Jan 02 Slowing Great Barrier Reef Coral Growth Worries Scientists By Admin, PBS News Hour Coral in Australia's Great Barrier Reef are growing at their slowest rate in at least 400 years, according to a new study. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch G-8 Vows to Cut Emissions but Divisions Remain Leaders of the Group of Eight nations agreed Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050. But on Wednesday, a group of five emerging economies refused to sign the deal, saying they want more aggressive emissions cuts. A… Continue watching
May 31 President Bush Urges Nations to Set Emissions Targets By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush, in a counter-offer to European leaders, said Thursday that 15 nations with the world's largest economies should set common targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2008. Continue reading
May 01 Watch Energy Experts Debate Future Use of Coal In the fifth part of a series about how to deal with climate change, a coal industry advocate and the author of a book critical of the coal industry debate whether new coal technologies hold promise or peril. Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch U.N. Panel Says Humans ‘Very Likely’ Causing Global Warming The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report Friday saying temperatures and sea levels will continue to rise for centuries even if greenhouse gas emissions stabilize. An expert and a report co-author discuss the findings. Continue watching
Feb 02 Humans to Blame for Global Warming, U.N. Report Says By Admin, PBS News Hour The evidence for global warming is "unequivocal" and it is "very likely" that human actions are to blame for rising temperatures, an international panel of climate experts said Friday. Continue reading
Jan 22 Businesses Press President Bush, Congress on Climate Change By Admin, PBS News Hour The chief executives of 10 major organizations joined environmental watchdog groups Monday to urge President Bush and Congress to enact mandatory caps on carbon dioxide emissions, which most scientists believe contribute to global warming. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch Researchers Scramble to Create CO2-Busting Technologies With carbon dioxide comprising 80 percent of greenhouse gases, researchers are creating technologies to neutralize emissions and reverse their effects on global warming. Continue watching