161. Global Warming - Climate Change - Academic Info Academic Info global warming Climate Change Directory of Online Resources Home Search Index Contact Test Prep Degree Programs Student Center http://www.academicinfo.net/environstwarming.html

Academic Info Home Search Index Contact ... Environmental Studies Climate Change Atmospheric Sciences Climate Change Climate of 2002 Annual Review "Global temperatures in 2002 were 0.56°C (1.01°F)* above the long-term (1880-2001) average**, which places 2002 as the second warmest year on record." - NOAA National Climate Data Center Canada Ratifies Kyoto Protocol (December 17, 2002) Johannesburg Summit 2002 (26 August - 4 September 2002) The World Summit on Sustainable Development Sections include: Live Webcast ; News ; Basic Info ; What's New ; Calendar ; Preparatory Process ; Documents ; Major Groups ; Media Info ; Links. Start with: BBC News : Climate Change A good overview - includes: Key Stories, Hague Conference, Analysis, Case Studies Global Warming - Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001. " The committee was made up of 11 of the nation's top climate scientists, including seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, one of whom is a Nobel Prize winner."

162. How Global Warming May Cause The Next Ice Age Published on Friday, January 30, 2004 by CommonDreams.org. How global warming May Cause the Next Ice Age by Thom Hartmann. While http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-11.htm

Home Newswire About Us Donate ... Archives Featured Views Printer Friendly Version E-Mail This Article Published on Friday, January 30, 2004 by CommonDreams.org How Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age... by Thom Hartmann While global warming is being officially ignored by the political arm of the Bush administration, and Al Gore's recent conference on the topic during one of the coldest days of recent years provided joke fodder for conservative talk show hosts, the citizens of Europe and the Pentagon are taking a new look at the greatest danger such climate change could produce for the northern hemisphere - a sudden shift into a new ice age. What they're finding is not at all comforting. In quick summary, if enough cold, fresh water coming from the melting polar ice caps and the melting glaciers of Greenland flows into the northern Atlantic, it will shut down the Gulf Stream, which keeps Europe and northeastern North America warm. The worst-case scenario would be a full-blown return of the last ice age - in a period as short as 2 to 3 years from its onset - and the mid-case scenario would be a period like the "little ice age" of a few centuries ago that disrupted worldwide weather patterns leading to extremely harsh winters, droughts, worldwide desertification, crop failures, and wars around the world. Here's how it works.

163. Global Warming Boosting Tropical Reefs?: Rising Sea Temperature Expands Range Of global warming boosting tropical reefs? Little is known about the reaction of tropical species to global warming. © Alamy. global warming might not be all bad. http://www.nature.com/nsu/031103/031103-2.html

updated at midnight GMT search nature science update advanced search Geological Society of America Meeting, Seattle, November 2003 Global warming boosting tropical reefs? Rising sea temperature expands range of Caribbean coral. 4 November 2003 BETSY MASON Little is known about the reaction of tropical species to global warming Global warming might not be all bad. Some corals are flourishing, heard this week's annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Seattle, Washington. In 1998, live samples of the coral were found near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and in 2002 in the northern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas. Similar northward expansions have been spotted in Pacific corals. "The silver lining in the cloud is that there are these bright spots where some corals aren't going to go extinct and might even expand," Precht told the meeting. Global warming's impact on plants and animals at middle and high latitudes is well documented. Here temperature gains have been greatest and there have been northward range shifts and changes in the timing of migrations and blooms. Much less is known about the reaction of tropical species. And for corals, most of the news has been bad. Warmer waters are thought to boost diseases and cause bleaching - the release of algae that are crucial to the coral's survival.

164. The Marshall Institute - A Guide To Global Warming - Questions And Answers On Cl Questions and answers to basic global warming questions, from the George C. Marshall Institute. http://www.marshall.org/article.php?id=67

165. Climate Change - Cool Kids For A Cool Climate Explanation of global warming, causes and effects, kids' stories, ways to take action, links, and news. http://www.coolkidsforacoolclimate.com

Cool Kids For A Cool Climate C limate Change is the biggest threat to face our planet - even the Pentagon say that the consequences of climate change are a big threat to US security. The Kyoto Protocol is an attempt by world governments to tackle global warming, to reduce the greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. However, many governments, including two of the biggest USA and Russia refuse to sign Kyoto and many of those who have signed are doing little to meet their commitments. So, if our governments are doing nothing, it is down to us, kids and adults, to do what we can to reduce our own impact on climate change. Reduce the greenhouses gases that our lifestyles produce and t ake part in the Cool Kids Tree Planting Project and help us green the industrial scars of South Yorkshire. The first Cool Kids trees of the season were planted at Kingstone School , Barnsley on 2nd December with the help of money donated by Childnet "The global fight against climate change is a vast undertaking that will require sustained global citizenship and vision for decades."

166. SUSTAINING The ENVIRONMENT And RESOURCES For CANADIANS - Build On Present; Secur Portal to information about climate and weather; how the atmosphere is affected by greenhouse gases and transport and industry emissions; issues of climate change (global warming), severe weather and smog. Provided by the Canadian government. http://www.environmentandresources.ca/default.asp?lang=En&nav=l1-5-0xl2-0-0x

167. Global Warming An indepth report on the scientific, social, economic, and political issues surrounding climate change. http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8620/warm1.html

Overview The earth’s atmosphere functions similarly to the walls and roof of a greenhouse, allowing sunlight to enter, but preventing heat from escaping. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and heats the earth’s surface. The earth gives off heat energy, in the form of infrared radiation, that travels back toward the atmosphere. Instead of going into space, some of the infrared radiation is trapped by “greenhouse gases.” The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and ozone. The gases send infrared radiation back to the earth’s surface. Around the mid-1800’s, with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide levels began increasing. The carbon dioxide concentration has risen sharply since then – from 280 parts per million before the Industrial Revolution to 360 ppm, the current concentration, or about a 25 percent increase. The methane concentration has risen about 150 percent. The increases are mainly a result of the burning of fossil fuels and the clearing of forests. The average global temperature has risen about 1 degree Celsius since the late 1800’s. Though it has not been proven that there is a relationship between greenhouse gas levels and the surface temperature, it is likely that the relationship exists. Scientists believe that if we wait until the 2100’s when we can more accurately model climate changes, it will be too late to change the severe impacts of climate change. Scientists have predicted that by 2050, the atmospheric carbon dioxide level will be twice the preindustrial levels. Ice core samples from Greenland and Antarctica provide information about the earth’s climate for the last 160,000 years. The ice core samples show that the average global temperature has closely reflected the carbon dioxide concentration, supporting the theory of global warming.

168. Global Climate Coalition Is The Voice Of Business And Industry On Global Warming Lobby group formed in 1989 to provide a voice for industry and in particular the oil industry - in the debate on climate change and global warming. Seeks to discredit human-induced climate change theories and argue against CO2 reduction. http://www.globalclimate.org/

The Global Climate Coalition has been deactivated.  The industry voice on climate change has served its purpose by contributing to a new national approach to global warming.     The Bush administration will soon announce a climate policy that is expected to rely on the development of new technologies to reduce greenhouse emissions, a concept strongly supported by the GCC.     The coalition also opposed Senate ratification of the Kyoto Protocol that would assign such stringent targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions that economic growth in the U. S. would be severely hampered and energy prices for consumers would skyrocket. The GCC also opposed the treaty because it does not require the largest developing countries to make cuts in their emissions.    At this point, both Congress and the Administration agree that the U.S. should not accept the mandatory cuts in emissions required by the protocol.  NEWS Ministry eyes ‘super’ ships to help cut CO2 emissions TOKYO

169. One World Journeys | Mercury Rising: Bearing Witness To Climate Change A photodocumentary production about Earth's response to global warming. Includes a 12-day web expedition in Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud forest, the location of important climate change studies. http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/expeditions/climate/

Discover the Potential Changes Related to Global Warming Take an Expedition to the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica Join the One World Journeys team, including environmental photographer Gary Braasch, journalist Bill Dietrich, field technician Toby Malina and digital photographer Denise Rocco on a photo-documentary expedition to get a glimpse at Earth's response to global warming. During a 10-day webcast, follow the team deep into the beautiful Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica to discover what ecologists and scientists are learning about plants and animals and potential changes related to global warming. Mercury Rising: Bearing Witness to Climate Change opens our eyes to what many of us have have wondered about and observed: warmer winters, longer summers and stronger storms. Now learn what science and photographic records from around the world are saying about global warming. Our planet is getting hotter and nature is sending us a message. Take the journey now! About the Producers FusionSpark Media, Inc.

170. Health Issues Monthly - Society's Guide To Health Related Issues Health related issues including global warming, alternative healing, cancer related, food, and nutrition. http://www.healthissuesmonthly.com/

New Featured Article Global Warming Alternative Healing Cancer Related ... Health Issues Monthly Welcome to Health Issues Monthly. This is a free website updated each and every month with health related issues that most impact our society today. We feel it's important to speak out on the many issues directly effecting the health in this country compared to others around the world and beyond. Each and every month we will have different topic and conclusions from our expert panel that will hopefully help you or someone you know by arming them with powerful information they may someday need. Why is health care on the rise? Inflation? Hardly. Health Care on all fronts is up over 500% compared to 6 years ago. Hard working men and women can't afford this rise of epedemic proportions especially since the same health care in Canada is 70% less than in America. As a matter of fact, there are more MRI machines in the state of Wisconsin than in the entire country of Canada. A little strange isn't it. Prescription Drugs. Can we afford it?

171. EPA : EPA Global Warming Site Focuses on the science and impacts of global warming or climate change, and on actions by governments, corporations, and individuals that help address global warming issues. Features include climate change related news, events, publications, reports, presentations, and links to other sites. http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html

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172. Public Interest Research Group Global Warming global warming FAQ sheet, email petition to the U.S. President, various reports and information to other resources. http://www.pirg.org/enviro/global_w/index.htm

173. Interview Wired News warming to a global Movement http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/16777.html

174. CNN.com - Bush To Talk Greenhouse Gases With European Leaders - June 6, 2001 CNN http://cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/06/bush.global.warming/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe set your edition Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Bush to talk greenhouse gases with European leaders BEDFORD, Virginia (CNN) - White House officials say President Bush will take time during a trip to Europe next week to outline new ideas for an international effort to reduce the greenhouse gases many scientists blame for global warming. The officials say the recommendations are still in draft form, but were discussed with the president Tuesday at a meeting of top energy, environment and national security advisers. Japan and many European allies have criticized the Bush administration's opposition to the Kyoto treaty on global warming. Mr. Bush has said going as far back as the 2000 presidential campaign that he views the treaty as unworkable for many reasons, including the exemptions it would give to developing nations. One proposal before senior administration officials calls for a voluntary system that would set targets for reducing emissions and offer incentives to industries that meet or exceed the targets. Companies that exceed their limits could purchase credits from industries that are well below the targets, as long as their overall targets are met. The issue is certain to be a major point of discussion during the president's trip to Europe there have already been protests in his first stop, Spain, that have criticized the administration for denouncing the Kyoto treaty.

175. The Woods Hole Research Center - Research And Policy In Global Ecology Addresses the great issues of environment through scientific research and education and through applications of science in public affairs. Focus is on climate change and the warming of the earth, as well as global forests because of their controlling influence on climate. http://www.whrc.org

176. CNN - Global-warming Warnings Are More Than Hot Air - February 1, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/02/01/global.warming.enn/index.html

[an error occurred while processing this directive] MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. LOCAL ... daily almanac MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. Enter your address: document.write(' '); Or: Get a free e-mail account E-MAIL DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: AsiaNow Svenska Norge Danmark ... Italian FASTER ACCESS: europe japan TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: more networks transcripts SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: Global-warming warnings are more than hot air Scientists say the surface temperature of Earth rose about 0.7 to 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the past century. February 1, 2000 Web posted at: 10:37 AM EST (1537 GMT) By Environmental News Network staff Despite contradictory temperature readings taken from the air, surface global warming is a fact of 21st century life, a panel of atmospheric scientists concludes in a National Research Council report. "The difference between surface and upper-air trends in no way invalidates the conclusion that the Earth's temperature is rising," said John Wallace, chairman of the panel and a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington. MESSAGE BOARD Global climate The panel did not say whether human activities such as fossil-fuel burning contribute to the warming. "The task of establishing causality is much more difficult than reaffirming the reality of the warming," said Wallace.

177. CNN.com - Bush Offers Alternative Environmental Plan - June 11, 2001 CNN http://cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/11/bush.global.warming/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe set your edition Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Bush offers alternative environmental plan WASHINGTON (CNN) Hours before departing Monday for Europe, President Bush promised increased environmental research and commitment from the United States in response to the "unrealistic" goals set by the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. "I am today committing the United States of America to work within the United Nations framework and elsewhere to develop, with our friends and allies and nations throughout the world, an effective and science-based response to the issue of global warming," Bush announced from the Rose Garden of the White House. As Bush begins his six-day, five-nation tour of Europe, he faces international criticism for his objection to the Kyoto agreement. Monday, Bush called for a "100 percent effort" from the United States and the rest of the world to curb greenhouse gas emissions. "The rest of the world emits 80 percent of all greenhouse gases, and many of those emissions come from developing countries," he said.

178. CNN.com - Bush Global-warming Plan Draws Heated Response - February 14, 2002 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/02/14/bush.global.warming.reax/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Bush global-warming plan draws heated response Jeffords: 'Like delivering the final divorce papers' WASHINGTON (CNN) In a Valentine's Day message to the White House, the Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee called President Bush's plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions "A love letter to the status quo and the polluting past." Sen. Jim Jeffords, an independent of Vermont, said real reductions of carbon dioxide emissions "appear to have completely fallen off the table" in the president's climate change policy. "Today's new climate policy is like delivering the final divorce papers to the public and the world," Jeffords said. "And it is divorced from the reality of global warming." RESOURCES Kyoto Protocol MORE STORIES A Scripps Institution oceanographer says rising temperatures in the Southern Ocean could mean profound effects in climate change.

179. Bush Climate Change Programs Fuel Dispute CNN http://cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/28/global.warming.bush.ap/index.html

180. CNN.com - EPA Praises Voluntary Emissions Reduction - February 20, 2002 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/02/20/global.warming/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 EPA praises voluntary emissions reduction From Brad Wright CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) The Bush administration Wednesday put a spotlight on 11 companies which are cutting emissions voluntarily, even as critics said the administration is not doing enough to cut back on emissions believed to be warming the earth's atmosphere. Steelmakers, electric utilities, producers of household cleaners and brewers were among the firms honored by the Environmental Protection Agency for voluntary efforts in cutting greenhouse gases, believed to cause global warming. Most important, according to administration officials: the firms were doing it their way. Last week, Sens. Jim Jeffords, I-Vermont, and Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, criticized the administration's policy because it does not require the companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Bush administration responded that market incentives, rather than mandatory standards, would be more effective because they would induce companies to voluntarily reduce greenhouse emissions.

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