2006 to be sixth-warmest year on record: U.N. agency
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2006 is set to be the world's  sixth-warmest year since records began 150 years ago, the World  Meteorological Organization said on Thursday, offering more  evidence of a trend most scientists blame on greenhouse gases.
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The most comprehensive international assessment of Arctic climate change has concluded that Earth&#39;s upper latitudes are experiencing unprecedented increases in temperature
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Rising global temperatures will melt areas of the Arctic this century, making them more accessible for oil and natural gas drilling, a report prepared by the United States and seven other nations said on Monday.
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global average projected by UN reports. Siberia and Alaska have already warmed by 2-3 C since the 1950s. outweighed by threats to indigenous peoples and the habitats of animals and plants.
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The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.
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Global military spending is   expected to hit $1.06 trillion this year, topping the record   set during the Cold War era, an international aid agency   reported on Friday.
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A new report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency says world energy demand is expected to surge by up to 60 percent by the year 2030.
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The next report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should deal with the "frightening" possibility that both Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets start melting at the same time, the chief U.N. climate scientist said Tuesday.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Meteorologists warned  on Wednesday that 2004 would be one of the hottest years since  records began as environment ministers tried to crack U.S.  resistance to joining international efforts against global  warming.
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Global warming is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens the livelihoods of millions of people and could wipe out polar bears by 2100, an eight-nation report said on Monday.
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Natural disasters will cost insurers a record &#36;35 billion this year, after hurricanes lashed the Caribbean and southeastern United States and a record 10 typhoons soaked Japan in events seen as linked to global warming, climate experts said on Wednesday.
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A new analysis of last year's near-record U.S. temperatures suggests human activity was the biggest factor in the 2006 warming, according to researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The U.N. climate panel is set to issue its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are causing a damaging global warming likely to bring more heatwaves, droughts and rising seas.
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The world was slightly warmer than  average in the first four months of this year, but 2007 may not  turn out to be the hottest on record, Britain&#39;s official  weather forecaster said on Tuesday.
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The year 2004, punctuated by four powerful hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly typhoons lashing Asia, was the fourth-hottest on record, extending a trend that has seen the 10 warmest years ever beginning in the 1990s, a U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
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The U.N. climate panel agreed its starkest warning yet on Thursday that human activities are causing global warming that may bring more droughts, heatwaves and rising seas, delegates said.
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Oddball weather is the norm in 2007. As the year draws to a close, it's shaping up to be the hottest year on record in the Northern Hemisphere. Most alarming to climate scientists, the Arctic, which serves as the world's refrigerator, dramatically warmed in 2007, shattering records for the amount of melting ice.