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Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated _ beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then. As the world has talked for a dozen years about what to do next, new ship passages ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Taiwan News,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  Al Gore,  Ban Ki-moon,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate

Carbon pollution up, despite recession

WASHINGTON - Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  United Nations,  Barack Obama

Led by China, carbon pollution up despite economy

WASHINGTON — Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Newsvine,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  European Union,  Hu Jintao

Gene found that seems key in evolution of speech

Chimps, our nearest relative, don't talk. We do. Now scientists have pinpointed a mutation in a gene that might help explain the difference. The mutation seems to have helped humans develop speech and language. It probably is not the only gene ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Taiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles,  Harvard University

Why can't chimps speak?

C himps, our nearest relative, don't talk. We do. Now scientists have pinpointed a mutation in a gene that might help explain the difference. The mutation seems to have helped humans develop speech and language. It's probably not the only gene involved, ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles,  Harvard University

Statisticians reject global cooling

WASHINGTON – Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, EcoEarth News,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of Chicago,  NASA,  Steven D. Levitt,  BBC,  Pew Research Center

Statistics experts reject global cooling claims

An analysis of global temperatures by independent statisticians shows the Earth is still warming and not cooling as some global warming skeptics are claiming. The analysis was conducted at the request of The Associated Press. Talk of a cooling ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Taiwan News,  26 Oct 2009

AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling

WASHINGTON—Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Boston Globe,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of Chicago,  Steven D. Levitt,  NASA,  BBC,  Pew Research Center

US panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere

NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent U.S. panel has told the White House. NASA has picked the wrong destination with the wrong rocket, the panel's chairman said Thursday. A ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Taiwan News,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NASA,  White House,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama

NASA Advised to Skip Moon Mission

NASA has picked the wrong destination with the wrong rocket, the panel's chairman said Thursday. A test-flight version of the new rocket, Ares, is on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, awaiting liftoff later this month. NASA should be concentrating on ...

From SETH BORENSTEIN, Discovery Channel,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NASA,  White House,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama

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