Warming Climate May Cut Cloud Cover

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 2, 2014 One of the great unknowns of climate science is what effect clouds have in accelerating or slowing warming. A new study sheds a disturbing light on their possible impact. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Right Wingers Spend Big to Deny Climate Science

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 22, 2013 Conservative influence groups may have spent as much as $1 billion a year in a campaign to reject science and stymie action on climate change, a gigantic study into the effort shows. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Local Climate Predictions Are Elusive

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 6, 2013 Scientists say that while they can confidently predict big climate changes, more detailed and local forecasts remain uncertain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Plant Growth Surges as CO2 Levels Rise

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 4, 2013 New study predicts a big jump in foliage growth in arid regions as carbon dioxide levels increase. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Power to Act on Warming

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 26, 2013 The test of President Obama's seriousness about addressing climate change is not his pending decision on the much-debated Keystone XL pipeline. It's whether he effectively consigns coal-fired power plants -- one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions -- to the ashcan of history. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rubio Not Convinced on Climate Change, Fox News Goes After Hillary, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 7, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the death of the Virginia GOP's gerrymandering scheme and a Republican lawmaker in Idaho who wants to make Ayn Rand required reading in high school. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Only ‘Corrupt’ Scientists Believe in Climate Change, Fox News Host Claims

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 6, 2013 Studies have shown nearly all climatologists support the science of global warming. But don't try telling that to Brian Kilmeade, who has never let facts get in the way of his opinions and beliefs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Beautiful Foolish Arm

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The Myth of Human Progress

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 14, 2013 The mounting distortions of climate change and the rapid depletion of natural resources have done little to blunt the self-destructive notion of ceaseless expansion The road we are on points toward human extinction. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Is It Hot Enough for You?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 11, 2013 All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and the second-craziest weather, since record-keeping began? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Brief History of Climate Science

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 24, 2012 In 300 B.C., a student of Aristotle observed that humans could change regional temperatures by draining marshes and clearing forests. More than 2,000 years later, a Swede quantified carbon’s role in keeping the planet warm. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The World Bank’s Dire Report and Warning on Climate Change

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 19, 2012 The entire planet will be hurt by climate change, but a bleak new report says some of the poorest countries will feel its effects the most. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )