Climate Change

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2002 turned up the heat
Deseret News January 18, 2003.  It was second hottest year ever worldwide

Global Warming Found to Displace Species
The New York Times (free registration required) January 2, 2003.  Global warming is forcing species around the world, from California starfish to Alpine herbs, to move into new ranges or alter habits in ways that could disrupt ecosystems, two groups of researchers say.

Impact of global warming grows
Deseret News January 1, 2003.  Rising global temperatures that have lured plants into early bloom and birds to nest earlier in the spring are altering the ranges and behavior of hundreds of plant and animal species worldwide, two studies conclude.

Temperatures Are Likely to Go From Warm to Warmer
The New York Times (free registration required) December 31, 2002.  Climate experts say global temperatures in 2003 could match or beat the modern record set in 1998, when temperatures were raised sharply by El Nino, a periodic disturbance of Pacific Ocean currents that warms the atmosphere.

2 Western Cities Join Suit to Fight Global Warming
The New York Times (free registration required) December 24, 2002.  In a novel legal action, the City Councils of Oakland, Calif., and Boulder, Colo., have voted to join Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace in a lawsuit charging two federal agencies with failing to conduct environmental reviews before financing projects that the cities say contribute to global warming.

Japan Takes Supercomputer Title From America
The Salt Lake Tribune December 18, 2002.  Running 35.6 trillion calculations a second, the Earth Simulator is the fastest supercomputer in the world, almost five times faster than the next best and as fast as the top five U.S. supercomputers combined.

Arctic Ice Is Melting at Record Level, Scientists Say
The New York Times (free registration required) December 8, 2002.  The melting of Greenland glaciers and Arctic Ocean sea ice this past summer reached levels not seen in decades, scientists reported today.

Bush's Plan on Warming Needs Work and Money, Experts Say
The New York Times (free registration required) December 6, 2002.  The Bush administration's proposed four-year plan to study global warming is unlikely to clear up uncertainties -- and thus unlikely to lead to shifts in policy -- without significant changes and new money, a variety of climate experts said today.

Administration Suggests Faster Pace on Emission Worries
The New York Times (free registration required) December 4, 2002.  Facing criticism over the pace and focus of the president's policy on global warming, Bush administration officials said today that future scientific findings could speed consideration of more aggressive actions to rein in emissions of heat-trapping gases.

Bush Considers Alternative Approach to Global Warming
The Salt Lake Tribune November 29, 2002.  Instead of trying to tame the No. 1 cause of global warming, the Bush administration is weighing cutbacks in emissions that contribute less to climate change but are easier to reduce, according to the president's science adviser.

As Andean Glaciers Shrink, Water Worries Grow
The New York Times (free registration required) November 24, 2002.  On a third peak, the 18,000-foot Condoriri, the glacier that supplies the largest reservoir in the Bolivian highlands is shriveling so fast that scientists fear a scarcity of drinking water in the decades to come.

Government Outlines Plan for Research on Warming
The New York Times (free registration required) November 13, 2002.  The Bush administration, saying there are still many uncertainties about threats posed by human-caused climate change, has outlined a broad, years-long research agenda on global warming.

Northwest Passage May Become Nautical Reality
The Salt Lake Tribune November 10, 2002.  A centuries-old dream of merchants and sailors, the fabled Northwest Passage across the ice-covered top of the world, may become open for commercial shipping as soon as five summers from now.

Climate Talks Shift Focus to How to Deal With Changes
The New York Times (free registration required) November 3, 2002.  The global climate is changing in big ways, probably because of human actions, and it is time to focus on adapting to the impacts instead of just fighting to limit the warming.

Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Loses Momentum
The New York Times (free registration required) November 2, 2002.  An international conference on climate change concluded here today with the adoption of a declaration that sidestepped any future commitments by developing countries to curb the emission of the gases that cause global warming.

So Far, Year Is Second Hottest
The Salt Lake Tribune October 14, 2002.  "If you look at the long term and what's been happening, it's fairly obvious that the climate is changing," Lawrimore said Sunday.

With White House Approval, E.P.A. Pollution Report Omits Global Warming Section
The New York Times (free registration required) September 15, 2002.  For the first time in six years, the annual federal report on air pollution trends has no section on global warming, though President Bush has said that slowing the growth of emissions linked to warming is a priority for his administration.

As Alaska Warms, Glaciers Stage a Ferocious Dance
The New York Times (free registration required) September 3, 2002.  From climate models, as well as years of field work, Dr. Echelmeyer had expected a general thinning of the glaciers that would be consistent with Alaska's summer temperature increase averaging 5 degrees over the past three decades. Instead, the researchers found that since the mid-1990's, Alaskan and Yukon glaciers had been dumping enough water into the ocean to raise sea level by 0.2 millimeters a year.

As the Earth Warms, Will Companies Pay?
The New York Times (free registration required) August 18, 2002.  With their confidence shaken in corporate bookkeeping and the market's omniscience, investors are starting to look for other possible "off balance sheet" land mines, including the hidden risks that could be associated with global climate change.

'Heat Island' Tokyo Is in Global Warming's Vanguard
The New York Times (free registration required) August 13, 2002.  While scientists worry about climate change on a global scale, it is evident in Tokyo today.

Experts: Warming endangers snowpack
The Denver Post August 4, 2002.  A dramatic warming of the Rocky Mountains over the next three decades could steal a fifth of Colorado's snowpack, stunting ski seasons, draining reservoirs and straining economies from Denver to San Diego.

State Officials Ask Bush to Act on Global Warming
The New York Times (free registration required) July 17, 2002.  In a letter that attacks what it says is the Bush administration's failure to address the looming crisis of global warming, the attorneys general of 11 states have written to the president pressing for strong federal measures to limit emissions of so-called greenhouse gases.

As Trees Die, Some Cite the Climate
The New York Times (free registration required) June 25, 2002.  Edward Berg has a pair of doctorates, one in philosophy and another in botany, but for the last decade he has been a forensic detective in the forest, trying to solve a large murder mystery.

Study: Warming Will Spawn Diseases
Washington Post June 21, 2002.  A warming climate will allow disease-causing pathogens to thrive in places where they once could not live, posing a new risk for species as diverse as butterflies and humans, oysters and lions, a study suggests.

Future looks barren, bleak
Denver Post June 16, 2002.  What if this drought of '02 is the new normal?

Now, in Alaska, Even the Permafrost Is Melting
The New York Times (free registration required) June 16, 2002.  To live in Alaska when the average temperature has risen about seven degrees over the last 30 years means learning to cope with a landscape that can sink, catch fire or break apart in the turn of a season.

Japan Ratifies Global Warming Pact, and Urges U.S. Backing
The New York Times (free registration required) June 5, 2002.  Japan ratified an international accord on limiting emissions of heat-trapping gasses today, ending more than six months of internal debate, and said it would lobby the United States and other large polluters to do the same.

Bush dismisses EPA climate report
Deseret News June 4, 2002.  "I read the report put out by the bureaucracy," Bush said dismissively Tuesday when asked about the EPA report, adding that he still opposes the Kyoto treaty.

EPA Issues Warning On Climate
The Salt Lake Tribune June 4, 2002.  The Bush administration warns in a report to the United Nations of significant effects on the environment from climate change but suggests nothing to deal with heat-trapping "greenhouse" pollution beyond voluntary action by industry.

Questions About Online Data
The New York Times (free registration required) June 3, 2002.  ... This year, The Center for Regulatory Effictiveness requested that the United States Global Change Research Program withdraw dissemination of the National Assessment on Climate Change on the basis of "numerous data quality and scientific flaws," according to a letter posted on the group's Web site.

Crossroads on Global Warming
The New York Times (free registration required) June 3, 2002.  Editorial

Climate Changing, U.S. Says in Report
The New York Times (free registration required) June 3, 2002.  In a stark for the Bush administration, the United States has sent a climate report to the United Nations detailing specific and far-reaching effects that it says global warming will inflict on the American environment.

Climate Plan Is Criticized as Optimistic
The New York Times (free registration required) February 26, 2002.  ...after analyzing details of Mr. Bush's new plan, many scientists and economists who study climate data and policy say the scientific ambiguity that the administration used to justify a limited response certainly exists, but cuts both ways.

Bush Plan Expected to Slow, Not Halt, Gas Emission Rise
The New York Times (free registration required) February 14, 2002.  President Bush is set to announce a plan today calling for voluntary measures to slow but not halt the growth in emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming, White House officials said last night.

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rise: Energy Department says other countries have cut global-warming gases
The Salt Lake Tribune June 30, 2001.  The United States had the biggest increase last year in carbon dioxide production since 1996, the Energy Department said Friday.

Study: U.S. Contribution to Warming Will Worsen
The Salt Lake Tribune June 22, 2001.  New estimates of the United States' contribution to global warming show that forest growth, crops and rivers absorb a quarter to a half of the nation's yearly 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels.

China Said to Sharply Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
The New York Times (free registration required) June 15, 2001.  China's annual output of carbon dioxide in the last four years of rapid economic growth has actually declined, according to data compiled by the United States Department of Energy.

Studies Challenge Role of Trees in Curbing Greenhouse Gases
The New York Times (free registration required) May 24, 2001.  Two new studies are challenging the idea that planting forests could be a cheap way to absorb emissions of carbon dioxide, the main heat- trapping gas released by human activities.

Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
Scientific American August 2000.  Computer models indicate that many diseases will surge as the earth's atmosphere heats up. Signs of the predicted troubles have begun to appear

Climate Change - The Potential for Surprises
Federation of American Scientists July/August 1999.  The purpose of this newsletter is to emphasize that the changes in the global atmosphere being induced by human activities carry a small but significant risk of much greater changes than are usually considered.

The Great Climate Flip-Flop
The Atlantic Monthly January 1998.  "Climate change" is popularly understood to mean greenhouse warming, which, it is predicted, will cause flooding, severe windstorms, and killer heat waves. But warming could lead, paradoxically, to drastic cooling -- a catastrophe that could threaten the survival of civilization

Chaotic Climate
Scientific American November 1995.  Global temperatures have been known to change substantially in only a decade or two. Could another jump be in the offing?