British scientists studying 1000 years of climate records concluded that the last three decades were the millenniums warmest. (BBC News online)
Researchers using satellite data confirm Lake Chad, once one of Africas largest freshwater lakes, has shrunk dramatically over the last 40 years. (NationalGeographic.com)
Researchers suggest that forests replaced by fields of grass and crops may have cooled the globe between 1000 and 1900 A.D. because lighter color vegetation reflects more heat and sunlight back into space. (Weather.com)
Satellites tracked a cloud of pollution and dust from Mongolia that spread across 25 percent of the United States earlier this week. (ENN.com)
The World Meteorological Organization reports ozone values at middle and high latitudes during the Northern Hemispheres winter and spring appear to be higher than in recent years. (Associated Press, Reuters)
New research indicates that reducing nitrogen oxide without reducing carbon monoxide would lead to a long-term increase in atmospheric methane and boost global warming. (Seattletimes.com)
The greenhouse effect is warming oceans and making them rise, and Pacific nations are already seeing the effects. The former Hawaiian island known as Bikeman is now under water. (Honolulu Star Bulletin online)
A study by the University of Delaware warns that global warming could weaken the ice-soil mixture called permafrost around the Arctic Circle, which may damage buildings and pipelines. (United Press International, MSNBC.com)
This week, NASA satellite imagery revealed dust and pollution from Mongolia and China spreading across the Pacific and into the U.S. and Canada. (MSNBC.com, CBSnews.com)
Researchers are now monitoring Earthshine, the amount of sunlight the Earth reflects onto the moon, to determine how much sunlight is reflected from the Earth. (CNN.com)
NASA scientist Drew Shindell says greenhouse gases causing increasing amounts of water vapor in the stratosphere may delay ozone recovery and accelerate climate change. (USAToday.com)
Climate scientists believe that the link between tropical ocean warming and the Northern Hemisphere climate trend is a signal of human-induced climate change that has emerged over the last 50 years. (ENN.com)
Scientists at the North Pole Environmental Observatory are gathering climate data to fine-tune computer models that simulate global climate in hopes of better understanding climate change in the Arctic. (Andrew Revkin, New York Times)
Canadian scientists are hoping to find information about western Canadas past and future climate through ice samples from the countrys highest peak. (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation online)
Researchers using two different computer simulations of climate and oceans have concluded that greenhouse gases that trapped heat in Earths atmosphere caused a buildup of heat in the oceans over the last 50 years. (Andrew Revkin, New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press)
After large explosions on the surface of the sun, a large solar flare has sent electromagnetic radiation racing to the Earth this week, threatening to disrupt communications, satellites and poser services. (Reuters)
According to a report by the agriculture committee of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, global impacts of climate change on food production and food security may include a positive impact in developed temperate countries and a negative impact in tropical developing countries. (Reuters)
Scientists no longer doubt that global warming is happening and humans are responsible, according to the International Panel on Climate Change. The report cites many changes are already happening with many more to come. (Michael D. Lemonick, TIME Magazine)
Chinas largest nature reserve, created to house endangered Giant Pandas is itself endangered by growing human population. (Andrew Revkin, New York Times; Associated Press; Reuters; CNN.com; USAToday.com)
Scientists have discovered that elevated levels of carbon dioxide, a major component behind climate change, have altered the reproductive habits of loblolly pine trees, and may produce more pine seeds and shorten their life span. (USAToday.com)
Colorado State University forecaster Bill Gray says the 2001 Hurricane Season will pack 10 named storms, 6 of them will be hurricanes. (weather.com)
NASA scientists using SeaWiFS satellite data watched ocean phytoplankton increase its carbon uptake over the last three years from 111 billion tons to 117 billion tons. (Peter Spots, Christian Science Monitor)
Warmer weather over the South Pacific during the past 30 years has lead to less rain and snow in Oregons Cascade Mountain Range, and has proven fatal to western toads. (ABCNews.com, United Press International)
A report by the National Research Council indicates that more research is needed to determine if global warming will cause diseases to spread. (Jack Williams, USAToday.com)