Alaska senator to take colleagues on climate-change tour of melting glaciers, drying wetlands

October 5th, 2009 Environmentalists say climate change hurts parksNEW YORK — The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization say 25 national parks are threatened by climate change. A report called "National Parks in Peril: The Threats of Climate Disruption" say the changes in landscapes and ecosystems are harming plants, trees and wildlife, but also threaten human activity in the parks and manmade structures.

October 2nd, 2009 Mesa, Ariz., is 1,000th signer for climate changeSEATTLE — Mesa, Ariz., is the 1,000th city to sign the U.S. Conference of Mayors' climate change agreement.

September 23rd, 2009 Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciersSERMILIK FJORD, Greenland — With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker. An orange tube fixed to a metal frame breaks the surface as the motorized winch stops groaning.

September 23rd, 2009 Obama pleads for harder work on climate changeUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama has implored world leaders to confront climate change, saying there can be no peace without cooperative work to preserve the planet. Appearing before global leaders gathered at the United Nations, Obama said Wednesday that "the danger posed by climate change cannot be denied — and our responsibility to meet it must not be deferred." The president said "this is why the days when America dragged its feet on this issue are over." He said he understood the tempation of nations to put economic recovery from recession ahead of climate change work, but said that must not be allowed to happen.

September 4th, 2009 New climate forceasting system to be createdGENEVA — The World Climate Conference has approved the creation of a new climate forecasting system to help countries adapt to climate change and enable them to better prepare for natural disasters, officials said Friday. Delegates from around 150 nations attending the conference adopted the declaration by consensus on Thursday, and the U.N.

September 2nd, 2009 Study: 1.6 billion face water, food threat in AsiaKATMANDU, Nepal — Effects of climate change including the melting of Himalayan glaciers threaten water and food security for more than 1.6 billion people living in South Asia, according to a study released Wednesday. India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nepal will be most vulnerable to falling crop yields caused by glacier retreat, floods, droughts and erratic rainfall, said the study financed by the Asian Development Bank.

August 24th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Participants at the World Water Week conference here have urged the governments to include the problem of water shortage in the negotiations on climate change. Access to drinking water has a significant impact on economy, health, agriculture and other spheres of life, they said.

August 24th, 2009 Senators tour US park, hear about global warmingESTES PARK, Colo. — Global warming is threatening America's national parks.

August 19th, 2009 Glaciers melt, Swiss get some territory from ItalyBERN, Switzerland — Switzerland has expanded its border at Italy's expense because of melting glaciers in the high Alps. The Swiss government on Wednesday approved shifting the border up to 150 meters (164 yards) into Italian territory in some areas.

August 4th, 2009 Salazar again urges climate action in SenateLONGMONT, Colo. — Standing inside a solar energy plant, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar vowed Tuesday that the health care debate in Washington won't slow progress on a sweeping climate change bill.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Setting aside speculation about strains in bilateral ties, India has said it is engaged in talks with China to monitor the glaciers in the Himalayas, a strategic border region, and plans to collaborate in climate change negotiations. "We are talking to the Chinese about monitoring the Himalayan glaciers," Minister for State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told Britain's Financial Times.

June 27th, 2009 Obama, Brown speak on climate change, economyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday spoke with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss climate change and the global economic recovery. Obama spoke with his counterpart by telephone as part of their ongoing consultations.

June 17th, 2009 Report: Drier South, warmer North, and more bugsWASHINGTON — The new climate change science report by the federal government looks at effects of global warming on specific U.S. regions and forecasts what's to come: NORTHEAST Already: Winter temperatures have increased by 4 degrees since 1970.

May 14th, 2009 Climate conference urges world to protect oceansMANADO, Indonesia — Rising sea levels, warming waters and spiraling acidity caused by global warming are threatening the world's oceans and the communities they support, governments warned Thursday, as they sought to include protection for the seas in a new U.N. climate treaty.

April 28th, 2009 Al Gore calls for prompt action on melting iceOSLO — Al Gore said Tuesday the world must act quickly to slow the melting of the world's polar ice packs and glaciers before it reaches a critical rate for global warming. "We have to act and we have to act quickly because we don't want to cross this tipping point," the Nobel peace laureate and former U.S.