Climate set for 'sudden shifts'
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Many climate systems will undergo a series of sudden shifts this century as a result of human-induced climate change.
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The Arctic is warming rapidly, which in turn is affecting global climate, according to an ACIA assessment to be released next week.
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The authors of a U.N. panelâs report on climate change are being inundated with tweaks ahead of tomorrowâs release.
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Scientists warned Tuesday that a long-term increase in global temperature of 3.5 degrees could threaten Latin American water supplies, reduce food yields in Asia and result in a rise in extreme weather conditions in the Caribbean.
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Politicians in the nation's capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century, citing uncertainty about the severity of the threat. But that uncertainty may have shrunk somewhat with the release last week of two scientific reports suggesting that global warming is not just a hypothetical possibility, but a real phenomenon that has already started transforming especially sensitive parts of the globe.
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PARIS, Feb 1 (IPS) - The fourth assessment of the Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will confirm catastrophic  predictions on global warming and its effect on nature and  weather cycles over coming decades.
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Climate change will force some UK species of wildlife to find new habitats, the Wildlife Trusts warn.
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Environmental researchers said climate change is changing the way scientists view the future of ocean resources off the U.S. West Coast.
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Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates.
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LONDON, Oct 12 (IPS) - New fears have arisen over global warming after   some measurements pointed to an unusual rise in carbon dioxide  levels  over the past two years.
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By Adam Shell and Matt Krantz Droughts. Hurricanes. Rising temperatures. Melting glaciers. In a world abuzz with talk about global warming, climate change is elbowing aside tech and biotech as the major investment theme of the future.
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While a rapidly changing climate may alter the composition of northern Wisconsin's forests, disturbances such as logging also will play a critical role in how these sylvan ecosystems change over time.
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A changing climate is forcing some of Britain's less heralded marine lifeforms to move, research shows.
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Some of the most spectacular migratory animals will be severely affected by climate change, a UN report says.
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Climate change is affecting Europe faster than the rest of the world and rising temperatures could transform the Mediterranean into a salty and stagnant sea
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French scientists say an exchange of water vapor from the Atlantic to the Pacific might be an important feedback mechanism for abrupt climatic changes.
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Global warming is set to continue, and bring with it an increase in extreme weather such as hurricanes and droughts, scientists from the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization warned on Wednesday.