December 26, 2001
Using satellite data researchers have determined that the forests in the U.S., Europe, and Russia soak up at least 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equivalent to 12 percent of annual global emissions.
October 30, 2001
On August 19, 2000 the New York Times published a front-page story claiming that open sea at the North Pole was clear evidence of global warming. Ten days later the Times ran a retraction in a Science Times article.
October 13, 2001
A new study in Nature (November 1, 2001) claims to have found significant thinning in the north Greenland ice sheet. However, the east coast and west coast measurements differed by 11.8 meters, a rather large measurement error.
October 2, 2001
"We do not yet have tools to predict potentially socially significant regional climate changes in the next 100 years," according to authors of a report featured in "Science."
September 18, 2001
The IPCCs assessment reports and especially its summaries for policymakers have been criticized from many quarters and have been shown to contain many errors and weaknesses.
September 4, 2001
A new study slated to appear in the September 16 issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres has found that warmer temperatures and elevated levels of carbon dioxide have led to a greening of the northern hemisphere.
September 4, 2001
Several external costs associated with wind power include scenery impairment, noise, property value losses, the need for massive infrastructure investment to transport electricity from remote wind farms, and the provision of backup power to alleviate intermittency problems associated with wind power.
August 21, 2001
In its August 17 issue, Science published an article claiming that more people die from air pollution than from traffic accidents in New York City, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and Santiago, Chile.
August 2, 2001
Many scientists have commented that the high end of the IPCCs estimate of future global warming, the range from 1.4 to 5.8 degrees C (2.5 to 10.4 degrees F), is highly unlikely.
July 10, 2001
One of the most important scientific questions that remains unanswered is the role of natural variability in the climate.
June 26, 2001
There has been a lot of hand wringing over increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, but the increase is relatively small when compared to historic levels.
June 12, 2001
A report was hailed by the major print and broadcast outlets as confirming global warming alarmism and therefore a slap in the face to the Bush Administration. What the report actually says, however, is difficult to determine.
May 29, 2001
It has been claimed that a warming planet could lead to the spread of mosquito-borne diseases (often erroneously referred to as tropical diseases), such as malaria and yellow and dengue fever into the higher latitudes. Dr. Paul Reiter looks at past climate history to better understand how these diseases interact with climate.
May 15, 2001
A new study, which complicates the ability to link global warming and rainfall, appears in the May issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
May 1, 2001
There was no statistically significant ocean warming before or after the 1976-77 temperature shift. Such sudden shifts can hardly be attributed to gradual increases in greenhouse gas concentrations, but by averaging the data, Levitus, et al. were able to construct a gradual temperature rise consistent with global warming theory.
April 19, 2001
Recent media accounts of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change give the distinct impression that climate models, the primary source of global warming concerns, are getting more accurate all the time. A news article in Science (April 13, 2001), however, sets the record straight.
April 3, 2001
A new study by Peter Winsor, with the Department of Oceanography, Earth Science Centre, at Gteborg University in Sweden concludes "Draft data from the North Pole, and the Beaufort Sea, and transects between the two areas over a 7-year period from 1991 to 1997 show no evidence of a thinning ice cover."
March 20, 2001
A new study did not tackle whether Earths surface temperature is actually increasing. In fact, whether this greenhouse effect will lead to global warming or global cooling is unclear, the study scientists said.
March 6, 2001
Three scientific studies that have recently appeared may well spell the beginning of the end of global warming theory: 1)Water Vapor Feedback, 2) Black Carbon, 3) Natural Cycles.
February 20, 2001
Producers of so-called renewable energy are concerned that the California power crisis may put them out of business.
