The mechanism for global warming was first set forth by a Swedish physicist in 1896.
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Top scientific group sounds the alarm on climate in new report. "A committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society...will warn that the effects of human emissions of heat-trapping gases are already being felt, that the ultimate consequences could be dire, and that the window to do something about it is closing....In a sense, this is just one more report about global warming in a string going back decades. For anybody who was already paying attention, the report contains no new science. But the language in the 18-page report, called 'What We Know,' is sharper, clearer and more accessible than perhaps anything the scientific community has put out to date. And the association does not plan to stop with the report. The group, with a membership of 121,200 scientists and science supporters around the world, plans a broad outreach campaign to put forward accurate information in simple language. The scientists are essentially trying to use their powers of persuasion to cut through public confusion over this issue." Justin Gillis in The New York Times.
Congress undoes the one good thing it has done on climate change. "Congress approved changes to the federal flood insurance program in June 2012 that lawmakers said then would fix the program's problems and make it more financially stable. The bipartisan reforms phased out subsidies for high-risk coastal properties, which onlookers concerned about climate change said was key to discouraging unsustainable coastal development. It was perhaps the only good thing on climate that Congress had done in a really long time. Last week, Congress decided to undo it....Lawmakers who pushed for the reversal declare it a win for homeowners facing large rate increases. But critics say Congress is turning a blind eye to the National Flood Insurance Program's insolvency and the growing risks climate change poses to its viability....Critics on both sides of the political spectrum accuse Congress and the Obama administration of bowing to pressure." Kate Sheppard in The Huffington Post.
Poll: Most Americans believe global warming is exaggerated. Gallup.
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