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Study: Global Warming Fueled 2005 Hurricanes
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June 23, 2006 - LiveScience.com
| | Rising sea surface temperatures are being blamed for the increase in number and strength of recent hurricanes. In 2005, a record 27 named storms arose from the North Atlantic and the number of Category 4 and 5 storms worldwide has doubled over the last few decades. A recent study attributes at least half of the Atlantic's temperature change in 2005 to global warming.
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Earth Hottest It's Been in 2,000 Years
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June 23, 2006 - ABC News
| | Washington -- Using corals, ice cores, sediments, and other sources, scientists have been able to reconstruct global average surface temperatures for the past 2,000 years. The findings suggest that the last few decades have been the warmest period in the last 400 years, and possibly several millennia.
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Thawing Permafrost Could Unleash Tons of Carbon
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June 16, 2006 - ENN
| | Washington -- Permafrost contains carbon-rich material such as ancient grass roots and animal bones. As global temperatures increase and the frozen-soil melts, additional carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. It is estimated that Siberia's 400,000 square miles of permafrost contains about 75 times more carbon than the amount the world generates annually from the burning of fossil fuels.
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Study: Global Warming Boosts Poison Ivy
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May 31, 2006 - ENN
| | Washington -- Researchers have found that poison ivy thrives in a carbon dioxide-rich environment. When grown in atmospheric conditions predicted to exist in 2050, not only does poison ivy grow faster, it also produced more of its rash-causing chemical, urushiol.
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Deserts May Be Creeping Closer to Cities
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May 26, 2006 - ABC News
| | Washington -- The warming of the atmosphere in subtropical regions has caused the jet streams to move further away from the equator. This change increases the reach of tropical climate and the possibility of droughts.
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MySpace Creates Unprecedented Campaign for ''An Inconvenient Truth''
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May 25, 2006 - Yahoo! News
| | Los Angeles -- Over the next several weeks, MySpace.com will raise awareness about global warming as part of a partnership with Al Gore.
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Climate Change Drives Disease To New Territory
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May 5, 2006 - Washington Post
| | Toronto -- Global warming and changing weather patterns are contributing to the spread of tropical diseases - including Malaria, Cholera, Dengue fever, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus.
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Nine States Sue Bush Over Fuel Efficiency
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May 3, 2006 - ABC News
| | New York -- Attorney generals from several states have filed a lawsuit against the Bush Administration for failing to adequately increase fuel economy standards. The lawsuit claims that recent legislation not only does too little to improve efficiency standards, but it also contains language that could encourage just the reverse.
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Global Warming Cited in Wind Shift
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May 3, 2006 - ABC News
| | New York -- Wind patterns over the Pacific Ocean have been changing as a result of global warming. Scientists predict that the long-term consequences may somewhat resemble the effects of El Nino. This could include increased rainfall in the southern U.S. and and drought in parts of East Asia. Many ecosystems would likely be adversely affected as well.
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China: Global Warming is Melting Glaciers
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May 2, 2006 - ABC News
| | Beijing -- Glaciers in China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau are melting at a rate of 7 percent annually. Researchers believe drought, desertification, and sandstorms will become more prevalent as a result of glacial melting.
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Greenhouse Gases Continue to Rise
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May 1, 2006 - ABC News
| | Washington -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that the amounts of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere increased in 2005. CO2 levels rose from an average of 376.8 parts per million (ppm) to 378.9 ppm. (Preindustrial CO2 levels were about 278 ppm. Methane levels did stay the same however.
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Ford Launches Customer Carbon Offset Program
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April 27, 2006 - GreenBiz.com
| | Santa Monica, Calif. -- Greener Miles, a new program offered by Ford and TerraPass gives Ford customers the opportunity to offset the climate impact of their driving. Individuals can visit www.terrapass.com/ford and calculate the amount of CO2 emissions that they generate. They can then voluntarily support renewable energy production to offset the effects of their driving.
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10 States Sue EPA Over Global Warming
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April 27, 2006 - ABC News
| | Washington -- Several states, cities, and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the EPA for its decision not to recognize carbon dioxide pollution as a contributor to global warming. As a result, carbon dioxide emissions do not need to regulated by the EPA under the Clean Air Act.
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Quarter of Species Gone by 2050
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April 11, 2006 - LiveScience.com
| | A report released today predicts that up to a quarter of the world's plant and vertebrate animal species could go extinct by 2050 as a result of climate change.
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Air Warming Above Antarctica
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March 30, 2006 - ABC News
| | Washington -- Using weather balloon data collected over the last 30 years, scientists have found that the air over Antarctica has been warming about 5 to 6 times faster than the air in other parts of the world.
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Glimpse To Past Adds Weight To Global Warming Forecasts
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March 27, 2006 - TerraDaily
| | Calgary, Canada -- Using evidence from ice core samples, stranded coral reefs, and other sources, investigators tried to understand the conditions of the planet 130,000 year ago, when sea levels were higher and the Artic sea ice melted. It was found that natural changes in the Earth's orbit and solar radiation caused the warmer climate, whereas global warming today is man-made. However, the man-made warming of the Earth may create a scenario with results much like those experienced 130,000 years ago. It is currently predicted that global temperatures will increase 2 degrees Celsius and polar regions will increase 10 degrees Celsius (due to feedback cycles) in the next century.
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Changes In Agricultural Practices Could Help Slow Global Warming
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March 27, 2006 - TerraDaily
| | Livermore, California -- A global climate model was created, and unlike other models, this model took into account current trends in agriculture such as more irrigation, higher yielding crops, and less tillage. As a result, it found that these factors could actually create a cooling effect. Part of this is attributed to croplands reflecting back more light than forests, and irrigation cooling the land.
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Governments Must Heed Warnings On Climate Change Now UK Chief Scientist
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March 24, 2006 - TerraDaily
| | Geneva -- In a presentation by David King, the chief scientific adviser to British Prime Minister, he argued that climate change cannot be ignored. Scientists had predicted that disasters like the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans could happen, but proper action had not been taken by the governments beforehand. King worries that if steps are not taken to combat climate change, the world will once again be unprepared for another disaster.
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Melting Ice Could Make Miami a Memory
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March 23, 2006 - AOL News
| | Washington -- An article in the journal Science argues that if trends continue, the surface temperature of the Earth will rise 4 degrees in the next hundred years. The Earth would then be as warm as it was nearly 130,000 years ago - when the sea levels were 20 feet higher as a result of melting ice. It is predicted that by the year 2500, sea levels could once again be 20 feet higher than they are today.
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Ice Thawing Earlier On Maine Lakes
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March 9, 2006 - The Boston Globe
| | Lewiston, Maine -- A study found that many lakes in Maine, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York and Alaska are thawing earlier in the year compared to historical averages.
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States Appeal To Supreme Court On CO2 Car Emissions
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March 6, 2006 - Planet Ark
| | New York -- To try to force the federal government to regulate automobile carbon dioxide emissions, 12 states are challenging the EPA in the Supreme Court.
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Alternative-Energy Stocks Shine As High Oil Costs Here To Stay
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March 3, 2006 - Investor's Business Daily
| | With increasing energy prices, investors are looking towards companies involved in alternative-energy production. These include makers of solar panels, bio-fuels, and ethanol.
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Antarctic Ice Sheet In 'Significant Decline': Study
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March 2, 2006 - USA TODAY
| | Washington -- A study by researchers at the University of Boulder in Colorado found that Antarctica's ice sheet is melting at an alarming rate. Currently, melting of the Antarctic ice sheet results in an estimated 0.02 inch annual rise in global sea levels.
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US Greenhouse Gas Growth Rate Rose In 2004: EPA
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February 27, 2006 - ENN
| | New York -- More fossil fuels were burned in 2004, increasing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Between 1990 and 2004, emissions have increased 15.8%.
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Senators Seek Stricter Global Warming Curbs
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February 3, 2006 - ABC News
| | Washington -- In other parts of the world, greenhouse gas emissions are traded and valued as a commodity in an effort to combat global warming. Two U.S. senators have now proposed a similar mandatory plan.
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Global Warming Boosting Greenland Glacier Flow
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February 3, 2006 - redOrbit.com
| | London -- The flow rate of two major glaciers in Greenland has increased substantially over the last few years, indicating that the effects of global warming on Greenland's ice sheet are worse than previously thought.
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Mexico Plans To Halve Fuel Emissions
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January 31, 2006 - ENN
| | Mexico City, Mexico --- The Mexican government will soon begin imposing emission restrictions as part of a long-term strategy to improve the country's air quality.
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Global Warming Demands Urgent Solutions: Scientists
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January 31, 2006 - ENN
| | London -- At the launch of a new book concerning climate change, many scientists stressed the importance of acting quickly to curb greenhouse gas emissions to prevent a catastrophic climate change in the near future.
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Increasing Plant Enzyme Efficiency May Hold Key to Global Warming
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January 27, 2006 - Emory University
| | The enzyme rubulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, also called RuBisCO, converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into chemical energy during photosynthesis. Scientists have discovered a mutant form of the protein that processes carbon dioxide more quickly - possibly providing a method to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Study: Global Warming May Rise Sea Levels
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January 26, 2006 - redOrbit.com
| | Bangkok, Thailand -- A recent study by Australian researchers predicts that sea levels will rise between 11 and 13 inches by the end of the century as a result of global warming. The speed at which sea levels have risen has been increasing over time and the pace will continue to quicken if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced.
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