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Team Plots 'Fake Volcano' to Cool Planet

Rob Quinn — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:11:00 CDT

Volcanic eruptions cool the planet by injecting particles into the stratosphere that reflect the sun's rays, so could an artificial volcano counter global warming? A British scientific team is aiming to find out in what may be the biggest geo-engineering experiment ever conducted, the Guardian reports. The team plans to...

This Is Global Warming —Get Used to It

Rob Quinn — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:26:05 CST

The northeastern US is being clobbered by snowstorm after snowstorm, and while it may not look very warm out there, global warming is the likely culprit, physicist Michio Kaku writes at CNN . Moisture in the air has a lot more to do with the amount of snow dumped than temperature...

Scientists Predict Extreme US Drought by 2030s

Rob Quinn — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:13:44 CDT

The US and much of the western hemisphere are likely to face drought conditions worse than anything seen in modern times over the decades to come, scientists warn. National Center for Atmospheric Research scientists, working with climate models and greenhouse gas predictions, believe that severe drought will affect areas including...

Where's All the Climate-Change Finger-Pointing?

Sam Gale Rosen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:48:04 CDT

With the recent rash of severe and terrifying weather events, Treehugger notes a distinct lack of environmentalists pointing to the changes as evidence of global warming. The green site gives five reasons for the absence, starting with the fact that it's no fun to say "I told you so." The...

Scientists ID Catastrophic Climate Change 'Tipping Zones'

Rob Quinn — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:34:06 CST

Scientists have identified nine danger zones where global warming could be pushed past the point of no return within years, the Independent reports. The scenarios include the melting of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic, the collapse of the Indian and West African monsoons, and the death of forests in...

Scorching '07 Sets New Global Record

Peter Fearon — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:02:12 CST

Last year was the hottest on record for global land masses, with temperatures almost 2 degrees warmer than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Scorching heat waves socked Asia, Europe and the USA, where 2,000 daily temperature peaks were busted. It's an undeniable trend with seven...