How climate change has accelerated beyond some of the grimmest warnings made in 1997. NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren responds in a letter to The News & Observer.
Column by Gwynne Dyer: Patching together an inadequate climate treaty at Copenhagen just to avoid the stigma of failure would repeat the mistake of 1997.
Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S $120 billion a year in health costs, mostly because of thousands of premature deaths from air pollution, the National Academy of Sciences reported Monday.
August 31, 2009 Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north By CHARLES J. HANLEY (AP) MACKENZIE RIVER DELTA, Northwest Territories — Only a squawk from a sandhill crane broke the Arctic silence — and a low gurgle of bubbles, a watery whisper of trouble repeated in countless spots …
An NCSU researcher reports on likely climate change effects on corn, soy, and cotton production. Too many high-temperature days drastically reduce production. Climate change projections predict lots more days with temps that reduce production.
