The UK Met Office today released data showing that the last ten years -- what it calls "the noughties" -- were the warmest period in the 160 year record. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today (7 December 2009) that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people; and that on-road vehicles contribute to that threat.

In a hearing last week on the state of climate science, White House science adviser John Holdren, addressed Republican assertions that the content of e-mail messages stolen from the University of East Anglia in the U.K. raised fundamental doubts about the strength of climate change science.  “There is and there will remain after the dust settles in this current controversy a very strong scientific consensus on the key characteristics of the [climate change] problem," countered  Holdren. 

As 192 nations convene in Copenhagen today (7 December 2009) to negotiate a new global climate deal, prospects for reaching a successful outcome have never been better as many nations have made new committments in recent weeks. 

Because of climate change, melt water has swollen Thorthormi Glacial Lake in Bhutan.  Rated as one of Bhutan’s likeliest future catastrophes, an outburst flood through Thorthormi’s unstable walls would release up to 14 million gallons of water and debris into the upper catchment of the Po Chu river and surrounding communities. WWF is helping an effort to  drain the lake.

The White House announced Friday (4 December 2009) that President Obama would participate in the Copenhagen (Denmark) climate change negotiations at their conclusion on 18 December rather than on 9 December as announced earlier.

The Southeast gets a taste of the extreme weather it will see more often with a changing climate.

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming heard yesterday (2 Dec 2009) from two top Obama Administration officials who warned of the growing impacts of climate change and the emphasized the urgency of curbing emissions and preparing for the impacts. 

A U.S. Department of Agriculture analysis of House-passed energy and climate legislation suggests benefits for farmers. Like most analyses, the study does not consider the economic implications for farmers of different climate change scenarios -- including business-as-usual scenarios with potentially catastrophic  impacts.

Climate change threatens Virginia's low-lying coastal cities with a costly combination of rising seas and more intense coastal storms.