Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/science/climate-change science Climate Change en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:20:07 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/science/climate-change http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120213/sc_livescience/globalwarmingmakeselephantsealsdivedeeperstudysuggests livescience/20120213/globalwarmingmakeselephantsealsdivedeeperstudysuggests LiveScience.com topstories Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:20:07 GMT LiveScience.com - Lumbering elephant seals in Antarctica seem to be taking the heat from global warming, as scientists have found the mammals must dive to deeper than normal depths in warmer seas to snag food. The deeper dives may also mean less time to get food, the researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120208/sc_livescience/nasasatellitesshowhowouricyworldismelting livescience/20120208/nasasatellitesshowhowouricyworldismelting LiveScience.com topstories Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:40:04 GMT LiveScience.com - The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis of satellite data yet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/sc_nm/us_climate_sealevels nm/20120208/us_climate_sealevels Reuters topstories Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:49 GMT Reuters - U.S. scientists using satellite data have established a more accurate figure of the amount of annual sea level rise from melting glaciers and ice caps which should aid studies on how quickly coastal areas may flood as global warming gathers pace. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120207/sc_livescience/popularopiniononclimatechangetracedtopoliticalelites livescience/20120207/popularopiniononclimatechangetracedtopoliticalelites LiveScience.com topstories Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:44:59 GMT LiveScience.com - It seems the general public just can't make up its mind about the existence of man-made climate change. Rather than steadily increasing or decreasing over the last decade, the U.S. public's concern over our warming planet has jumped up and down, according to Gallup polls. But what exactly is driving this seesawing of opinions on climate change? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120207/us_ac/10934548_the_world_is_crazy_enough_without_scratchnsniff_pants ac/20120207/10934548_the_world_is_crazy_enough_without_scratchnsniff_pants ContributorNetwork topstories Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:52:59 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It goes to show you that some people aren't worried about such weighty issues as the global economy or tensions in the Middle East. They're not even worried, it would appear, about climate change or starving children in countries far, far away. According to The Sideshow, the company Naked and Famous is making a $150 pair of men's jeans that can stand months without washing and smells, when scratched, like raspberry candy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_eu_airlines ap/20120206/as_china_eu_airlines AP topstories Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:07:41 GMT AP - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_minister_charged ap/20120203/eu_britain_minister_charged AP world Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_minister_charged"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.b578e45ef0724c5387cf9e59ec0fe76e-b578e45ef0724c5387cf9e59ec0fe76e-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=J7U4R5I4NEmDZsyzaqB6BA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="FILE - This Wednesday, May, 12, 2010 file photo shows Britain's Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne wave for photographers as he arrives at the official residence of Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street in London. England's chief prosecutor said Friday Feb. 3, 2012, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, a leading Cabinet minister, has been charged with attempting to dodge a speeding penalty, casting his political career into doubt. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_minister_charged"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.b578e45ef0724c5387cf9e59ec0fe76e-b578e45ef0724c5387cf9e59ec0fe76e-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=J7U4R5I4NEmDZsyzaqB6BA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - This Wednesday, May, 12, 2010 file photo shows Britain's Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne wave for photographers as he arrives at the official residence of Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street in London. England's chief prosecutor said Friday Feb. 3, 2012, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, a leading Cabinet minister, has been charged with attempting to dodge a speeding penalty, casting his political career into doubt. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/us_nm/us_climate_weather nm/20120202/us_climate_weather Reuters topstories Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:08:15 GMT Reuters - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120131/us_ac/10909537_what_caused_the_texas_drought__global_warming_or_la_nina ac/20120131/10909537_what_caused_the_texas_drought__global_warming_or_la_nina ContributorNetwork topstories Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:34:36 GMT ContributorNetwork - The drought that still afflicts Texas has given rise to another controversy over the theory of global warming. Two eminent scientists have looked at the same data and have come to sharply different conclusions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120127/lf_nm_life/us_nepal_glaciers_climate nm/20120127/us_nepal_glaciers_climate Reuters topstories Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:27:58 GMT Reuters - Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120126/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_climate_change ap/20120126/eu_britain_climate_change AP topstories Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:47:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120126/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_climate_change"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.8e53c2a75aea4a43b53b0317d8848ba4-8e53c2a75aea4a43b53b0317d8848ba4-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Z3jv39DexhDvA1DTOTAODw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="From left, Brazil's Deputy Minister for Environment Francisco Gaetani, Indian Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, China's National Development and Reform Commission Vice Chairman, Xie Zhenhua and South Africa's Chief Climate Change Negotiator Alfred James Wills pose for photographs during a press conference after the tenth BASIC ministerial meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT" border="0" /></a>AP - Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely risks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120126/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_climate_change"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.8e53c2a75aea4a43b53b0317d8848ba4-8e53c2a75aea4a43b53b0317d8848ba4-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Z3jv39DexhDvA1DTOTAODw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="From left, Brazil's Deputy Minister for Environment Francisco Gaetani, Indian Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, China's National Development and Reform Commission Vice Chairman, Xie Zhenhua and South Africa's Chief Climate Change Negotiator Alfred James Wills pose for photographs during a press conference after the tenth BASIC ministerial meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120126/lf_nm_life/us_disasters_poll nm/20120126/us_disasters_poll Reuters topstories Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:14:13 GMT Reuters - Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meager plot of farmland, so you migrate to a city where the jobs are, only to end up living in a slum regularly submerged by floods. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120126/ap_on_sc/us_sci_planting_zone_map ap/20120126/us_sci_planting_zone_map AP topstories Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:36:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120126/ap_on_sc/us_sci_planting_zone_map"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120125/capt.a2d125c3c5fc4b479f4669e981e4971c-a2d125c3c5fc4b479f4669e981e4971c-0.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=TNAjZ7NZ5Zrx_9HhRxyIWw--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="Map shows the USDA's new plant zone map" border="0" /></a>AP - Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120126/ap_on_sc/us_sci_planting_zone_map"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120125/capt.a2d125c3c5fc4b479f4669e981e4971c-a2d125c3c5fc4b479f4669e981e4971c-0.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=TNAjZ7NZ5Zrx_9HhRxyIWw--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="photo" title="Map shows the USDA's new plant zone map" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120125/ap_on_bi_ge/un_un_rio_plus20 ap/20120125/un_un_rio_plus20 AP topstories Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:06:35 GMT AP - Representatives from around the world will be returning to Rio de Janeiro this June &mdash; 20 years after the U.N. Earth Summit &mdash; but this time the focus will be on sustainable development, not climate change, a Brazilian diplomat said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120124/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_un_protecting_seas ap/20120124/as_philippines_un_protecting_seas AP topstories Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:54:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120124/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_un_protecting_seas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120123/capt.79850072cea04caaa0980d2b6ad214af-79850072cea04caaa0980d2b6ad214af-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=mplvOOvXhNOP1JxzLTR4yQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Jerker Tamelander of the United Nations Environment Programme gestures as he answers a question during a U.N.-organized international conference titled Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 in suburban Mandaluyong City east of Manila, Philippines. Scientists, experts and policy makers from around the world discussed current and emerging issues in the marine and coastal environment that originate from land-based activities. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies are among factors driving overexploitation of the world's fish resources, while fish habitat is being destroyed by pollution and climate change, U.N. marine experts said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120124/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_un_protecting_seas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120123/capt.79850072cea04caaa0980d2b6ad214af-79850072cea04caaa0980d2b6ad214af-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=mplvOOvXhNOP1JxzLTR4yQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jerker Tamelander of the United Nations Environment Programme gestures as he answers a question during a U.N.-organized international conference titled Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 in suburban Mandaluyong City east of Manila, Philippines. Scientists, experts and policy makers from around the world discussed current and emerging issues in the marine and coastal environment that originate from land-based activities. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120123/sc_nm/us_sun_global_warming nm/20120123/us_sun_global_warming Reuters topstories Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:41:52 GMT Reuters - A weaker sun over the next 90 years is not likely to significantly delay a rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gases, a report said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120117/sc_livescience/climatechangeripplesthroughmountainecosystems livescience/20120117/climatechangeripplesthroughmountainecosystems LiveScience.com topstories Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:50:03 GMT LiveScience.com - Like dominoes given one nudge, climate change in the form of reduced winter snowfall on mountaintops has subtle but powerful cascading effects felt throughout entire ecosystems, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120116/sc_ac/10841093_manmade_climate_change_debate_hits_the_classroom ac/20120116/10841093_manmade_climate_change_debate_hits_the_classroom ContributorNetwork topstories Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:34:44 GMT ContributorNetwork - According to the Los Angeles Times, some states are requiring public school science teachers to teach both sides of the climate change debate. Here are the details. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20111215/us_ac/10686697_ohioans_protest_keystone_pipeline ac/20111215/10686697_ohioans_protest_keystone_pipeline ContributorNetwork topstories Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:19:48 GMT ContributorNetwork - A handful of protestors attempted to influence the public's view on the importance of climate change and the Keystone oil pipeline this week, according to the Associated Press. Approximately 40 people dressed in dark clothing and carrying a homemade mock pipeline model and cut-out resemblance of Speaker of the House John Boehner staged a protest in front of the elected official's Cincinnati area office. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20111213/us_ac/10672865_canada_withdraws_from_kyoto_conceding_to_reality ac/20111213/10672865_canada_withdraws_from_kyoto_conceding_to_reality ContributorNetwork topstories Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:23:56 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In a refreshing display of realism, Canada has become the first country to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocols, designed to force countries to reduce their production of carbon to combat global warming, according to the National Post.