November 17, 2006 — By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Signs of warming continue in the Arctic with a decline in sea ice, an increase in shrubs growing on the tundra and rising concerns about the Greenland ice sheet. “There have been regional warming periods before. Now we’re seeing Arctic-wide changes,” James Overland, an oceanographer at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, said Thursday. Read the full story…
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U.N. sees ‘far more robust’ global warming evidence
By Laura MacInnis (Source: Reuters UK) GENEVA, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Scientific evidence that human activity is heating the Earth has become “far more robust” in the last five years, the head of the United Nations climate change panel said. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said an increase of research on global warming had added weight to the group’s upcoming report, which is considered a mainstay for environmental...