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CGD Staff in the News
Top climate scientists share their outlook
Staff: Kevin Trenberth [story]
Population Matters.
Staff: Brian O'Neil "You're not going to solve he climate problem - or probably any other environmental problem - just by slowing population growth," O'Neill says. But development pathways and the nature of economic growth around the world provide the context in which societies must address climate change. [podcast]
Green News Roundup: Highs and Lows
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More Record Highs and Far Fewer Lows
Staff: Gerald Meehl [story] [press release] [study] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related]
ANALYSIS-Rising US population makes 2050 climate cut harder
Staff: Brian O'Neill [story]
Emissions Linked to End of 2,000-Year Arctic Trend
Staff: Caspar Ammann and Dave Schneider [story] [press release] [study] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related]
Sun's Cycle Alters Earth's Climate
Staff: Gerald Meehl [story] [press release] [study] [related] [related] [related] [related]
Panelists at McCain-Udall hearing detail state's grim climate future
Staff: David Schimel [story] [related]
Rising acidity erodes Alaska's fisheries
Staff: Joanie Kleypas [story]
An ocean of poison
Staff: Joanie Kleypas [story]
India's Groundwater Disappearing at Alarming Rate
Staff: Sean Swenson [story]
Bold Soil-Mapping Venture Seen as Crucial to Efforts on Climate, Agriculture
Staff: David Lawrence [story]
Is this the fastest rebuttal of a denier study in history?
Staff: Kevin Trenberth [story]
Kevin Trenberth says less water flowing in rivers
Staff: Kevin Trenberth [story]
East Coast May Feel Rise in Sea Levels the Most
Staff: Gerald Meehl [story]
Ice melting more threatening than believed
Staff: Aixue Hu and Gerald Meehl [story] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related]
Scientists Tackle Climate Model Mystery
Staff: P. Lawrence [story]
Energy Secretary's White-Paint Proposal Puzzles Climate-Change Experts
Staff: Gordon Bonan [story]
Permafrost Meltdown May Bog Down Global Warming--For Awhile
Staff: David Lawrence [story]
African American History Program
Staff: Warren Washington [story]
Global warming may be twice as bad as previously expected
Staff: Kevin Trenberth [story]
Energy industry adjusts to politics of global warming
Staff: Kevin Trenberth [story] [related]
AGU Journal Editors' Highlight: How much climate change can be avoided by mitigation?
Washington, W.M., et al. 2009: Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08703, doi:10.1029/2008GL037074. [editors' highlight]
Rivers Losing Water Due to Climate Change
Staff: Aiguo Dai
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Global warming can no longer be avoided
Staff: Warren Washington [story] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related] [related]
Climate 'Tipping Points' Weighed for Likelihood
Staff: Kevin Trenberth
Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources
One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels.
Staff: Marika Holland