Category Archives: climate change

Arctic Warming Overtakes 2,000 Years of Natural Cooling

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Arctic temperatures have been dropping for the last 2,000 years. Since 1900, temperature anomaly has turned positive, indicating temperatures started becoming warmer than the long term average, new research indicates. The study, which incorporates geologic records and computer simulations, provides … Continue reading →

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Our best guess about global warming may be wrong

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Fifty-five million years ago, the world was a much warmer place. The poles were ice-free year-round. Palm trees grew in Alaska. Forests stretched right into the Arctic Circle. There, swamps like those in today’s southeastern United States hosted alligators, snakes, … Continue reading →

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Sun Spot-Climate Link

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Small changes in the energy output of the sun can have a major impact on global weather patterns, such as the intensity of the Indian monsoon, that could be predicted years in advance, a team of scientists said.Using a century … Continue reading →

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Mekong Delta may be inundated

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

More than a third of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, where nearly half of the country’s rice is grown, will be submerged if sea levels rise by 1 meter (39 inches),  environment ministry predicted. A sea level increase of that … Continue reading →

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