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Arctic passes 400 parts per million milestone

The world’s air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant.
Monitoring stations across the Arctic this [...]

Seth Borenstein (Associated Press | June 1, 2012)

Study accuses corporations of hypocrisy on climate change

Some major U.S. corporations that support climate science in their public relations materials actively work to derail regulations and laws addressing global warming through lobbying, [...]

Neela Banerjee (Los Angeles Times | June 1, 2012)

Seagrass stores more carbon than forests – study

Coastal seagrass can store more heat-trapping carbon per square mile (kilmometre) than forests can, which means these coastal plants could be part of the solution [...]

Deborah Zabarenko (Reuters | May 23, 2012)

Heat-Related U.S. Deaths Projected to Rise

Heat-Related U.S. Deaths Projected to Rise 150,000 by Century’s End Due to Climate Change
NRDC’s “Killer Summer Heat” Report Estimates Heat Death in Top 40 Cities
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Staff (NRDC | May 23, 2012)

Climate deal milestones should be set this year: U.N.

Countries which agreed to sign a deal in 2015 to cut greenhouse gas emissions should set milestones this year to ensure the necessary work is [...]

Nina Chestney (Reuters | May 17, 2012)

Most mammals won’t flee climate change fast enough

As the climate changes over the next century, the ranges of nearly 90 percent of mammal species will shrink — in many cases because animals [...]

Emily Sohn (MSNBC | May 15, 2012)

Game Over for the Climate

Global warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling [...]

James Hansen (The New York Times | May 10, 2012)

Did gassy dinosaurs cause global warming?

Dinosaurs’ gassy guts may have contributed to global warming tens of millions of years ago, according to a new study that finds a group of [...]

Amina Khan (Los Angeles Times | May 9, 2012)

Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts

Industry giants say their case is misguided. But that isn’t stopping a group of high school students from using the legal system to make environmental [...]

Katherine Ellison (The Atlantic | May 9, 2012)

New Antarctic ice shelf threatened by warming

Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century that will accelerate rising sea levels.
The Filchner-Ronne [...]

Chris Wickham (Reuters | May 9, 2012)