Heatwave Study May Fuel Global Warming Lawsuits
603615
A study of a 2003 heatwave in Europe may give Pacific islanders and environmentalists new ammunition for legal cases blaming the United States for global warming, advocates said on Thursday.
99029
Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
634536
Heat waves like those that have hit Paris and Chicago in recent years are likely to get worse, roasting more and more cities with ever-higher temperatures, climate researchers predicted on Thursday.
284112
Scientists are puzzled, but the phenomenon seems to fit the latest global-warming models.
33711
Global warming is likely to produce a significant increase in the intensity and rainfall of hurricanes in coming decades, according to an analysis.
260305
A rise in deaths owing to global warming heatwaves will not be offset by milder winters, research claims.
225809
California sued six of the   world's largest automakers over global warming on Wednesday,   charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused   billions of dollars in damages.
390558
The Supreme Court yesterday cautiously confronted for the first time the issue of global warming, hearing a challenge to the Bush administration's refusal to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases in new vehicles.
735618
Greenhouse gases that spur global warming are on the docket at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that pits environmental groups against the U.S. agency meant to shield Americans from pollution.
623330
Greenhouse gas emissions could cause global temperatures to rise by up to 19.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to first results from the world's largest climate modeling experiment.
244776
Global warming caused by human activity has more than doubled the risk of summers as hot as in 2003, when thousands of people in Europe died of heat-related causes, according to a UK study published in the journal Nature.
145918
Science & environment: Rising global temperatures could trigger a huge extinction of plants and animals, according to a  study.
236466
By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 2--ASHEVILLE -- Today's release of a milestone report on global  warming can be traced in part to a modern slab of a building in this funky  downtown.
352211
Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming
57550
This year is on track to be the second warmest since records began in the 1860s and floods in Pakistan or a heatwave in Greece may herald worse disruptions in store from global warming, experts said on Friday.
111532
While human activity probably isn&#39;t directly responsible for the 2003 heat wave that caused thousands of deaths in Europe, British researchers say human influence on the
43819
The state of California is suing six carmakers for damages, accusing them of contributing to global warming.