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Climate Change Headlines from 2000 to 2009
Written on 14 May, 2010 at 15:04 in Climate Change History | viewed 17,554 times | 0 Comments
The years 2000 through 2009 are marked as the warmest ever in the history of the Earth based on data supplied by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists. 2009 was also the second warmest temperature recorded since such records were kept beginning in 1880. 2005 was actually warmest year ever recorded. [...]... (Continue reading)
2000 – The media begins to buzz on the topic of Earth’s temperature
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 22:09 in Climate Change History | viewed 17,453 times | 0 Comments
Concern rises over the release of methane During the year 2000 discussion shifted from CO2 releases from power plants to Methane and other gases as being more or equally responsible for greenhouse effect warming of the Earth’s surface. Science recognizes in 2000 that methane while released in far less volume than CO2 poses its own [...]... (Continue reading)
2001 – The U.S. withdraws from the Kyoto Protocol citing economic reasons
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 22:08 in Climate Change History | viewed 8,248 times | 0 Comments
A decade of computer modeled research suggests a likelihood of climate changes Scientific observations taken over the previous 10 years of global warming, as observed in ocean basins coincide and match with computer models which had predicted such effect on the oceans. Release of this information results in a general scientific shift whereby almost all [...]... (Continue reading)
2002 – Global warming is compared against global dimming as climate shifts are still noted
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 20:52 in Climate Change History | viewed 7,179 times | 0 Comments
Icy regions show shrinkage as some deserts continue to expand The largest floating iceberg known to exist disconnects from the Antarctic Peninsula where it had been attached for thousands of years. It then collapses and breaks into hundreds of pieces which float away. In the same month on the other end of the globe [...]... (Continue reading)
2003 – Climate cycles are weighed against global warming existence
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 20:11 in Climate Change History | viewed 4,693 times | 0 Comments
Climate studies consider the possibility of a normal 100 year cycle in effect The scientific committee is once again the focal point of global warming debate as a compilation of 240 different climate studies seems to prove that increasing global temperatures during the 20th century are merely the result of a typical 100 year climate change [...]... (Continue reading)
2004 – Conservative and Liberal climate opinions come to the forefront of media
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 19:20 in Climate Change History | viewed 4,475 times | 0 Comments
Studies indicating concern over commercial jet emissions are released Researchers state that pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions from commercial jets that are directly released into the upper atmosphere will potentially become the largest man made cause of changes in climate. This takes into account both particle disbursement into the troposphere and greenhouse gas emissions from [...]... (Continue reading)
2005 – Positive political change for greenhouse emissions reduction
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 18:52 in Climate Change History | viewed 5,674 times | 0 Comments
Harsh predictions for Earth’s future climate if changes are not made News agency Workers International reports that humans are destroying the Earth at an alarming rate and therefore predicts failures of nature’s check and balancing system that may result in huge desertification on land masses as well as almost endless dead zones in the oceans. [...]... (Continue reading)
2006 – Nature, Economics and human well being become more entwined in climate issues
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 16:41 in Climate Change History | viewed 4,213 times | 0 Comments
The vulnerability of regions in the southern hemisphere is studied closely Most of the European continent and specifically Spain is once again seeing record breaking temperatures for summer. The traditional holiday in Spain is circumvented by 113° F weather as predictions are made for an overall rise of another 7° during this century. Information [...]... (Continue reading)
2007 – IPCC scientists draw greater attention to the possibilities of climate change
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 15:49 in Climate Change History | viewed 5,277 times | 0 Comments
Symptoms of a warming trend show up in the arctic and portions of Europe The arctic ice cap has melted to such a degree that the fabled northwest passage, a direct shipping route from Europe to Asia by means of the Arctic Circle opens for the first time in history. The United Kingdom deals with its worst [...]... (Continue reading)
2008 – Global environmental changes spark U.S. election year debate
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 14:55 in Climate Change History | viewed 5,088 times | 0 Comments
Unusual weather patterns and ocean life changes are made better known Core samples and carbon dating (no pun intended) reveal that methane gas released 635 million years ago created a global warming catastrophe. Scientists set up models for present day comparison. Once again United Kingdom rainfall levels are at record lows for the winter months. Global warming [...]... (Continue reading)
