Australian Parties Sidetrack CO2 Threat

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Sep 7, 2013 Australians' concerns about climate change have been sidetracked by the two major parties in the bruising campaign that has led up to the federal elections. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

2°C Climate Target ‘Is Half What’s Needed’

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 5, 2013 Swiss scientists say attempts to stop the rise in global average temperature exceeding 2°C over preindustrial levels are far too timid. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Lovely as a Tree

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Jun 2, 2013 Dig deeper

Doha Climate Talks Roundup

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 An activist observer of the negotiations in Doha, Qatar, this week dismissed offers by developed countries as "an empty shell, an insult to our futures. There is literally no point in countries signing up to this sham of a deal, which will lock the planet in to many more years of inaction." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Climate Study Changes Some Minds

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 31, 2012 Global warming is happening and “humans are almost entirely the cause.” That’s the conclusion reached by a team of researchers at UC Berkeley, led by professor Richard Muller, who now considers himself a “converted skeptic” on the issue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

China’s Progress

Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Jul 20, 2012 Dig deeper

Time to Remake the Climate

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2012 Scientists are telling us we can engineer our way out of the climate crisis, and with the intellectual property behind most of the solutions sitting in the public domain, any person or country with a few billion dollars could do it.Scientists are telling us we can engineer our way out of the climate crisis, and any person or country with a few billion dollars could do it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

24 Hours of Inconvenient Truths

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2011 With the proportion of Americans concerned about climate change dropping from 62 percent four years ago to 48 today, Al Gore is poised to turn the tide in a daylong lecture on the subject, with an hour devoted to every time zone in the world. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Forget Polar Bears, We’re Killing Our Food

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2010 Scientists once thought all that carbon dioxide that humans have been pumping into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution kicked off might be good for plants (even if it hotboxes the planet in the process), but recent studies show we have a lot to worry about. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Warming Satellite Launch Is a Failure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2009 NASA's first effort to loft a satellite to help scientists determine where carbon dioxide is produced and stored around the globe ended in failure when the $270 million spacecraft crashed near Antarctica. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )