Published today by the prestigious international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), the researchers have coined a new term, 'tipping elements', to describe those components of the climate system that are at risk of passing a tipping point.

The term 'tipping

February 1, 2008

Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more rainfall midweek than on weekends. Scientists say air pollution from humans is likely driving that trend.

The link between rainfall and the day of the week is evident in data from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, known as TRMM. Midweek storms tend to be stronger, drop more rain and span a larger

The latest international update on climate change says global warming is turning oceans acidic and threatening marine life but offers new hope - the cost of tackling carbon emissions is modest and the means to do it are already available.

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change yesterday delivered its strongest warning yet, calling the rise in global temperatures "unequivocal" and its effects potentially irreversible and laying blame - with at least 90 per cent probabi

Dramatic temperature shifts have happened in the past, driven partly by changes in a major ocean currents.

A "great ocean conveyor" helps transport heat around the globe via surface and deep-sea movements of water.

Scientists are exploring whether global warming might slow or shut it down - a scenario considered "low probability, high impact".

This could disrupt mostly wind-driven surface currents such as the Gulf Stream, which helps to bring milder weather to Northern Eu

We are all seeing rather less of the Sun. Scientists looking at five decades of sunlight measurements have reached the disturbing conclusion that the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth's surface has been gradually falling. Paradoxically, the decline in sunlight may mean that global warming is a far greater threat to society than previously thought.

The effect was first spotted by Gerry Stanhill, an English scientist working in Israel. Comparing Israeli sunlight records from the

On September 15, 2007, at the time of the Arctic sea ice minimum, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured an unusually clear view of the open

Coach of the Airwaves launches its inaugural Global Spotlight Interview Series with Michael de Groot, founder of the Global No Drive Day initiative.

Recording available by clicking on the following link;

Click HERE to watch a BBC Newsnight Programme on this subject.

Read a fascinating blog regarding people's views on Climate Change.

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PRESS RELEASE

Friday, September 28, 2007.

China is holding a No Car Day in more than 100 cities as it tries to reduce smog ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Cars have been banned on some central streets in Beijing and all drivers are being encouraged to leave their cars at home voluntarily.

The effects of climate change will be felt sooner than scientists realised and the world must learn to live with the effects, experts said today.

Professor Martin Parry, a climate scientist with the Met Office, said destructive changes in temperature, rainfall and agriculture were now forecast to occur several decades earlier than thought.

He said vulnerable people such as the old and poor would be the worst affected, and that world leaders had not yet accepted their countries w

Britain will descend into "traffic hell" with nearly 6m more cars running on British roads by 2031, an environmental group has warned. The Campaign for Better Transport is urging the government to cut car use by investing in the rail network, as well as improving bus services and making public transport cheaper.

2004 and then 1998. The combined temperature for December-February was 1.3 degrees F

"We have seen the ice-covered area drop to just around 3 million square kilometers,
which is about 1 million square kilometers less than the previous minima of 2005
and 2006. There has been a reduction of the ice cover over the last 10 years of about
100, 000 square kilometers per year on average, so a drop of 1 million square kilometers
in just one year is extreme. That raises flags that the ice (in summer) may disappear much

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