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As global warming looms, concerns abound over where human civilization will get the energy it needs to thrive without destroying the planet. Do we have to embrace nuclear power once and for all if we're going to make it as a species? What will the... Read more
Posted by Michael Reilly Fri Feb 5, 2010 02:12 PM ET | 0
Submitted by guest blogger Debbie Salamone of the Pew Campaign to End Overfishing in the Southeast. Polar bears won’t be the only ones paying the price as the Arctic melts. The economic impact of losing the Arctic’s climate-cooling services could ... Read more
Posted by John D. Cox Fri Feb 5, 2010 02:00 PM ET | 0
There are places around the Concord woods near Walden Pond that the naturalist Henry David Thoreau probably would not recognize. As climate has warmed in the northeastern U.S., many of the native plants that flourished 150 years ago have been ... Read more
Posted Wed Feb 3, 2010 09:51 AM ET | 0
Trees are growing faster as the climate warms, but ducks may be in worse shape as wetlands dry up. Read more
Posted by Larry O'Hanlon Wed Feb 3, 2010 07:00 AM ET | 0
Island nations could soon drown underneath rising tides, but their people and their governments may endure. Read more
Posted by John D. Cox Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:45 PM ET | 0
The global temperature record of the decade just ended -- the warmest on record -- is not really what a lot of climate scientists would have expected. What many of the experts want to know is, why wasn't it warmer? ... Read more
Posted Fri Jan 29, 2010 06:21 AM ET | 0
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden blames the U.S. and other industrialized countries for global warming, according to a new audiotape released Friday. Read more
Posted by Michael Reilly Thu Jan 28, 2010 03:14 PM ET | 0
If you've ever lived in a city, near a city, or been on the roof of a city building in the summer, you know the urban jungle gets hot as hell. Growing up on Long Island, it wasn't uncommon for ... Read more
Posted by John D. Cox Thu Jan 28, 2010 02:00 PM ET | 0
Scientific differences over the effect of global warming on hurricanes in the North Atlantic are being resolved, but the news is not so good. While a warming climate is likely to produce fewer hurricanes, more researchers agree now that the ... Read more
Posted by Larry O'Hanlon Thu Jan 28, 2010 06:45 AM ET | 0
Cave formations in New Mexico and China offer clues to how climate change will affect global rainfall. Read more
Posted by Larry O'Hanlon Wed Jan 27, 2010 07:00 AM ET | 0
Mountain climbers, take notice: You may need to take a few more steps to make it to the top. Read more
Posted by Michael Reilly Tue Jan 26, 2010 04:31 PM ET | 0
Over the past couple of years, the global economy has been in rough shape, no doubt. But as we start to pull ourselves out of this slump, have have to ask ourselves: is it a good thing to resume growing? ... Read more
Posted Fri Jan 22, 2010 08:57 AM ET | 0
There's no doubt it is getting warmer, plus 2009 clocked in as the second warmest year ever recorded. Read more
Posted by Emily Sohn Thu Jan 21, 2010 04:09 AM ET | 0
The things we do to tend to our lawns produce four times as much carbon dioxide as a lawn can soak in. Read more
Posted Wed Jan 20, 2010 05:34 AM ET | 0
U.N. climate experts say one part of a 2007 report on climate change was not backed by science. Read more
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