The Data behind the Climate Change Fight back (Graphic)
Scientists are fighting back over climate change. Get the data behind the latest battle - and see how we visualized it.
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Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve
Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change.
Darwin Deniers Add Warming to Targets
Critics of evolution are gaining ground by linking the issue to climate change, arguing that dissenting views on both should be taught in public schools.
Climategate 2? More ‘private e-mails’ go public
Undaunted by a rash of scandals over the science underpinning climate change, top climate researchers are plotting to respond with what one scientist involved said needs to be "an outlandishly aggressively partisan approach"; to gut the credibility of skeptics.
Is the sky falling on global warming?
Todd Stern, America's Special Envoy for Climate Change — and people wonder where to begin cutting government — warned that those interested in "undermining action on climate change" will seize on "whatever tidbit they can find." Tidbits like specious science, and the absence of warming?
Ten Companies Reinventing Our Energy Infrastructure
Any one technology is unlikely to solve the looming climate change and peak oil problems, but working together within the larger system, they could tilt the globe away from catastrophe and towards a sustainable future.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/Ten_Companies_Reinventing_Our_Energy_Infrastructure"Digg/a | a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/energycogallery/"Original/a/p
Graham says GOP should stop demonizing climate change
"I have been to enough college campuses to know if you are 30 or younger this climate issue is not a debate".pa href="http://digg.com/politics/Graham_says_GOP_should_stop_demonizing_climate_change"Digg/a | a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/03/02/graham-says-gop-should-stop-demonizing-climate-change-you%E2%80%99re-risking-your-party%E2%80%99s-future-with-younger-people-by-calling-it-a-hoax/"Original/a/p
Coral Develops ‘Skills’ to Cope With Warming
Move, adapt or die. Those are the options marine plants and animals have in the face of climate change, said Stanford biologist Steve Palumbi, who has been exploring how to help them go with the first two options, rather than the third. He's come up with some surprising answers.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/Coral_Develops_Skills_to_Cope_With_Warming"Digg/a | a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100222094803.htm"Original/a/p
Why Vietnamese villagers are dragging dead whales inland
Picture this: On a beach in southern Vietnam a crowd of fishermen and their families gather to mourn the passing of a dead whale, a rare and sacred omen to Vietnam's fishermen. Vibrantly colored wooden fishing boats swing on their mooring lines just off shore, with large eyes painted on their bow to ward off fabled sea monsters.pa href="http://digg.com/pets_animals/Why_Vietnamese_villagers_are_dragging_dead_whales_inland"Digg/a | a href="http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/none/vietnams-whale-temples-climate-change-dilemma-712495"Original/a/p
Which cities will flood when sea levels attack [ Pic ]
What does a metre sea level rise actually mean? This is how we visualised some of the data confusion.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/Which_cities_will_flood_when_sea_levels_attack_Pic"Digg/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/feb/22/information-beautiful-sea-level-rise-climate-change#zoomed-picture"Original/a/p
Industry, States, Politicians Unite Against EPA on Climate
A group of states, trade groups, politicians and companies have headed to court in a bid to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating the greenhouse gas emissions most scientists blame for climate change.
Top U.N. Climate Official Resigns – NYTimes.com
Yvo de Boer, the top U.N. climate change official, told The Associated Press that he was resigning in July after nearly four years.
Nike and Starbucks Join Forces to Push Climate Legislation
Nike and Starbucks launched a virtual coast-to-coast race Tuesday, part of a coalition of companies and non-profit organizations, in a bid to create momentum for passing U.S. climate change legislation.
Gawker’s Nick Denton is a Climate Change Skeptic
Gawker founder Nick Denton counts himself a growing number of Brits who are ''skeptical' of a consensus on climate change.
The Tyranny of Vegan Mondays
It's been a rough week for climate change proponents as conservative pundits have been targeting everything from the months-old Climategate scandal to the East Coast blizzards as proof that climate change is little more than a liberal hoax.
