IPCC Says Essential Actions Needed to Reduce Risks of Changing Climate Extremes
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approved on Friday (18 Nov 2011) a report on preparing for weather and climate extremes. The report’s summary warns that a changing climate “can...
View ArticleVideo and Transcript: Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Al Franken Team Up for...
Yesterday evening (14 December 2011) Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Al Franken (Democrat, Minnesota) spent an hour on the floor of the U.S. Senate repudiating climate change...
View ArticleArctic Temperatures Continue Rapid Rise as 2011 Breaks Record Set in 2010
NASA yesterday (19 January 2012) released data showing that last year temperatures in the Arctic rose beyond the record established in 2010 -- setting a new record for 2011. News of the record Arctic...
View ArticleInternational Panel Highlights “Climate Resilient Cities,” as Communities...
“In an increasingly urbanized world, global sustainability in the context of a changing climate will depend on achieving sustainable and climate resilient cities,” the Intergovernmental Panel on...
View ArticleResearchers Release Major Draft Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the...
The Southwest Climate Alliance released today a review draft of the Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States. It is the first major regional climate assessment of the Southwest in...
View ArticleScience Museum's Climate Change Photo Challenge
Do you have a good photo illustrating some action your community is taking to prepare for changing weather patterns, rising sea levels or other emerging impacts of climate change? How about a photo...
View ArticleGreat Lakes Climate Symposium 2012
Event Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 (All day) Event Location: Ann Arbor, MI Learn about the latest research on climate change in the Great Lakes region from a team of researchers that contributed a...
View ArticleWWF’s Science for Nature Seminar with Katharine Hayhoe: The Facts are Not...
Event Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012 (All day) Event Location: WWF, 1250 24th St NW, Washington, D.C Mounting scientific evidence documents the emerging consequences and future risks of climate...
View ArticleTalkin' on Turkey Day: A Thanksgiving Climate Pledge
We think of Thanksgiving as an eating holiday, but it really is a "talking holiday" when we slow down and spend the day in conversation. When the conversation turns to the weather, consider talking...
View Article2012: The Year Climate Change Got Real for Americans (Video)
In the latest in his “Climate Denial Crock of the Week" video series, Peter Sinclair provides an overview of the climate extremes in 2012 that battered the U.S. The conditions have helped shift public...
View ArticleIconic Image: Longest-Running Measurement of Atmospheric CO2 Rises to Highest...
Over the last week, both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California, San Diego) reported that the daily average...
View ArticleVideo: Extreme weather patterns and the possible role of climate change
Face the Nation (CBS) today (26 May 2013) features WFOR's Chief Meteorologist David Bernard, Climate Central's Chief Climatologist Heidi Cullen, TIME Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger and American...
View ArticleEvent on 6 June 2013: "Going to Extremes: The Alarming Science Behind Climate...
Join us for a joint Climate Desk Live and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) event moderated by Chris Mooney featuring Stu Ostro, Senior Director of Weather Communications at the Weather Channel; and Jennifer...
View ArticleOur Collision Course with Climate Change: a "10" on the Torino scale
Today (31 May 2013), Asteroid 1998 QE2 will come within 3.6 million miles of the earth, making it a “0” (No Hazard) on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale. And what is a 10 on the Torino scale? That...
View ArticleWWF Climate Blog Has Moved to New Location
The WWF climate blog now is located at a different Web address: worldwildlife.org/blogs/wwf-climate-blog. All posts since May 2013 are at that location, while older posts will remain archived on this...
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