A pioneering activist and proponent of human-driven global warming says he has underestimated the severity of hot weather and drought plaguing much of the United States and other parts of the world in the past decade. James Hansen, who directs the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, says he failed in his 1980s research to […]
New Study Links Human Activity to Extreme Weather
Obama Calls for Developing Nations to Reduce Emissions
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will urge emerging economies to do more to address global warming at a high-level climate change conference later this month in Durban, South Africa. President Obama told reporters Wednesday during his visit to Australia that the Durban talks should result in reduced carbon emissions, but warned that […]
Obama Calls for Developing Nations to Reduce Emissions
U.S. President Barack Obama ways the United States will urge emerging economies to do more to address global warming at a high-level climate change conference later this month in Durban, South Africa. President Obama told reporters Wednesday during his visit to Australia that the Durban talks should result in reduced carbon emissions, but warned that […]
Study: Warming Oceans Causing Spread of Bacteria
A new European report says the warming oceans caused by climate change are leading to the spread of dangerous bacteria in the sea. The report to be presented Wednesday at a two-day global warming conference in Brussels predicts that millions of people may be exposed to contaminated food and water. They also could become sick […]