World Needs Early Warning of Climate-Linked Disasters

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Mar 16, 2015 A leading French government minister says the number of natural disasters connected to climate change has doubled in two decades. He is urging a global early warning system. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Heat Is On to Slow Expected Faster Rise in Temperatures

By Tim Radford, Climate News Nework Mar 12, 2015 New research warns that emissions will make drought conditions even more extreme as our climate moves into a period of rapid change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Science Offers New View of Hopes for Human Survival

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 16, 2014 Astrophysicists say questions about the sustainability of civilization on our high-tech planet may soon be answered scientifically as a result of new data about the Earth and other planets in its galaxy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Future Is Not Ours (and Neither Is the Past)

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jul 21, 2014 The famed fog of war is nothing compared to the fog of the future or, as I’ve often said, I’d be regularly riding my jetpack in traffic through the spired city of New York, as I was promised in my childhood. Our urge to predict the future is unsurpassed. Our ability to see it as it will be: next to nil. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Flow Chart Unclear for Glacial Rivers

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Jun 19, 2014 Glaciers in the high Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau are a vital source of water for millions of people in Asia, but scientists question what will happen to supplies if the rate of melting continues to rise due to climate-related factors. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shock Outlook for Local Weather

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 10, 2013 New research states global warming could have a serious effect on local climates much sooner than scientists previously predicted. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Target Knows Your Secrets

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2012 Decades of neuropsychology research have given Target the ability to predict customers’ shopping habits with increasing precision. The company’s statistical team can even tell when shoppers are likely to be in their second trimester of pregnancy. Combined with aggressive marketing tactics, such powers promise to add millions to its already swollen revenues. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wrong Again, Bill

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2008 Foreign Policy magazine has identified the 10 worst predictions of the year William Kristol, who seems to get it wrong more often than right, tops the list with this doozy: "If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary I’ll predict that right now". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gore Has His Eye on the Prize

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2007 Forget the Oscar -- the Nobel Peace Prize is where it's at, and environmental advocate and former Vice President Al Gore may soon add one to his trophy case. That's according to the predictions of a number of Nobel experts who did some handicapping for Reuters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robertson’s Predictions

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God to Robertson: ‘Say Something Crazy’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2007 Pat Robertson is at it again, this time claiming God told him that a major terrorist attack in 2007 -- possibly nuclear -- would result in "mass killing." The preacher on Tuesday demanded partial credit for predicting a possible tsunami last year, citing spring rains that drenched New England, so don't rush to judge this latest communique. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Internal Documents on Katrina Prep Make Liar Out of Bush

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2006 Bush said no one "anticipated the breach of the levees." Well, actually, 48 hours before the storm hit, the Dept. of Homeland Security sent the White House a memo warning exactly of that. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )