State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Ancient Egyptians used artificial limbs
The ancient Egyptians pioneered amputation and artificial limbs, according to German investigators who reconstructed the medical history of a middle-aged woman who died around 3,000 years
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Temperatures rise in U.S.
Despite a chilly end of the year, temperatures in the United States overall continue to run well above the average of the past century, continuing the warming trend of the past decade. Worldwide,
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Report on climate change and U.S. water resources
The non-profit Pacific Institute and the U.S. Department of the Interior have released a new report that says climate changes in this century could have serious impacts on water resources in the
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New global warming research confirms link to greenhouse gases
A gradual, but strong increase in global warming has been revealed from the global mean temperature records for the last century, by the removal of the masking effects of volcanic eruptions and El
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U.S. hopes to get off sidelines in climate talks
The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is developing a series of proposals to take to the next international round of global warming talks, in a bid to demonstrate US recognition of the
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NASA seeks proposals for Pluto Mission
NASA announced that the agency is seeking proposals from prinicipal investigators and institutions around the world to develop the first mission to
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Sweden to use EU presidency to push climate deal
Sweden said on Tuesday it would strive for an international deal on combating global warming during its six-month presidency of the European Union from January, despite a breakdown in talks with the
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US rejects fresh talks on climate change
The United States on Monday rejected an invitation to reopen climate talks with the European Union, killing the latest effort to forge an international strategy on global warming."Without additional
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NASA selects firm to build next generation weather instrument
A California firm has been selected by the NASA Office of Earth Sciences, Washington, DC, to implement a next-generation satellite package that could improve weather forecasting two fold and help in
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World still gripped by warming trend - UN agency
The warming trend that has gripped our climate for the past 20 years will make 2000 one of the hottest years since 1860, despite La Nina's cooling effect on the tropical Pacific and other anomalies,