Published: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 18:04 in Earth & Climate Medical and military leaders have come together today to warn that climate change not only spells a global health catastrophe, but also threatens global stability and security. "Climate...

by Michael A. Livermore. In a recent House Energy and Commerce Committee climate hearing, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) jokingly asked if some of his fellow colleagues were going to overturn the law of gravity, “sending us floating about the room...

CARDIFF / NOTTINGHAM (UK) — When bad weather hits home, concerns about climate change increase—as does the willingness to engage in energy-saving behaviors. In particular, members of the British public are more prepared to take personal action and ...

by Janet Ritz The world changes so fast, it's difficult to see it in context. Scientists watch from a mathematical point of view, points on a graph, comparative analyses, blips on radar from sensors slapped on the bows of ships.  Dry bi...

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(University of California - San Diego) Scripps researchers document the history of sudden global warming events, impacts on marine life

by Jess Zimmerman. If we had any evidence that Republican House members were capable of feeling shame, we’d expect them to be so red right now. Mother Jones reports that one of the items on the GOP’s budgetary chopping block is ... ...

TEXAS A&M (US) — Changing global climate due to ongoing warming will present national and homeland security challenges requiring the U.S. military to adopt new ways of doing business worldwide. A new report, issued by the National Research Counci...

by Frank Ackerman. Where and how will climate change first affect large numbers of American voters? Answering that question may be crucial to the global efforts to protect the Earth’s climate. The tsunami of stupidity and science denial th...

Data that scientists have extracted from ice cores in places like Greenland have provided some of the most compelling evidence that the climate is rapidly warming. But it's not a widely understood concept, simple as the fundamentals of the process ar...

(University of Washington) On an isolated segment of islands in the Pacific Ring of Fire, residents endure volcanoes, tsunamis, dense fog, steep cliffs and long and chilly winters. Ben Fitzhugh, from the University of Washington, studies the history of...

By Sara Peach, The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media In 1989, cartoonist Matt Groening told a reporter that his new television show, “The Simpsons,” would tackle the serious subjects in life. “It always amazes me how few cartoonists in ...

Photo: Heat USA We're already well aware that the American Southwest, which is naturally hot and dry, is seriously strapped for water. And the situation is getting worse every day, with populations in California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico conti...

by Dave Hawkins. Cross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Barry Goldwater famously said, “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” Maybe so, but extremism in the defense of fantasy is a tougher sell. Still, th...

by Eban Goodstein. Arctic sea ice extent averaged over Januray 2011 its lowest recorded levels since satellite records began in 1979. It was 19,300 square miles below the record low of 5.25 million square miles, set in 2006, and 490,000 square...

(Weizmann Institute of Science) A new source of climate records is as close as the nearest university library: Back issues of magazines reveal the rise in atmospheric CO2 from burning fossil fuels.

by Mark Hertsgaard. This post is adapted from Hertsgaard’s new book Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. If you’re a Seattleite, come meet Hertsgaard at a Grist Happy Hour and see him talk about the book at Town Hal...

CALTECH (US) — New evidence supports the idea that a mass extinction 450 million years ago was linked to a cooling climate. More than 75 percent of marine species died during the extinction, the second-largest such event in Earth’s history. ...

by Holly Richmond. TreeShagger is now the official name of our green dating column, as it trounced Treefucker in last week’s poll. Thanks to everyone who voted! If you’ve got green dating questions, send ‘em our way. You know ...

photo: Boris Johnson/Creative Commons Some more on the both simple and complex situation of Himalayan glaciers in a warming world: A new piece in Reuters fits in well with what TreeHugger has reported on a number of occasions, while the overall t... ...

(Wiley-Blackwell) From the building of vast dams to conquering space, science has always taken human beings to the height of their ambition. Now, faced with a globally changing climate could Geoengineering provide an audacious solution? A special secti...

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Decreases in the Earth’s snow and ice cover have exacerbated global warming more than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed satellite data showing snow and ice during the past three decades in the...

Researchers have discovered that our changing climate is having a detrimental effect on conventional milk quality, but organic milk is proving consistently better for you regardless of the time of year or weather conditions.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization was forced to have emergency meetings to evaluate growing food concerns. They blame extreme weather as one of the major factors for shortages.

BOULDER—The magnitude of climate change during Earth’s deep past suggests that future temperatures may eventually rise far more than projected if society continues its pace of emitting greenhouse gases, a new analysis concludes. The study, by Na...

It's good to brush up on the basics once in a while -- especially when political and ideological arguments have consumed the public narrative on climate change. It's important to understand the scientific reasons addressing climate change is so urgen...

Cold air sweeping southwards behind the fierce snowstorm that roared through the Upper Midwest over the weekend is bringing record low temperatures over much of the Southeast this morning. However, preliminary indications are that Central Florida's ora...

Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah recently demonstrated her eco chops as “Connector of the Day” on Connect the World — a CNN series that takes viewers on a journey across continents and into the stories that are changing the world. Hannah appeared on the show via Cancun, Mexico where ...

The diminished number of political figures is contrasted by the growing participation of the business community which is speaking in stronger terms than ever before about the need to find real solutions to human-induced climate change.

The Cancun climate summit is officially known as a "Conference of Parties" -- a meeting of representatives of countries which signed up to the 1992...