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December 2003
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Jim Salinger describes his priority for action on global warming. You can play the low bandwidth or the high bandwidth version
Featured sites
Plan B, from the Earth Policy Institute, details how to rescue a planet under stress by cutting carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2020.
The e-newsletter from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat provides a comprehensive overview of major news and announcements regarding the climate negotiations.
The OzoneAction Education Pack provides primary school teachers with practical, hands-on and entertaining curricula material to educate their students about ozone depletion.
The Youth Climate Pledge is a collaborative plan of action that young people can sign on to and get others to commit to.
And finally,
The United Nations Paint for the Planet exhibition features paintings by child artists on the theme of climate change.
About Newswatch
Tiempo Climate Newswatch is a weekly on-line magazine with news, features and comment on global warming, climate change, sea-level rise and development issues. It is edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich and maintained by Mick Kelly and Mike Salmon. The cartoons are created by Lawrence Moore.
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December 31 2003: Survivors Of Bam Earthquake Urgently Require Public Health Supplies And Medicines - Science Daily
December 31 2003: Trapping Carbon Dioxide In An Icy Cage: Researchers Explore The Ocean Floor With Rare Instrument - Science Daily
December 31 2003: Four Killed in New Zealand Avalanche - Newsday (AP update)
December 31 2003: Aid reaches Iran quake survivors - Most of those left homeless by the Iranian earthquake now have shelter and aid is flowing in, the UN says. - BBC (Middle East)
December 31 2003: Four die in NZ avalanche - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 31 2003: 1st China-Europe Satellite Launches - The project will study Earth's magnetic field to better understand space storms. - Discovery Online
December 31 2003: Four killed in NZ avalanche - CNN (Asia)
December 31 2003: Aids Toll Leads to Flood of Bogus 'Miracle' Cures - All Africa News
December 31 2003: The Escalating Crisis in Darfur - The decades-long conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has its roots in constant neglect and tensions between sedentary farming communities and nomads. These have been compounded by a local drought and desertification, an expanding population and the manipulation of ethnic rivalry. - All Africa News
December 30 2003: Major earthquakes since 1923 - Sydney Morning Herald
December 30 2003: Search for Utah Avalanche Victims Halted - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2003: Three Killed in New Zealand Avalanche - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2003: Iran death toll may reach 50,000 - Tehran says up to 50,000 people may have been killed by Friday's earthquake in south-eastern Iran. - Guardian Unlimited
December 30 2003: Interactive: the Bam earthquake - Guardian Unlimited
December 30 2003: IRS Storms the Tax Shelters - Christian Science Monitor
December 30 2003: Three killed in NZ avalanche - CNN
December 30 2003: Pollution, tourists, and traffic send Parisians packing - Many exasperated residents associate Paris with the noise, pollution and traffic jams which are driving them to desert the city by the thousands for a quieter life in the country. - Environmental News Network
December 30 2003: Storm shuts Calif. highway, more mudslides possible - A fierce Pacific storm shut down a 150-mile stretch of highway in northern California Monday and left the southern part of the state bracing for heavy rainfall that authorities warned could cause more deadly mudslides and flash floods. - Environmental News Network
December 30 2003: Iran helps quake survivors as rescuers pull out - Iran, backed by a massive international aid effort, turned its full attention on Tuesday to the plight of tens of thousands left bereaved and homeless by Friday's devastating earthquake that killed up to 30,000 people. - Environmental News Network
December 30 2003: The Satellite Launches - The joint project will study Earth's magnetic field in an effort to better understand space storms. - Discovery Online
December 30 2003: Disaster Contingency Plans Prepared For Cyclone Season - As Mozambique's cyclone season approaches, the national disaster authority has presented its contingency plans and US $40 million budget to humanitarian partners, the UN Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Support Office (FIASCO) reported. - All Africa News
December 30 2003: Poor Rains in South Cause for Concern - The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) says it is increasingly concerned about the poor performance of the rains in southern Mozambique, especially in Maputo province. - All Africa News
December 30 2003: Iran Earthquake Death Toll Hits 28,000 - ABC News
December 29 2003: Letters: Earthquake victims suffering but old hatreds rule - Sydney Morning Herald
December 29 2003: Four Iranian Earthquake Survivors Found - Newsday (AP update)
December 29 2003: New Pacific Storm Churns Toward Calif. - Newsday (AP update)
December 29 2003: Minor Earthquake Strikes in California - Newsday (AP update)
December 29 2003: Iran earthquake toll 'may reach 40,000' - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2003: Earthquake teams face cruel truth - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2003: Earthquake in Iran - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2003: How to capture an eclipse of the sun - Christian Science Monitor
December 29 2003: Iran Says Quake Toll May Hit 30,000 - Iran earthquake kills at least 25,000; hope for survivors fades. *... - Infoseek (International)
December 29 2003: Skier killed in Alps avalanche - BBC (Europe)
December 29 2003: Iran's Leader Vows to Rebuild After Quake - Hopes of finding more survivors faded as sunrise marked 72 hours since the devastating earthquake hit Bam, Iran. More than 25,000 bodies have already been pulled from the rubble, and there are fears the death toll could top 40,000. - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 29 2003: Devastation and Despair - Hopes of finding more survivors faded as sunrise marked 72 hours since the devastating earthquake hit Bam, Iran. More than 25,000 bodies have already been pulled from the rubble, and there are fears the death toll could top 40,000. - ABC News (World)
December 28 2003: Searchers Find Utah Avalanche Victim's Hat - Newsday (AP update)
December 28 2003: Tremors from Iran's Earthquake - Christian Science Monitor
December 28 2003: Quake efforts focus on survivors - Relief teams in the Iranian city of Bam rush to get food, water and shelter to survivors of Friday's earthquake. - BBC
December 28 2003: In pictures - Iran's historic jewel before and after the earthquake - BBC (World)
December 28 2003: In pictures: Iran earthquake - BBC
December 28 2003: Quake toll rises as hopes fade - With hopes fading for the rescue of more survivors of Friday's earthquake in the ancient city of Bam, Iranian government officials place the death toll as high as 20,000. - CNN
December 28 2003: Time Short for Buried Iran Quake Survivors - Hopes of finding more earthquake survivors in Iran's ancient city of ... - ABC News (World)
December 27 2003: Major Earthquakes Since 1923 - Newsday (AP update)
December 27 2003: Scientists Measure Pollution in Humans - Newsday (AP update)
December 27 2003: Offers of help flood in - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2003: Interactive guide: Earthquakes - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2003: Post-Avalanche Search Resumes - CBS
December 27 2003: Key reports and reaction on the Iran earthquake disaster - BBC
December 27 2003: 20,000 to 40,000 Feared Dead in Iran Quake - Officials' death estimates from an earthquake in southeast Iran range... - Infoseek (International)
December 27 2003: Iran calls for aid not volunteers - Iran says it needs medicine, not more volunteers, after a massive earthquake kills thousands in the south-east. - BBC
December 27 2003: Earthquake 'tests' Iran - media - BBC (Middle East)
December 27 2003: Iran's historic jewel before and after the earthquake - BBC (World)
December 27 2003: In Asia, pollution spreads as economies boom - Environmental News Network
December 27 2003: Major earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city - Environmental News Network
December 27 2003: Parched South Africa sets plan to fight drought - South Africa has drawn up an emergency program to help farmers and rural poor cope with a drought which is expected to slash key crops such as corn and sugar cane, a government ministry said Tuesday. - Environmental News Network
December 27 2003: EPA sets new pollution standards for two-wheelers - Environmental News Network
December 27 2003: Earthquake Kills Thousands in Iran - A severe earthquake has hit southeastern Iran, destroying an estimated 60 percent of homes in the city of Bam as residents slept. The government fears the death toll could go over 10,000. - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 26 2003: (December 19, 2003) - - The Earth's most severe ice coverings are thought to have occurred about 600 million years ago, with frozen ice sheets ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 26 2003: More Earthquakes Shake Paso Robles Area - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2003: A massive earthquake in the south-eastern Iranian city of Bam on Friday killed at least 20,000 people and injured up to 50,000 others. - Hindustan Times
December 26 2003: Earthquake kills 6,000 in Iran - Guardian Unlimited
December 26 2003: Earthquake Kills Thousands in Iran - Infoseek (International)
December 26 2003: Iranian earthquake 'kills 20,000' - At least 20,000 people are said to have died as an earthquake flattens a city in south-east Iran. - BBC
December 26 2003: Iranian earthquake 'kills 20,000' - At least 20,000 people are said to have died as a big earthquake flattens a city in south-east Iran. - BBC (World)
December 26 2003: Iran earthquake: Your experiences - BBC
December 26 2003: Scots earthquake rescue effort - BBC
December 26 2003: Joint sun mission set for launch - A mission to study the effects of the Sun on the Earth's environment will blast off on 27 December. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 26 2003: Earthquake devastation in the Iranian city of Bam - BBC (World)
December 26 2003: Iran earthquake toll mounts - Iran has appealed for international aid as the death toll from a devastating earthquake climbed to 5,000 and officials warned that thousands more are likely to be found dead. - CNN
December 26 2003: [ 01:00 am Sat, Dec 27, 2003, TIMES NEWS NETWORK ] - EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN - Times of India
December 26 2003: Earthquake Kills Thousands in Iran - A severe earthquake has hit southeastern Iran, destroying an estimated 60 percent of homes in the city of Bam as residents slept. The government fears the death toll could go over 10,000. - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 26 2003: 'National Tragedy' - A severe earthquake has hit southeastern Iran, destroying an estimated 60 percent of homes in the city of Bam as residents slept. The government fears the death toll could go over 10,000. - ABC News (World)
December 26 2003: More on Earthquakes - ABC News
December 25 2003: Hottest superpower takes world by storm - Sydney Morning Herald
December 25 2003: Tropical Oceans Were Overheated During Prehistoric Greenhouse Effect - Science Daily
December 25 2003: More Earthquakes Rattle Paso Robles Area - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2003: Aurora's Roadmap To Mars - Science Daily
December 24 2003: Small And Deadly: USC Engineers Develop Novel Technologies To Measure Ultrafine Specks Of Air Pollution - Science Daily
December 24 2003: Husband Loses Wife in Calif. Earthquake - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2003: Flooding in Bolivia Kills at Least 19 - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2003: Millions shun UK for sun and snow - Guardian Unlimited
December 24 2003: In too steep - Val d'Isère's high altitude guarantees snow but it's no gentle ride for a novice. Second-time skier - Guardian Unlimited
December 24 2003: Bush Pollution Changes Blocked - CBS
December 24 2003: Bolivia floods kill at least 20 - BBC (Americas)
December 24 2003: Soot 'worsens global warming' - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 24 2003: Parched South Africa sets plan to fight drought - South Africa has drawn up an emergency program to help farmers and rural poor cope with a drought which is expected to slash key crops such as corn and sugar cane, a government ministry said Tuesday. - Environmental News Network
December 24 2003: EPA sets new pollution standards for two-wheelers - Environmental News Network
December 23 2003: Heat is on dirty snow - Sydney Morning Herald
December 23 2003: Black Soot And Snow: A Warmer Combination - Science Daily
December 23 2003: Moderate Earthquake Rattles El Salvador - Newsday (AP update)
December 23 2003: Parents in Starvation Case Denied Visits - Newsday (AP update)
December 23 2003: Aftershocks Jolt Calif. Coastline - Gov. Schwarzenegger toured the damage caused by a deadly earthquake... - Infoseek (International)
December 23 2003: Chinese/European mission set for launch - A mission to study the effects of the Sun on the Earth's environment will blast-off on 27 December. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 23 2003: Soot 'makes global warming worse' - BBC
December 23 2003: Beware black snow - BBC (World)
December 23 2003: Soot 'makes global warming worse' - Soot has a greater effect on climate than we realise, and cutting levels could slow climate change, US researchers say. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 23 2003: [#8226] - Diesel soot big global warming factor - CNN
December 23 2003: Diesel soot is big factor in global warming - Environmental News Network
December 23 2003: Earthquake rocks California coast - A powerful earthquake struck central California Monday, crushing two women to death in a cascade of rubble and causing high-rise buildings from San Francisco to Los Angeles to sway ominously. - Environmental News Network
December 23 2003: Philippine mudslide death toll rises, hope fades - Heavy rain threatened to trigger more mudslides and floods in the central Philippines on Monday, compounding a disaster that has buried villages and killed scores of people in an area stripped of trees by illegal logging. - Environmental News Network
December 23 2003: Philippines death toll tops 200 - The death toll from a series of mudslides and flooding in the Philippines has climbed to more than 200. - CNN (Asia)
December 23 2003: Parents in N.J. Starvation Case Can't See Kids for Holidays - ABC News
December 23 2003: Aftershocks Rattle Calif. After 6.5 Quake - Aftershocks rattle the central California coast, following a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that killed two people, injured dozens and wrecked a landmark clock tower. Monday's quake was the first to cause fatalities in the state since a magnitude-6.7 temblor hit Northridge in 1994. - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 22 2003: Landscapes On Buried Glaciers In Antarctica's Dry Valleys Help Decipher Recent Ice Ages On Mars - Science Daily
December 22 2003: (December 16, 2003) - - In a follow-up analysis of the most extensive study of its kind on the long-term effects of air pollution on human health, ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 22 2003: U.S. Forces Adapt to Environment in Iraq - Newsday (AP update)
December 22 2003: Deadly Quake Jolts California - An earthquake estimated at magnitude 6.5 rocked the California coast from L.A. to San Francisco, killing at least two people and knocking out power to tens of thousands. - CBS
December 22 2003: Earthquake Rumbles Through Central California - Infoseek (International)
December 22 2003: Nordic countries in snow misery - BBC (Europe)
December 22 2003: Earthquake rocks California coast - BBC
December 22 2003: In pictures: Snow - Heavy snow brings travel woes and Christmas fun - BBC
December 22 2003: [#8226] - Earthquake hits central California - CNN
December 22 2003: A powerful earthquake hit California's central coast, collapsing buildings in one coastal town and killing at least three people. The quake shook the state from Los Angeles to San Francisco. - ABC News
December 22 2003: Wading through snow and sleet, shopping in crowded malls and shivering through a traditional Christmas? Why some people prefer to spend the holidays far from home. - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 22 2003: Bah, Humbug! Escape the Winter Wonderland - Wading through snow and sleet, shopping in crowded malls and shivering through a traditional Christmas? Why some people prefer to spend the holidays far from home. - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 22 2003: Away From Home for the Holidays - Wading through snow and sleet, shopping in crowded malls and shivering through a traditional Christmas? Why some people prefer to spend the holidays far from home. - ABC News (World)
December 21 2003: For the metrosexuals of the Sahara, the long drought is over - Sydney Morning Herald
December 21 2003: Landslides, floods, tornado hit Leyte and Mindanao islands - Sydney Morning Herald
December 21 2003: Roads warning as snow sweeps in - BBC
December 21 2003: Philippines mudslides toll now 83 - Rescuers have been battling rain and mud with shovels and bare hands in search of survivors after landslides and floods devastated eastern Philippine villages, killing at least 83 people. - CNN (Asia)
December 20 2003: Philippines Landslides, Floods Kill 30 - Newsday (AP update)
December 20 2003: Northern Australia Braces for Cyclone - Newsday (AP update)
December 20 2003: From Dickens to Disney - Christmas has come to signal a feast of sentimentality. But, in the best, there's a darkness under the blanket of snow, says - Guardian Unlimited
December 20 2003: Many dead in Philippines mudslides - Landslides and floods caused by days of heavy rains have killed at least 30 people and left more than 100 others missing and feared buried alive in the central and southern Philippines, officials said. - CNN (Asia)
December 19 2003: Toronto's no snow job for O'Shea - Sydney Morning Herald
December 19 2003: Stable Isotope Data Provide Evidence For Huge Global Methane Release About 600 Million Years Ago - Science Daily
December 19 2003: Nations to Consider Environment in Loans - Newsday (AP update)
December 19 2003: Environment, Development Clash in Alaska - Newsday (AP update)
December 19 2003: Storm clouds: Struggling St. John's fires Jarvis - Infoseek (International)
December 19 2003: DROUGHT in the grain-producing regions of the country has caused havoc with maize planting, resulting in a 30% increase in white maize prices this month while the wheat crop is expected to be 40% lower. - All Africa News
December 18 2003: Salty clue to global warming - Sydney Morning Herald
December 18 2003: Study Finds Evidence For Global Methane Release About 600 Million Years Ago - Science Daily
December 18 2003: Moderate Earthquake Shakes Taiwan - Newsday (AP update)
December 18 2003: European Parliament backs polluter-pays rules proposal - The European Parliament has backed proposed legislation designed to force industry and others in the European Union that pollute the environment to pay for the mess they make. - Environmental News Network
December 18 2003: Air quality in Asia is still bad, but it's improving - Pollution in the skies over Asia's booming cities is responsible for 500,000 deaths every year and the working lives of many are shortened by health problems from breathing filthy air, experts said Wednesday. - Environmental News Network
December 18 2003: 100,000 Refugees Faced With Starvation - Refugees in Dadaab Camp are at risk of starvation following the reduction of food rations by a UN agency. - All Africa News
December 18 2003: U.S. Troops Launch 'Operation Ivy Blizzard' - ABC News
December 18 2003: Study: White Christmases Have Become Rare - This winter it may not seem true, but research shows that snow has become a rare sight during the December holidays. - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 17 2003: Storm over tyrant's unholy blood - Sydney Morning Herald
December 17 2003: Insurers not all the same: storms prove it - Sydney Morning Herald
December 17 2003: Air Pollution Increases Risk Of Death From Heart Disease More Than Respiratory Disease - Science Daily
December 17 2003: (December 12, 2003) - - At 3:59 p.m. on Dec. 9, central Virginia experienced an earthquake that registered at 4.5 on the Richter scale. This moderate ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 17 2003: Study Probes Air Pollution, Heart Disease - Newsday (AP update)
December 17 2003: For the Mile High City, miles to go on smog - Christian Science Monitor
December 17 2003: Cyclone kills 50 in south India - BBC (World)
December 17 2003: No El Nino in sight for 2004 - A United Nations agency says there ias no current sign of a return in 2004 of the El Nino/La Nina weather phenomenon that brought devastation to many countries around the globe twice in the past five years. - Environmental News Network
December 17 2003: E.U. insists its support for Kyoto policy unwavering - European Commission President Romano Prodi insisted the European Union's support for the Kyoto Protocol was unwavering Tuesday, after a commissioner said the E.U. must prepare for the possible failure of the global warming treaty. - Environmental News Network
December 17 2003: Food Prices Spike Beyond Reach of Average Zimbabwean Family, UN Says - As drought, deaths from HIV/AIDS and a general decline decimate the Zimbabwean economy, the prices of basic foods have risen by nearly half again in the last month, putting them out of the average family's reach, the United Nations warned today. - All Africa News
December 17 2003: Zimbabwe's struggling agricultural sector, already hard hit by drought, shortages of inputs and the fast-track land reform programme, has also been badly affected by HIV/AIDS. - All Africa News
December 16 2003: Air Pollution's Impact On The Heart Is As Bad As Having Been A Smoker - Science Daily
December 16 2003: Cyclone Hits India's South, Killing 11 - Newsday (AP update)
December 16 2003: Study Links Pollution to Heart Disease - Newsday (AP update)
December 16 2003: Heat high for 2003 but no record - Despite the summer's widespread heatwaves, 2003 looks likely to have been only the fifth warmest year in the UK, and the third warmest globally. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 16 2003: Storm threat to Mars landers - BBC (Europe)
December 16 2003: Dust storms threat to Mars plans - BBC (World)
December 16 2003: Dust storms threaten Mars landers - Astronomers report a series of dust storms on the Red Planet that could create operational problems for the probes heading there. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 16 2003: World Economic Forum creates global greenhouse gas register - Environmental News Network
December 16 2003: EPA battles Canadian company over Columbia River pollution - Environmental News Network
December 16 2003: The European Union must review its strategy of backing the Kyoto Protocol on global warming as Russian hesitations over the accord have put its implementation in doubt, the bloc's top energy official said Monday. - Environmental News Network
December 16 2003: EPA goes soft on heavy metal power plant emissions - Days after a scientific panel urged the government to strongly warn pregnant women and children about mercury levels in certain fish, the Bush administration is proposing to give power plants up to 15 years to install technology to reduce mercury pollution. - Environmental News Network
December 15 2003: (December 10, 2003) - - Mars may be going through a period of climate change, new findings from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 15 2003: - NASA scientists have opened a new window for understanding atmospheric water vapor, its implications for climate change and ozone ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 15 2003: EPA Battles Co. Over River Pollution - Newsday (AP update)
December 15 2003: Study: Cell Environment Affects Formation - Newsday (AP update)
December 15 2003: Seven Die In East Coast Storms - CBS
December 15 2003: Hurricanes sack Maurice - BBC (Americas)
December 15 2003: Storm over 'kerb-crawling MPs' - BBC
December 15 2003: DVD to help individuals, groups take action to fight global warming - Environmental News Network
December 14 2003: Ice mission delights scientists - Nasa says its IceSat spacecraft is returning remarkable data on the world's ice sheets which will feed into a better understanding of climate change. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 13 2003: Virginia Earthquake Not A Fluke In The Seismically Active Southeast - Science Daily
December 13 2003: Heat, Pollution Changing Precipitation - Newsday (AP update)
December 13 2003: Mavericks storm LA fortress - BBC (Americas)
December 12 2003: Virginia Earthquake Not A Fluke In The Seismically Active Southeast - At 3:59 p.m. on Dec. 9, central Virginia experienced an earthquake that registered at 4.5 on the Richter scale. This moderate ... - Science Daily
December 12 2003: (December 10, 2003) - - NASA scientists have opened a new window for understanding atmospheric water vapor, its implications for climate change and ozone ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 12 2003: Blood Flood in Slain Prosecutor's Car Analyzed - Infoseek (International)
December 12 2003: Kyoto sceptics - Why America is lukewarm on the issue of climate change - BBC (Americas)
December 12 2003: E.U. environment chief says greenhouse gas emission trading scheme is ready - Environmental News Network
December 12 2003: Backers of the U.N.'s Kyoto protocol on curbing global warming marked a frustrating anniversary Thursday, facing a dispute over aid to oil producers and Russian scepticism that could ruin the entire pact. - Environmental News Network
December 12 2003: Scientists surprised at persistence of nitrate pollution - Environmental News Network
December 12 2003: Climate change 'cost $60b' in 2003 - CNN (Asia)
December 11 2003: After rain and teacup storms, a proper Test - Sydney Morning Herald
December 11 2003: WHO says climate change killing 150,000 a year - Sydney Morning Herald
December 11 2003: Let it snow, let it snow beg Santa's villagers - Sydney Morning Herald
December 11 2003: UCSD Physicists See Solar Electrons, Auroras Associated With Recent Geomagnetic Storms - Science Daily
December 11 2003: (December 9, 2003) - - An Ohio State University study has revealed a complex picture of change that is occurring in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 11 2003: Progress, Promise In Space-based Earthquake Research - Science Daily (Climate)
December 11 2003: (December 8, 2003) - - Nearly 10 years after Los Angeles was shaken by the devastating, magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake, scientists at NASA and ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 11 2003: WHO Links Global Warming to More Deaths - Newsday (AP update)
December 11 2003: High-Altitude Auroras Stump Scientists - Newsday (AP update)
December 11 2003: U.N. Conference Crafts Greenhouse Rules - Newsday (AP update)
December 11 2003: Stranded Pilot Causes Diplomatic Storm - Newsday (AP update)
December 11 2003: US contract ban storm widens - BBC
December 11 2003: Storm over contract ban widens - BBC (World)
December 11 2003: Storm over US contract ban widens - BBC (Americas)
December 11 2003: Inuit threat over global warming - BBC (Americas)
December 11 2003: Warming water knocks cod stocks - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 11 2003: West 'risks new Ethiopia famine' - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 11 2003: Ethiopia at risk - Is the West pushing Ethiopia towards another famine? - BBC (World)
December 11 2003: Climate change 'will harm health' - BBC (World)
December 11 2003: Tips to help cut flood of junk e-mails - CNN (Sci/Tech)
December 11 2003: Global warming treaty elusive at U.N. climate conference - Environmental News Network
December 11 2003: Arctic Inuit say climate change is human rights abuse - Inuit hunters said Wednesday that a thawing of Arctic ice threatened their human rights in a novel bid to raise pressure on the United States to do more to fight global warming. - Environmental News Network
December 11 2003: Kyoto Protocol is irrelevant to the spread of disease says expert - Environmental News Network
December 11 2003: The U.N. Environment Program has called on nations to make a greater effort to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions as a way of tackling the crisis. - CNN (Asia)
December 11 2003: Climate change 'cost $60b' in 2003 - Climate change may have cost the world over $60 billion in 2003, triggering a spate of natural disasters from a deadly heat wave in Europe to massive flooding in China, the United Nations has said. - CNN (Asia)
December 10 2003: 'Prehistoric man began global warming' - Sydney Morning Herald
December 10 2003: Atmospheric Compound Is Double-edged Sword In Climate Change - Science Daily
December 10 2003: (December 8, 2003) - - One of the world's fastest-moving glaciers is speeding up and retreating rapidly, a recent study has ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 10 2003: Earthquake Shakes Taiwan's Capital - Newsday (AP update)
December 10 2003: Snowstorm Moves Across Plains, Midwest - Newsday (AP update)
December 10 2003: Satellite Makes 3-D Maps of Ice Sheets - Newsday (AP update)
December 10 2003: Belgium Works to Reduce Air Pollution - Newsday (AP update)
December 10 2003: Tracking winter for what it reveals and conceals - I am delighted to find my surrounding abruptly simplified by snow. - Christian Science Monitor
December 10 2003: What an earthquake can't ruin - Christian Science Monitor
December 10 2003: Spinning Garbage Into Gold - Aside from being good for the environment, recycling trash is a $100 billion global trading game between the U.S. and China. - CBS
December 10 2003: Still breathing - Life remains in the Kyoto climate treaty, supporters say - BBC (Americas)
December 10 2003: Warming water knocks cod stocks - North Sea cod stocks have suffered the double whammy of overfishing and warming waters, scientists say. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 10 2003: Humans' 10,000-year warming - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 10 2003: UK winter storms 'have doubled' - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 10 2003: Tips to help cut flood of spam e-mails - CNN (Sci/Tech)
December 10 2003: [#8226] - Tips to help cut flood of spam e-mails - CNN
December 10 2003: U.N. talks permit GMO forests under Kyoto - A U.N. conference agreed on Tuesday to permit use of genetically modified trees in forests planted to offset global warming, clearing a final hurdle to the Kyoto protocol whose fate now hinges on Russia. - Environmental News Network
December 10 2003: A continental congress against noise - Harnessing the tireless power of computers and collective will, the old continent is embarked on a new fight against a long-overlooked, but oft-overheard, form of pollution: noise. - Environmental News Network
December 10 2003: No Snow in Lapland, But Santa Stays Cool - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 10 2003: No Snow for Santa? - People are getting nervous at Santa's Village near the Arctic Circle. Christmas is fast approaching, but there's no sign of snow. - ABC News (World)
December 10 2003: Do Sex Products Offered Via E-mail Work? - You probably receive floods of e-mail spam touting products designed to improve your sex life. But do these products really work, and are they safe? - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 09 2003: Earth Radiation Belts Spectacular Following Halloween Solar Storm - Science Daily
December 09 2003: Snow Closes Schools in Plains, Midwest - Newsday (AP update)
December 09 2003: Mild Earthquake Reported in Virginia - Newsday (AP update)
December 09 2003: Magic eclipse Suns - BBC (Americas)
December 09 2003: Hot debate - A new study doubts the dinosaurs died in a global firestorm - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 09 2003: Floods during Tropical Storm Odette kill at least eight, Dominican officials say - Floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Odette killed at least eight people, Dominican officials said Monday as waters receded and the death toll rose. - Environmental News Network
December 09 2003: 4.5-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Virginia, Washington, D.C. - ABC News
December 08 2003: Storm brews as China tackles Bush - Sydney Morning Herald
December 08 2003: Major Greenland Glacier, Once Stable, Now Shrinking Dramatically - Science Daily
December 08 2003: Progress, Promise In Space-based Earthquake Research - Nearly 10 years after Los Angeles was shaken by the devastating, magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake, scientists at NASA and ... - Science Daily
December 08 2003: Get ready for a blizzard of Christmas spam - AddMyLinkImage("/news/181_488141,00030010.htm", "Get ready for a blizzard of Christmas spam"); - Hindustan Times
December 08 2003: Huge Storm, Monster Cleanup - CBS
December 08 2003: Northeast Digs Out from Massive Snow Storm - Infoseek (International)
December 08 2003: Pump operation for Arles floods - BBC (Europe)
December 08 2003: Global warming hits winemakers - BBC (Europe)
December 08 2003: Storm pummels Caribbean island - BBC (Americas)
December 08 2003: Rain mission seeks flood forecast - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 08 2003: Europe begins program to reduce noise pollution - CNN (Europe)
December 08 2003: [#8226] - Europe begins program to reduce noise pollution - CNN
December 08 2003: Nepad Asks for $30m Funding - ZAMBIA's tourism and environment sectors are expected to benefit from the US$30 million grant African countries have requested from the donor community through the New Partnership for African Development (Nepad) initiative. - All Africa News
December 08 2003: Northeast Digs Out After Major Snowstorm - ABC News (Newsflash)
December 08 2003: Snowy Start - Northeast digs out after major snowstorm that piled more than 3 feet in some areas. - ABC News
December 07 2003: Global warming could submerge three large Indian cities - Sydney Morning Herald
December 07 2003: Modern spirit leaves holy mountain battling plastic flood - Sydney Morning Herald
December 07 2003: The snow effect: empty malls, full driveways - The season's first blizzard hurts retailers but aids sledders. - Christian Science Monitor
December 07 2003: Northeast Digs Out From Deadly Snowstorm - Massive Northeastern snowstorm brings at least eight traffic deaths,... - Infoseek (International)
December 07 2003: Storm pummels Dominican Republic - BBC (World)
December 07 2003: Snow blankets eastern US states - BBC (Americas)
December 07 2003: New Yorkers hit as heavy snow storms blow across their city - BBC (Americas)
December 07 2003: In Pictures - New Yorkers hit as heavy snow storms blow across their city - BBC
December 07 2003: Snow wreaks havoc in U.S. - CNN
December 07 2003: [#8226] - New Englanders wake up to blanket of snow - CNN
December 06 2003: Earthquake Recorded Off Russian Peninsula - Newsday (AP update)
December 06 2003: Deadly Storms Hit Northeast - A pair of Northeast snowstorms bring at least six traffic deaths and... - Infoseek (International)
December 06 2003: Demand for 'Kyoto tax' on the US - An import tax should be levied against countries not cutting greenhouse gas emissions, says a UK think-tank. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 06 2003: Snow slams Northeast U.S. - CNN
December 06 2003: [#8226] - High-speed winds worsen snowstorm - CNN
December 06 2003: U.S. hit by major winter storm - CNN (Asia)
December 06 2003: Northeast Snowstorm Turns Highways Deadly - ABC News
December 05 2003: Track the Storm - ABC News
December 05 2003: Earthquake in academia - Sydney Morning Herald
December 05 2003: Mercury In Ocean Fish May Come From Natural Sources, Not Pollution - Science Daily
December 05 2003: U.N. Warming Report Not Worrying Skiers - Newsday (AP update)
December 05 2003: Floods in Venezuela Force Evacuation - Newsday (AP update)
December 05 2003: Storm Expert Predicts Hurricanes for 2004 - Newsday (AP update)
December 05 2003: Tropical Storm Odette Strengthens - Newsday (AP update)
December 05 2003: Bush Goes It Alone On Pollution - CBS
December 05 2003: Snow Storms Pelt East Coast - CBS
December 05 2003: Winter Storm Dumping Snow, Ice on Northeast - Powerful winter storm begins dumping rain, ice, sleet and snow on... - Infoseek (International)
December 05 2003: Gridlock follows floods in France - BBC (Europe)
December 05 2003: Tornado alert pilot tells of relief - BBC
December 05 2003: Double winter storms hit U.S. - CNN
December 05 2003: [#8226] - A wintry storm roars in - CNN
December 05 2003: Seven hurricanes predicted for 2004 - CNN (Sci/Tech)
December 05 2003: Seven hurricanes forecast for 2004 - CNN
December 05 2003: Head of U.N. conference holds out hope Russia will sign Kyoto Protocol - The head of the U.N. climate change conference insisted Thursday that Russia hadn't said its final word on the Kyoto Protocol, holding out hope that Moscow will ratify the pact to curb global warming. - Environmental News Network
December 05 2003: EPA announces new rules to combat smog and soot from power plants - The Bush administration proposed tougher rules Thursday to cut smog- and soot-forming chemicals from power plants in 30 states, hoping to improve air quality across the eastern half of the country. - Environmental News Network
December 05 2003: Greenhouse gas trading doubled in 2003, says World Bank - Environmental News Network
December 05 2003: Massive Pacific Quake to Come? - The Pacific Northwest may face a magnitude 9 earthquake according to recent studies. - Discovery Online
December 05 2003: Snowed In - Winter made a dramatic entrance on the East Coast. Snow snarled traffic and closed schools from Virginia to Maine, and even out West, 80-mph winds toppled trees and cut power in Washington state. - ABC News
December 04 2003: No doubts global warming is real, US experts say - Sydney Morning Herald
December 04 2003: Kremlin aide says Putin rejects Kyoto protocol - Sydney Morning Herald
December 04 2003: Floods ease in Marseille, high alert elsewhere - Sydney Morning Herald
December 04 2003: France links fatal floods to global warming - Sydney Morning Herald
December 04 2003: Marine Scientists Discover Nutrient Pollution Boosts Fungi, Bacteria Killing Caribbean Reefs - Science Daily (Climate)
December 04 2003: Death Toll Hits 5 From Flooding in France - Newsday (AP update)
December 04 2003: The politics of global warming: Is it nyet or not on Kyoto accord? - Christian Science Monitor
December 04 2003: Storms ease for flood-hit France - BBC (Europe)
December 04 2003: In pictures - Storms and floods hit southern France - BBC (Europe)
December 04 2003: Eurozone interest rates on hold - BBC (Europe)
December 04 2003: France mops up as floods recede - Floods that killed six and forced 15,000 from homes in southern France have receded around Marseille, but waters were still rising to the west of the city. - CNN (Europe)
December 04 2003: Democrats say White House mercury plan jeopardizes health - A Bush administration proposal on mercury pollution was defended Wednesday by the White House but criticized by some Democratic presidential candidates as an example of protecting industry at the expense of public health. - Environmental News Network
December 04 2003: In an apparent about-face, Russia signaled it might yet salvage the U.N.'s Kyoto protocol on curbing global warming #151 a pact that would collapse without Moscow's backing. - Environmental News Network
December 04 2003: There's no doubt global warming is real, say U.S. experts - Environmental News Network
December 04 2003: Tsunami Model of the 1700 Quake - Discovery Online
December 04 2003: Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery News - The Pacific Northwest may face a magnitude 9 earthquake according to studies of tsunamis that struck Japan in 1700. - Discovery Online
December 04 2003: UN Environment Programme Defers Ruling On Dangerous Drug - All Africa News
December 04 2003: Region Could Save $12m in Food Imports - Drought prone parts of the southern African region could reduce the cost of food imports by more than US$12 million annually if regional countries adopted drought-tolerant crops such as millet and sorghum varieties for their communal farming sectors. - All Africa News
December 03 2003: Global warming puts alpine villages on the skids - Sydney Morning Herald
December 03 2003: Worst storm in a century leaves damaging scar - Sydney Morning Herald
December 03 2003: U.N. Reports Warming Effects on Ski Areas - Newsday (AP update)
December 03 2003: Official: Russia May Sign Kyoto Protocol - Newsday (AP update)
December 03 2003: Northeast Snow Squalls Leave 4 Dead - Newsday (AP update)
December 03 2003: Three Dead in Southern France Storms - Newsday (AP update)
December 03 2003: Why some gun owners are unhappy with Bush - They say he has strayed too far from GOP principles on the environment. - Christian Science Monitor
December 03 2003: 'Disaster zone' declared as torrential rain floods France - BBC (World)
December 03 2003: Marseille declared disaster area - Severe floods kill five in France, as Marseille is declared a disaster area and more rain is forecast. - BBC (Europe)
December 03 2003: Freak storm hits Australian city - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 03 2003: Russia 'still open' to Kyoto pact - The Russian Government repudiates an official who said it would not ratify the international treaty on tackling climate change. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 03 2003: Russia 'still open' to Kyoto pact - Moscow contradicts a statement signalling it would not ratify the climate change treaty. - BBC (World)
December 03 2003: In pictures - Torrential storms cause chaos in southern France - BBC (Europe)
December 03 2003: France set for 'floods of century' - CNN
December 03 2003: [#8226] - Freak storm hits Australian city - CNN
December 03 2003: U.N.: Warming threatens ski resorts - CNN (Sci/Tech)
December 03 2003: [#8226] - Warming threat to ski resorts - CNN
December 03 2003: Iraqi official says pollution poses urgent health problem - Environmental News Network
December 03 2003: Australia to increase environment protection of Great Barrier Reef - Fishing would be outlawed on one-third of Australia's Great Barrier Reef in a bid to protect its fragile marine environment and the multibillion dollar tourism industry it supports, the government announced Wednesday. - Environmental News Network
December 03 2003: Russia deals blow to Kyoto as E.U. backslides - Russia dealt a new blow to a U.N. plan to curb global warming Tuesday as even European Union supporters of the landmark pact admitted backsliding. - Environmental News Network
December 03 2003: EarthTalk: Are there certifications for ecotourism? - Ecotourism is a relatively new phenomenon. The International Eco-tourism Society defined the term in 1991 as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains the well being of local people." - Environmental News Network
December 03 2003: UK Public Sceptical of Kyoto Protocol - Environmental News Network
December 02 2003: Farmers use their melons to beat the grim grip of drought - Sydney Morning Herald
December 02 2003: Meteor Likely Caused Earth's Greatest Extinction Event - Science Daily
December 02 2003: Global Halt To Major Greenhouse Gas Growth - Science Daily (Climate)
December 02 2003: (November 26, 2003) - - The greenhouse gas, methane, has stopped growing in the global background atmosphere and could begin to decrease, CSIRO ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 02 2003: Global Warming Threatening Ski Resorts - Newsday (AP update)
December 02 2003: Northeast Snow Squalls Leave 2 Dead - Newsday (AP update)
December 02 2003: France Storms Kill 2, Sweep 1 Off Bridge - Newsday (AP update)
December 02 2003: FO announces 10-year priorities - Foreign Office says greatest challenges will come from international terrorism and climate change. - Guardian Unlimited
December 02 2003: Snow hampers China quake aid - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 02 2003: Russia pulls away from Kyoto pact - Russia says it will not ratify in its present form the Kyoto Protocol designed to mitigate the effects of man-made global warming. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 02 2003: Fires help melt Kilimanjaro glaciers - CNN
December 02 2003: Fires hasten Kilimanjaro glacier melt - CNN (Europe)
December 02 2003: [#8226] - Fires hasten Kilimanjaro glacier melt - CNN
December 02 2003: Ethiopia seeks US$3 billion for drought protection - Ethiopia asked donor agencies for $3 billion Monday to help the impoverished country of 60 million protect itself from drought and grow enough food over the next five years. - Environmental News Network
December 02 2003: U.N. climate conference opens amid new doubts about Kyoto going into effect - A U.N. conference on climate change opened Monday, with organizers stressing there was "unquestionable" scientific proof that human beings caused global warming. - Environmental News Network
December 02 2003: Peggy M. Shepard to Receive Heinz Award for the Environment - Environmental News Network
December 02 2003: Many Ski Resorts Heading Downhill as a Result of Global Warming - Environmental News Network
December 02 2003: Russia Rules Out Accepting Kyoto Protocol - ABC News (World)
December 01 2003: Satellites Assist Planners Preventing Floods - Science Daily
December 01 2003: Accelerated Global Warming From Nutrient Shortages For Trees And Soils - Science Daily
December 01 2003: (November 25, 2003) - - Findings from this year's active Atlantic hurricane season confirm that track forecasts have markedly improved, following ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: 2003 Hurricane Season: Research Led To More Accurate Track Forecasts - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: (November 25, 2003) - - Despite tremendous technological advances in earthquake seismology, many fundamental mysteries remain. The critical question of ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Astronomer Helps Navigate Historic Solar Eclipse Flights Over Antarctica - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: (November 24, 2003) - - No one has ever seen a total solar eclipse from over the Antarctic. But next Sunday, passengers on two separate chartered ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: (November 24, 2003) - - A new study, published today in Science, indicates that the potential for soils to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide is strongly ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Ozone Depletion - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Noise Pollution - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Light Pollution - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Climate Change - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Environment Issues - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Pollution Prevention and Recycling - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Ozone Layer - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Quaternary Climate Change - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Thunderstorms and Lightning - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Ice Storms - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: El Nino and La Nina - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: Science and Environment - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2003: 2003 Atlantic Hurricane Season Active - Newsday (AP update)
December 01 2003: Earthquake hits north-west China - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 01 2003: Seven killed in Brazil flooding - BBC (Americas)
December 01 2003: Glacier melt may leave billions thirsty - CNN (Sci/Tech)
December 01 2003: All eyes on Russia as U.N. climate talks begin - U.N. climate talks get under way Monday amid evidence global warming may be accelerating and concern Russia could scuttle a key pact aimed at tackling the problem. - Environmental News Network
December 01 2003: More Solar Storms To Come? - Discovery Online
December 01 2003: Is 'Thundersnow' Headed to Your Neighborhood This Winter? - ABC News
December 01 2003: 'Thundersnow' Remains Mysterious to Scientists - Mix heavy snowfall, lightning and thunder and what do you get? A rare event known as a 'thundersnow.' Scientists are hoping to learn more about these strange storms. - ABC News (Newsflash)
Bright Ideas
Offsetting air travel with atmosfair buys solar mirrors that provide energy for the preparation of thousands of meals daily in India
Dow Building Solutions has prepared a short information sheet covering the construction of green roofs
The fabric in Asics Commitment range of sportswear is woven from bamboo yarn
SolidNav has developed electric propulsion units for small water craft and sailboats
WATT, a nightclub in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has a dancefloor that generates electricity and toilets that flush with rainwater
During play, the Energy Merry-go-round generates electricity that is transferred to a battery and 220V invertor for use in the classroom
Waste Management provides home recycling kits for compact fluorescent bulbs, batteries and electronics
Norwegian music festivals, Canal Street and Hove, have joined the Climate Neutral Network
The PlayPump water system doubles as a water pump and a merry-go-round for children
Honda is leasing the hydrogen-powered fuel cell FCX Clarity to private individuals in southern California
TIDE, in southern India, markets energy-efficient stoves that reduce fuelwood use by as much as 30 per cent
Curitiba's BioCity Program (0.3Mb download) aims to halt the rapid rate at which cities develop and reduce biodiversity loss
Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Updated: November 16th 2008