Former Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) director general (DG) Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry on Thursday said climate change was on the rise due to [the] war on terror…. The former DG, who also holds the position of vice president of the World Metrological Organisation (WMO), said climate change was taking place after war on terror rapidly. He [...]

David Cameron has appointed a former lobbyist for British Gas to be his personal advisor on energy and climate change. Tara Singh’s appointment was generally welcomed by people worried that the Tories are becoming increasingly sceptical about climate change. Tara Singh, whose previous role as public affairs manager at British-Gas owner Centrica involved frequent contact [...]

Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has apologized for remarks Monday in which he linked Oklahoma “cyclones” to climate change while berating Republicans for their stance on the issue — around the time a massive tornado killed dozens in that state.  A Whitehouse spokesman said Tuesday the politically charged remarks were pre-written as part of [...]

The upcoming fifth climate change report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is believed to reveal new, and gruesome, scientific data: Natural and anthropogenic factors contributing to global climate change will escalate in the 2040s, causing ever more devastating effects on the planet. The “climate time bomb” is set to go off – [...]

denisdutton.com/newsweek_coolingworld.pdf Real Science, 20 May 2013  

GLOBAL temperature increases as a result of increased carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are likely to be lower than previously thought, an international research team has found. The Oxford University-led study found that a predicted doubling of CO2 concentrations, expected to occur later this century, is likely to raise global temperatures in the [...]

Arctic sea ice is melting very slowly, and ice extent is the highest for the date since 2002. The slow melt is not surprising, because temperatures in the Arctic are almost 5C below normal. COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut The slow melt is not surprising, because temperatures in the [...]

The number of Americans who are “worried” about global warming has fallen to 37 percent, the lowest proportion since Yale began climate change polling in 2008 and a 12 percent drop since September. A cold winter may have caused Americans to change their beliefs on global warming, a study published Thursday suggests. As previous polls [...]