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In recent years, scientists who work for and advise the federal government have seen their work manipulated, suppressed, distorted, while agencies have systematically limited public and policy maker access to critical scientific information. To document th ...>>

World Meteorological Organization's 4 pages press release No. 768 from December 14th summarizes year 2006 and counts reords. Averaged separately for both hemispheres, 2006 surface temperatures for the northern hemisphere (0.58°C above 30-year mean of 14.6 ...>>

This McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) and McKinsey's Global Energy and Materials (GEM) perspective aims to increment the understanding of global energy demand. The main finding is that, even with growing demands, there are sufficient opportunities for energy ...>>

The Swiss National Weather Service, MeteoSwiss, announces autumn 2006 as warmest on record. Previous high in 1987 was beaten by 1°C and the average temperature by 2°C to 3°C. Systematic annual meteorological measurements in Switzerland were first car ...>>

24 November 2006, Sir Nicholas Stern, the Head of the Government Economic Service and adviser to the British Government on the economics of climate change and development, spoke at the British Embassy on “The Economics of Climate Change”. His presentati ...>>

Climate change is a process which impacts species, eco-systems and biodiversity. Many species already adapted to higher temperatures and changed the length, timing and location of their migration routes. Some species, like green turtles, are suffering highe ...>>

Since 1873 the temperature of the North Sea is measured, but the length of current warm period is unique. With an average of 0.13°C every year temperature rises, 1.7 degree since 1993. Fishes and mussels adapt to changed conditions and move from Bay of Bi ...>>

The US Energy Information Administration published yesterday the numbers on the greenhose gas emissions from 2005. The 'good' news is the emissions 'Growth Lower than Average in 2005'. Quoted from press release: Total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...>>

The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) promotes systematic and reliable observations of the global atmospheric environment. The Environment Division of WMO's Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme ...>>

The Chancellor Gordon Brown asked Sir Nick Stern to lead a major review on the financial implications of Climate Change, to understand the nature of the economic challenges and how they can be met. "The Stern review has done a crucial job. It has demolished ...>>

This report from the European Environment Agency contains a compilation and analysis of past and projected greenhouse gas emissions from EU Member States and other EEA member countries. It is based on data and related information submitted by 33 countries ...>>

As one of the UK's leading relief and development agencies Tearfund tackles the causes and effects of poverty. Recent report with a foreword from Sir John Houghton highlights two key points:   Climate change jeopardises water supply for mil ...>>

Using nine different climate models a research team focussed not the averages, but the extremes. Lead author Claudia Tebaldi and colleagues computed 10 different indices of climate extremes, with 5 related to temperature and 5 to moisture. For all three gr ...>>

The Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA) is a collaboration between the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and a team of independent experts. Counted as nation the Northeast represents the world's seventh largest source of CO2 emmisions. On the ot ...>>

US President Bush, who leaves office in January 2009, is facing elections for the Senate and House in November 2006. Latest opinon polls state that about 70% of US citizens feel that global warming is happening. So, is it time for an u-turn? The U.S. ...>>

Drosophila are small flies found all around the world. Most of them like warm conditions and others your fruit bowl. The european specie Drosophila Subobscura invaded the Pacific Coast of Chile 1978 probably using fruit cargo ships. In North America they a ...>>

A new research, led by Dr Annette Menzel from the Technical University Munich in Germany and Dr Tim Sparks of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire focused on phenology - the timing of natural events. The analysis of 125,000 rec ...>>

The Climate Group, an independent, international operating nonprofit organization hightlights companies, countries, cities and regions in a report (summary) with a success story about reducing carbon emissions and gaining more profit or reducing costs. Hop ...>>