Global Warming Slowdown Offers...

May 1, 2015 by

Global Warming Slowdown Offers Only Fleeting Relief

[Translate] By Tim Radford, Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG One day’s carbon dioxide emissions as illustrated in the film “CCS: a...

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Iceberg B-34 frees itself from...

Apr 29, 2015 by

Iceberg B-34 frees itself from Antarctica’s Getz ice sheet and proceeds to scour the sea floor.

[Translate] by Pakalolo DAILY KOS ‘It’s catastrophic, really. They kill 99 per cent of things they come in contact...

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High Anxiety That Mountain Pea...

Apr 29, 2015 by

High Anxiety That Mountain Peaks Are Warming Faster

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG The diminishing glaciers on the top of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s...

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BREAKING: California Governor ...

Apr 29, 2015 by

BREAKING: California Governor Issues North America’s Most Aggressive Climate Goal

[Translate] by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo On Wednesday morning, four-term California Governor Jerry Brown issued...

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Well Drilling Has Deep Impact ...

Apr 27, 2015 by

Well Drilling Has Deep Impact on Health of Great Plains

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A farmer and his sons struggle through a dust storm in...

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Tomgram: Michael Klare, Is the...

Apr 26, 2015 by

[Translate]   [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Sad news from me.  On Monday, Eduardo Galeano died of cancer.  I was his U.S. book...

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Scientists Zero In on Only Sol...

Apr 24, 2015 by

Scientists Zero In on Only Solution to Climate Crisis

[Translate]  News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG Antarctic ice melt that has already occurred may have dramatic impacts on sea-level rise....

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Global Conference Urges Ban on...

Apr 24, 2015 by

Global Conference Urges Ban on Uranium Mining and Nuclear Power

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     The deep scar of an open cast uranium mine in Namibia....

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Call for an End to Business as...

Apr 23, 2015 by

Call for an End to Business as Usual on Climate and Human Problems

[Translate] By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network  VIA CLIMATE PROGRESS The devastating effects of typhoons and other extreme weather...

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Earth Day Should Be Less About...

Apr 22, 2015 by

Earth Day Should Be Less About Our ‘Precious Planet’ And More About Saving Ourselves

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS The earth will be fine. It’s us that need saving. CREDIT: Shutterstock In his weekly...

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There All Along: “Except...

Apr 20, 2015 by

There All Along: “Exceptional” Slowdown of the Gulf Stream From Greenland Melt

[Translate] Massive icebergs jam the mouth of the World Heritage Site Ilulissat Icefjord, just south of the Greenland settlement of...

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“Why This New Study On A...

Apr 20, 2015 by

“Why This New Study On Arctic Permafrost Is So Scary”

[Translate]   Greenland’s permafrost could be melting faster than expected due to active microbes, according to new research....

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New ocean energy plan could wo...

Apr 19, 2015 by

New ocean energy plan could worsen global warming

[Translate] By Tim Radford An apparently promising way of producing energy from the world’s oceans in fact risks causing catastrophic...

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Antarctica Blows Hot and Cold—...

Apr 19, 2015 by

Antarctica Blows Hot and Cold—for Now

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     New findings suggest human influence may affect Antarctica...

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How can we stop farmer suicide...

Apr 16, 2015 by

How can we stop farmer suicides?

[Translate] Grist / Grant Wood By Madeleine Thomas  GRIST Trigger warning: This piece discusses suicide, depression, and suicide’s...

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Investors Chip In as Renewable...

Apr 13, 2015 by

Investors Chip In as Renewables Rise Toward Record Level

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Power towers at a solar electricity facility in...

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For Nader, Defiance Is a Way o...

Apr 13, 2015 by

For Nader, Defiance Is a Way of Life

[Translate] By Chris Hedges  TRUTHDIG   Then-presidential candidate Ralph Nader speaks to supporters in Waterbury, Conn., in 2008....

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Forests Can Soak Up a Third of...

Apr 11, 2015 by

Forests Can Soak Up a Third of Carbon Emissions

[Translate] TRUTHDIG By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network     Logging is a major factor in the serious loss of forest cover in...

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Climate change: why the Guardi...

Apr 10, 2015 by

Climate change: why the Guardian is putting threat to Earth front and centre

[Translate] CLIMATE CHANGE, KEEP IT IN THE GROUND! As global warming argument moves on to politics and business, Alan Rusbridger...

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Western Canada May Lose 70 Per...

Apr 8, 2015 by

Western Canada May Lose 70 Percent Of Its Glaciers By The End Of This Century

[Translate] by Natasha GeilingCLIMATE PROGRESS The Athabasca Glacier, North America’s most visited glacier, located in Alberta,...

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More Americans trust Fox News ...

Apr 5, 2015 by

More Americans trust Fox News than the government to tell them the truth about climate change

[Translate] Americans are extremely confused about where reliable information on global warming comes from Lindsay Abrams   SALON.COM...

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Long-Awaited ‘Jump’ In Global ...

Apr 3, 2015 by

Long-Awaited ‘Jump’ In Global Warming Now Appears ‘Imminent’

[Translate] Joel Romm – CLIMATE PROGRESS NASA temperature data dispel the myth of a recent slow-down in long-term warming...

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Antarctica Hits 63.5 Degrees a...

Apr 2, 2015 by

Antarctica Hits 63.5 Degrees as Mitch McConnell Vows to Sabotage Climate Pact

[Translate] What sort of wake-up call do the deniers need? By Pakalolo / Daily Kos   VIA ALTERNET   Photo Credit: American...

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Antarctica Recorded Its Hottes...

Mar 29, 2015 by

Antarctica Recorded Its Hottest Temperature Ever This Week

[Translate] by Ari Phillips CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock The coldest place on Earth just got warmer than has ever been...

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What’s a Good Journalist...

Mar 28, 2015 by

What’s a Good Journalist to Do?

[Translate]   William S. Becker Become a fanExecutive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project There is some welcome...

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Earth at Risk in New Epoch Rul...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Earth at Risk in New Epoch Ruled by Destructive Humans

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A nighttime image compiled from satellite data shows many...

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Seth Meyers Confronts Ted Cruz...

Mar 18, 2015 by

Seth Meyers Confronts Ted Cruz On Climate Change: ‘I Think The World’s On Fire, Literally’

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Screenshot/Late Night With Seth Meyers Despite his comments at a recent...

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Shrinkage: Arctic ponds are th...

Mar 16, 2015 by

Shrinkage: Arctic ponds are the new George Costanzas

[Translate] Travis By Suzanne JacobsIt’s official: Climate change is making the world’s water its bitch. We’ve got droughts, floods,...

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Science in an Age of Opinion

Mar 11, 2015 by

Science in an Age of Opinion

[Translate] Posted on Mar 11, online  2015 By John K. White, order Counterpunch  VIA TRUTHDIG criminalintent (CC BY-SA 2.0) This...

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Rate Of Climate Change To Soar...

Mar 10, 2015 by

Rate Of Climate Change To Soar By 2020s, With Arctic Warming 1°F Per Decade

[Translate] by Joe Romm   CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock New research from a major national lab projects that the rate of...

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