climate
Snows Heat Up Warming Debate
by Media General News Service
Some people seem to think this winter’s snows prove that global warming is a bunch of hot air.
They are wrong, the experts say.
“That is totally a red herring,” said Jerry Stenger, director of the University of Virginia’s climatology office.
“That’s just silly,” said Jim Kinter, a meteorologist and [...]
Forum on sea level rise planned in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Coastal experts in North Carolina want to know how much the sea along the shoreline is rising.
They will hold a Science Forum on Sea Level Rise in North Carolina on Thursday at the Hilton North Raleigh. The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission will use the forum as the basis for its preliminary [...]
Carbon Trading Expands In Volume But Not in Value
AMSTERDAM (AP) – A market analysis company says the global trade in carbon emissions credits expanded last year, but falling prices meant roughly the same amount of money changed hands.
An analysis of the trade, which is concentrated in Europe, has significance for the United States and several other countries that are considering a cap-and-trade system [...]
US-China Tension Still Looms at Climate Talks
COPENHAGEN (AP) – In a showdown between the world’s two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations Tuesday of backsliding on fighting global warming and the top U.S. envoy said Chinese greenhouse gas emission commitments should be independently verified.
Trying to ease the tension, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said rich and poor [...]
UNC Submits Climate Action Plan
PRESS RELEASE
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — As the latest step in its commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tuesday submitted its Climate Action Plan to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.
In 2007, Carolina was one of the first universities to make this commitment to reduce the [...]
Change Seen in Atlantic from Climate, Fishing
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The basic makeup of the ocean waters off the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic region has fundamentally changed in the past 40 years because of climate change, commercial fishing pressures and growing coastal populations, according to a new report.
The 2009 Ecosystem Status Report says fish populations in U.S. waters from North Carolina [...]
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