By David Morris
AlterNet
January 9, 2007
George Monbiot's new book Heat picks up where Al Gore left off on global warming, offering real solutions without sugar-coating the large personal sacrifices they will require. More...
by Michael Astor
Associated Press
Dec. 29, 2006
Global warming could spell the end of the world’s largest remaining tropical rain forest, transforming the Amazon into a grassy savanna before end of the century, researchers said Friday.More...
by Nate Jenkins
Associated Press
Dec. 28, 2006
Scientists in Antarctica spent Christmas Day finishing work that may show the effects of global warming – drilling for clues about how massive ice sheets responded to past temperature changes.More...
by Jeff Barnard
Associated Press
Dec. 26, 2006
Using fire scars on nearly 5,000 tree stumps dating back 450 years, scientists have found that extended periods of major wildfires in the West occurred when the North Atlantic Ocean was going through periodic warming. More...
by Gavin Rabinowitz
Associated Press
Dec. 21, 2006
A joint Indian-Chinese team plans to chart remote Himalayan glaciers that scientists fear are rapidly melting because of global warming, threatening the great rivers that give life to one of South Asia’s most fertile regions.More...
by Laura Kurtzman
Associated Press
Dec. 16, 2006
The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.More...
by Charles J. Hanley
Associated Press
Dec. 16, 2006
Rivers of ice at the Equator – foretold in the 2nd century, found in the 19th – are now melting away in this new century, returning to the realm of lore and fading photographs.More...
by Alicia Chang
Associated Press
Dec. 14, 2006
Former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday there was a “temptation” to suppress scientific findings that don’t agree with policy and urged scientists to take a more active role in communicating research with the public. More...
by Charles J. Hanley
Associated Press
At Jinja pier the rusty red hull of a Lake Victoria freighter sat barely afloat in water just six feet deep – and dropping. More...