Twentieth century 'warmest in 500 years'
BBC News
Greenland's coastal ice thins fast
BBC News
Atmospheric carbon at 20 million year high
BBC News
U.S. May Be Entering New Weather Era
Washington Post article stating that some scientists believe the U.S. may be on the brink of a change in climate patterns that could last 20 or 30 years.
Pacific Ocean Showing Signs of Major Shifts in the Climate
New York Times article reports that changes in the Pacific Ocean are making it more likely that winter weather in much of the U.S. will exhibit unusual warmth alternating with sharp cold.
New Greenhouse Gas Identified, Potent and Rare (but Expanding)
New York Times article stating that scientists have found rising concentrations of a newly identified synthetic gas in the air that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases.
Arctic Shortcut Worries Canadians
New York Times article on the possible pressures faced by Canada's Northwest Passage due to global warming.
U.S. Proposes New Strategy to Fight Global Warming
New York Times article on the U.S. proposal that countries get as much credit for using forests and farmers' fields to sop up carbon dioxide, the chief warming gas, as they would for cutting emissions from smokestacks and tail pipes.
Texas Takes Step on Warming; Some See Shift in Bush's Position
NY Times
U.S. to Withdraw from Kyoto Global Warming Treaty
The Bush administration plans to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman told reporters on March 27.
Breaking the Global-Warming Gridlock
Atlantic Monthly
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