Clouds Speed Ozone Loss
November 30 — European scientists have confirmed that cloud particles activate manmade chlorine-containing compounds that attack the ozone layer. (BBC News - News.BBC.co.uk)

Odd Culprits in Collapse of Climate Talks
November 28 — Representatives from 175 countries who gathered at climate talks in the Hague, Netherlands, could not reach conclusions on how to lower emissions of greenhouse gases as set by the Kyoto Protocol. (Andrew Revkin, The New York Times)

Sun's Warming Influence 'Under-Estimated'
November 28 — Researchers at the Armagh Observatory in Ireland armed with 200 years of weather observations say that changes in the Sun's temperatures may be a cause of global warming. (BBCNews.com)

CO2 Emissions Seen Rising Above Targets
November 22 — The International Energy Agency reported that emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, are projected to grow at a rate of 2 percent a year from now until 2020, higher than the targets set under the Kyoto Protocol. (Reuters)

Ozone Hole Shrinking Rapidly
November 20 — As of November 13th, the Antarctic ozone hole became the smallest mid-November hole in the last 10 years after being that largest on record earlier this year. (USA Today.com)

Warming Pacific Waters Threaten Wildlife Food Chain
November 19 — Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography say more than 70 percent of the Pacific Ocean's zooplankton has disappeared since the mid-1970s due to warmer sea temperatures. (San Francisco Examiner)

More Stormy Seas Ahead?
November 16 — Climate researchers believe there is a possible link between global warming and giant waves in the Atlantic Ocean. (BBCnews.com)

Arctic Changes
November 15 — Thunder and lightning are being seen in the upper Arctic for the first time in recorded history, because of the warming climate. (Associated Press)

Alaskans Face the Thaw
November 15 — On average, temperatures in Alaska are rising almost 10 times faster than the rest of the world, bringing higher sea levels, more storms, and thawing ground. (BBCnews.com)

El Niño Forecasting Method Questioned
November 13 — Supercomputers that forecasters use to predict the onset and duration of El Niños disagree. (Keay Davidson, San Francisco Examiner)

West Africa Provides Models to Adapt to Climate Swings
November 13 — Scientists are studying the history of West African climate shifts to understand how people can cope with future climate change. (Alexandra Witz, Dallas Morning News)

Canada's Polar Bears Await Vanishing Winter
November 12 — Hudson Bay's population of polar bears are experiencing rising temperatures and earlier ice melts, affecting their food supply. (James Brooke, The New York Times)

Massive Solar Storm Batters Earth
November 10 — A severe solar radiation storm is sending high-energy protons streaming toward the Earth this week, affecting sun-monitoring satellites and the International Space Station. (Discovery.com)

Forests Could Speed Up Global Warming
November 9 — British researchers say that rising global temperatures are likely to make forests emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and contribute to further warming of the global climate. (Reuters)

Trees Create North American Carbon Sink
November 9 — In North America trees regrowing on what was once agricultural lands, are reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but they will soak up less as they age. (Reuters)

Warming World's Winners and Losers
November 8 — Researchers have concluded that populations most at risk from global warming are those that produce the smallest amounts of greenhouse gases. (BBCnews.com)

Global Warming Feeds Fire Potential
November 2 — Increased carbon dioxide levels can alter the plant density and biomass of desert grasses. Global warming may increase the fire cycle in the desert ecosystem. (CNN.com)

How Rice Can Affect Climate
November 2 — Researchers have concluded that flooded rice fields interact with bacteria and pump methane, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. (BBCnews.com)

Robots in the Sky
November 1 — A University of Colorado researcher is using unmanned aircraft to gather weather data and fill in data-poor areas in the Arctic, hoping to use them to enhance global weather forecasts and monitor the movement of Arctic sea ice. (Stephen Cole, Scientific American)

Climate Changes Affect Europeans
November 1 — Researchers say southern and eastern Europeans are likely to suffer from climate changes such as increased rainfall, warmer temperatures, and agricultural migrations over the next century. (Associated Press, The New York Times)

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Output Up
November 1 — The U.S. Department of Energy reports that the emission of greenhouse gases, 98 percent of which were carbon dioxide, have increased by 0.8 percent last year. (ENN.com)

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