the gamut from C to shining C. It&#39;s about climate. It&#39;s about catastrophe. It&#39;s about consensus.
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In response to growing concerns over the planet's future, scientists are proposing some radical ideas to combat global warming.
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I've written about weather alarmism and terrorphobia as examples of availability cascades, but there's an important distinction between these cascades. The environmentalists promoting fear of climate change sometimes use dubious tactics in exploiting images like Hurricane Katrina, but they can legitimately point to longer trends showing that the planet has warmed and is projected to [...].
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Science & environment: Â· Party unveils blueprint for tackling climate change Â· End of the road by 2040 for petrol-driven cars
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Blog: Some wet areas of Earth will get wetter with climate change.
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Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet -- and more -- in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant.
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24-hour, seven continent show could raise awareness but at what cost to climate?
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Climate concerns will reduce chance of new public backlash, says industry.
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Previously undiscovered lakes under Antarctica may help improve our understanding of the interaction between global warming and the melting icepack. Plus: New climate accord sought. By the Associated Press.
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(InfoWorld) - Bad news for environmentally conscious people who want an iPhone: Apple is near the bottom of a new list that rates companies based on their efforts to stop climate change. While it doesn't have quite the cache, Motorola would make a better choice of cell phone if you care about efforts the vendor is making to improve its carbon footprint, according to the Climate Counts list. Motorola got a score of 60, compared to Apple's 2, meaning it has set goals to reduce its energy use and has already succeeded in doing so. The highest score a company can get is 100. Climate Counts, a new nonprofit organization, plans to update the list every year and encourages consumers to base their buying decisions on companies' climate change efforts. The list currently includes 56 companies in a range of industries and scores them based on four criteria: How well the company has measured its climate footprint, reduced its impact on global warming, supports positive climate change legislation, and publicly discloses their climate change actions. Despite recent green initiatives, including building the largest solar installation on any corporate campus in the U.S., Google got a score of 17. Google got poor marks in part for failing to do a good job tracking corporate emissions or reporting on efforts to improve. At the recent launch of an initiative to improve energy efficiency in computer power supplies, a Google executive said that he knew Google's carbon footprint but he declined to share it. Other tech companies that scored poorly include Amazon.com, which got a score of zero, and eBay, which matches Apple with a 2. YahooÂ got a 36, and MicrosoftÂ got a 31. Shoppers can either visit the Climate Counts Web site to check up on companies or they can ask for information about companies via short message from their mobile phones. Consumers can text the message "cc" followed by the company name to 30644 and receive the company's score by return text message. Climate Counts is funded by Stonyfield Farm, a yogurt company, and is a collaboration with Clean Air-Cool Planet, a nonprofit that promotes ways to slow global warming. GreenOrder, a company that advises businesses on sustainability and corporate responsibility issues, verified the scoring results for accuracy. Requests for comment to Apple, Amazon.com, and Google about their scores were not immediately returned.
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LONDON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Climate control is a good idea, but it can also be  good business. Companies can make profit and do the world a  favour, or so British companies are being told.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research -- Computer models of Earth's climate have consistently linked long-term, high-magnitude variations in solar output to past climate changes.     Now a closer look at earlier studies of the Sun casts doubt on evidence of such cycles of brightness, their intensity and their possible influence on Earth's climate...
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Life & style: A new survey suggests teenagers aren't that interested in climate change. Julie Ferry asks if campaigners can overcome this apathy.
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The Senate Commerce Committee hears testimony on the connection between greenhouse gases and climate changes. Many legislators want to take action, but the best course remains unclear. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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Science & environment: Britons know that the planet is heating up - but are still not ready to change their lifestyle