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Russian Spies Accused of Leaking Climate Emails

Kevin Spak — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:07:43 CST

The hackers behind the leaked climate change emails were none other than the Russian secret service, say higher-ups at the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Panel members say the hack was a sophisticated, professional operation, and note that the emails were originally leaked from a server in the Siberian...

UN Panel to Investigate Climate Emails

Kevin Spak — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:39:24 CST

The UN’s climate change panel says it will investigate the recently leaked e-mails from British climate scientists that have caused a conservative uproar. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change initially dismissed the "Climategate" emails, in which scientists from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit discuss ways to manipulate...

Sea Rise Estimates Double

Rob Quinn — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:57:36 CST

Accelerated melting of Antarctic ice is set to send sea levels rising double previous estimates, researchers warn. The seas will rise by 4.5 feet by the end of this century if temperatures continue climbing at the current rate, threatening coastal cities like New York and Shanghai, according to the...

West Eases Off Carbon Demands for China, India

Jason Farago — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:51:02 CDT

Industrialized nations backed away from long-term carbon cut demands on developing nations yesterday, in the hopes of reaching a deal at December's Copenhagen summit. The US and EU have pushed for a 50% reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050, but China and India refused to sign up, wary of...

Google Earth, Al Gore Detail Climate Change

Harry Kimball — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:41:38 CDT

Google—with the help of Al Gore—has introduced new “layers” to its Earth application that detail the possible effects of climate change in the next century. The Nobel laureate narrates an intro to a series of virtual tours that highlight terrifying scenarios and solutions. The upgrade allows users to...

Climate Change Already Causing Evolution

Jason Farago — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:39:00 CDT

Global warming is changing the face of the planet, and a key panel estimates that a quarter of the world's species will die out—but a few organisms are already evolving to survive in a hotter world. In the past few years Scottish sheep have become smaller, while species of...

Industry Muffled Own Scientists on Warming

Jason Farago — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:27:54 CDT

A coalition of industries linked to fossil fuels lobbied for more than a decade to cast doubt on global warming—while the companies' own scientists advised them that climate change was irrefutable, the New York Times reports. The Global Climate Coalition, financed by the oil, coal, and auto industries, conducted...

Fires Fuel Climate Change, More Fires

Rob Quinn — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:30:00 CDT

Climate change calculations have missed the blazingly obvious, according to a new report from a global group of scientists. They warn that forest fires—generally considered to be a part of natural cycles—are a key driver of climate change, releasing vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and creating...

Antarctica Speeds Into Trouble

Peter Fearon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:35:00 CST

Parts of Antarctica thought to be unaffected by global warming are in fact melting as the temperature of the oceans rises, and in parts of the continent, annual ice loss has jumped 140% in the past decade, new research shows. Satellite mapping shows change on a previously unimagined scale, reports...