U.S. Navy Climate Change Roadmap
The U.S. Navy released a strategy document to address and prepare for the impacts of a changing climate on the naval institution.read more
View ArticleStudy Warns that Decisions Made Today About Carbon Emissions Will Have...
The National Research Council today (16 July 2010) released a report on Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts Over Decades to Millennia, that clarifies the implications...
View Article"Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet"
In her new book, The Weather of the Future, climate scientist and multimedia correspondentHeidi Cullen connects climate change to what matters most to people: the weather and its consequences, today...
View ArticleAs Atlantic Hurricane Season Ramps Up, Radio Audiences Hear About Hurricanes...
With the Atlantic hurricane season poised for its usual August escalation -- and less than 24 hours before Tropical Storm Colin formed in the Atlantic -- Greg Holland, Director of the Earth System...
View ArticleIowa flooding ‘the new normal,’ says Iowa Governor
With 2010 being Iowa’s second wettest summer ever, abnormal heavy precipitation across the state this week is causing historic flooding.read more
View ArticlePakistan Floods "a Case Study of a Climate Disaster" Showing Need to Slow...
"What is happening in Pakistan cannot be described in a single word – like disaster or catastrophe," says Professor Richard Rood of the University of Michigan's Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and...
View ArticleLeading Reinsurer Reports Unusually High Number of Weather-Related Disasters...
Noting the exceptionally high number and magnitude of weather-related disaster losses so far in 2010, leading reinsurer Munich Re yesterday (27 Sep 2010) linked the trend to socio-economic factors --...
View ArticlePakistan Flood Provides Warning for Growing Climate Disasters
A new report released from Refugee International addresses the rising threat of climate change on vulnerable countries and populations. The report draws from the Pakistan flood as an example of the...
View ArticlePay Now, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change
The American Security Project on 19 April 2011 released a series of 50 reports -- one for each state -- on the economic consequences of not sharply curbing greenhouse gas emissions and slowing the pace...
View ArticleWhite House Reports on Climate Change Adaptation, as Communities Face Rising...
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Friday (28 October 2011) released a second annual progress report from the government’s...
View ArticleIPCC Says Essential Actions Needed to Reduce Risks of Changing Climate Extremes
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approved on Friday (18 Nov 2011) a report on preparing for weather and climate extremes. The report’s summary warns that a changing climate “can...
View ArticleRising Temperatures Expose Cities' Vulnerable Electrical Supplies
A report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) released last week highlights the many ways infrastructure critical to American cities is vulnerable to weather extremes -- with some vulnerabilities...
View Article13th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Disasters...
Event Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 (All day) - Thursday, January 17, 2013 (All day) Event Location: Washington, DC "On January 15-17, 2013, join over 1,200 leaders from the emergency response,...
View ArticleU.S. Unveils Arctic Strategy while Announcing that Atmospheric Concentrations...
The White House on Friday (10 May 2013) released a National Strategy for the Arctic Region, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that daily average atmospheric...
View ArticleWWF Climate Blog Has Moved to New Location
The WWF climate blog now is located at a different Web address: worldwildlife.org/blogs/wwf-climate-blog. All posts since May 2013 are at that location, while older posts will remain archived on this...
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