Carbon Race

Global warming good for trees, bad for ducks: studies (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Global warming is good news for trees, which are thriving in higher temperatures and longer growing seasons, but bad news for ducks and other waterfowl, whose wetland habitat may dry up and disappear, two studies show.

Global warming good for trees: study (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Global warming is helping trees to grow faster as it brings higher temperatures, longer growing seasons and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a study by US researchers shows.

Bishop Hill: Gonzo science and the Hockey Stick (The Register) Torturing the climate numbers until they confess Interview In 2001 the IPCC published its Third Assessment report prominently featuring a graph that became "the logo of global warming". Previous historical reconstructions didn't show our modern warm climate as particularly anomalous. This was very different, and was hailed as a "call to action". Yet Michael Mann's studies were deeply flawed ...

Support down for Australia's Rudd, CO2 scheme-poll (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Adds detail, government comment) CANBERRA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Support for Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his government's carbon emissions trading plan is slipping ahead of elections this ...

Melting Arctic could cost global economy over $2.4tn (vnunet.com) BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Monday 8 February 2010 at 10:45:00 Report predicts warming effects of melting sea ice and rising methane emissions will accelerate climate change impact The melting of ice in the Arctic could result in economic costs of between $2.4 trillion (£1.54tn) and $24 trillion by 2050, according to a major new study that predicts that the loss of "the planet's air ...

Ed Miliband declares war on climate change sceptics (Guardian Unlimited) Climate secretary Ed Miliband warns against listening to 'siren voices', in an interview with the Observer The climate secretary, Ed Miliband, last night warned of the danger of a public backlash against the science of global warming in the face of continuing claims that experts have manipulated data. In an exclusive interview with the Observer , Miliband spoke out for the first time about last ...

Prince Charles defends climate change theory as top scientist calls for critics to provide evidence for their views (Daily Mail) The Prince's speech appeared a response to the recent furore over scientific data on global warming, which critics have called into question and claim is over-stated.

Plant foreign trees 'to save our forests' (Scotland on Sunday) SCOTTISH forests should be replanted with Lebanon cedars, Italian elders and Macedonian pines and not native species, according to a leading expert in a Forestry Commission st

Tony Hayward: BP's straight-talking chief on evolution not revolution (Guardian Unlimited) Despite share price worries, BP's chief executive Tony Hayward remains focused on a positive future With £5bn being wiped off the share value of his company overnight , a difficult future trading environment ahead and his beloved West Ham football club close to the relegation zone, BP chief executive Tony Hayward might have been in tetchy mood. But he bounces into the boardroom with his habitual ...