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Yahoo! News: Climate Change
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Climate Change
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UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge
(AP)
 AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.
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Storm over climate change among weather forecasters
(Reuters)
Reuters - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
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What Caused the Texas Drought -- Global Warming or La Nina?
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - The drought that still afflicts Texas has given rise to another controversy over the theory of global warming. Two eminent scientists have looked at the same data and have come to sharply different conclusions.
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"Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline
(Reuters)
Reuters - Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.
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Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change
(AP)
 AP - Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely risks.
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How climate change, urbanization are changing disaster aid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meager plot of farmland, so you migrate to a city where the jobs are, only to end up living in a slum regularly submerged by floods.
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New map for what to plant reflects global warming
(AP)
 AP - Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.
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UN conference returns to Rio with new emphasis
(AP)
AP - Representatives from around the world will be returning to Rio de Janeiro this June — 20 years after the U.N. Earth Summit — but this time the focus will be on sustainable development, not climate change, a Brazilian diplomat said Tuesday.
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Rising wealth of Asians straining world fish stock
(AP)
 AP - Rising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies are among factors driving overexploitation of the world's fish resources, while fish habitat is being destroyed by pollution and climate change, U.N. marine experts said Tuesday.
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Weaker sun will not delay global warming: study
(Reuters)
Reuters - A weaker sun over the next 90 years is not likely to significantly delay a rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gases, a report said Monday.
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Climate Change Ripples Through Mountain Ecosystems
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Like dominoes given one nudge, climate change in the form of reduced winter snowfall on mountaintops has subtle but powerful cascading effects felt throughout entire ecosystems, a new study finds.
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Man-Made Climate Change Debate Hits the Classroom
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - According to the Los Angeles Times, some states are requiring public school science teachers to teach both sides of the climate change debate. Here are the details.
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Scientists say cut soot, methane to curb warming
(AP)
 AP - An international team of scientists says it's figured out how to slow global warming in the short run and prevent millions of deaths from dirty air: Stop focusing so much on carbon dioxide.
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New molecule could help cool planet
(Reuters)
Reuters - A new molecule has been detected in the earth's atmosphere which could help produce a cooling effect, scientists said, but it remains to be seen whether it can play a major role in tackling global warming.
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'Doomsday Clock' moved forward. What has scientists worried?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Citing “inaction” on renewed nuclear proliferation, climate change, and the urgent need to find sustainable sources of energy, a group of scientists has moved the “Doomsday Clock” a minute closer to midnight, saying nations are “failing to change business as usual.”
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