The 10 hottest years in history all occurred over the past decade and a half. Insurance claims for the 2004 hurricanes in Florida could reach $20 billion. Developing countries could save 30 per cent of their energy through efficiency. • … Continue reading
The heat wave that caused havoc across Europe last year has put 2003 in the record books as the hottest summer in more than 500 years, according to climate experts. Scientists at the University of Bern, Switzerland, found that not … Continue reading
The amount of ice melting from the surface of the Greenland ice sheet broke all known records last year, threatening a rapid rise in sea levels and a return of very cold winters to Britain because of a slowing down … Continue reading
The crops in the mountains of Lesotho are failing because the rain came much too early and much too late, writes Michael Grunwald in the San Francisco Chronicle. “There were hailstorms and tornadoes, too. Then an early frost killed most … Continue reading
Since 1751, roughly 1 trillion metric tons (t) of CO2 have been released to the atmosphere from the consumption of fossil fuels and cement production. Half of these emissions have occurred since the mid 1970s. The 1999 fossil-fuel emission estimate … Continue reading
According to a report from UNEP a major banks, insurance and financial organizations, an increase of natural disasters are in-line with recent massive economic losses due to are in line with increasingly severe weather events anticipated by scientists as a … Continue reading
Annual losses from climate change induced natural disasters could reach $150 billion if current trends continue. The annual market in trading greenhouse gases, emerging as a result of international agreements to reduce emissions, could be worth as much as US … Continue reading
According to Dave Phillis, Environment Canada senior climatologist, the year 2002 was the most peculiar in modern history. September was warmer than June, Fall was missing and the winter 2001-2002 was so mild it hardly existed. It was the warmest … Continue reading
Earth climate is dependent of many parameters such as the sun energy or the composition of the atmosphere. If one of these parameters changes, the climate changes. Everyone seems to agree that the climate is indeed changing. They are many … Continue reading
Will Kyoto mean more or less job for Canada? The Canadian energy industry lost 88,000 jobs between 1990 and 1998 without a climate-change agreement. • source: Climate Change • See also XlnkS506