It was entirely predictable that the denialists would hype up the glitch in the surface temperature record for last month. This opinion piece by Christopher Booker was picked up by Drudge, so the usual collection of global warming denialists have been ful

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study. It puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion.

So this website gets skeptical about global warming skepticism. Do their arguments have any scientific basis? What does the peer reviewed scientific literature say?

A 2006 study estimated that climate change adaptation in the Northwest Territories - where the community of Tuktoyaktuk has been fighting the Beaufort Sea for decades - could cost up to $420 million. Alaska is spending nearly $14 million.

The summer of 2008, which winds to its official close on Sept. 21, has overall been mild, without the prolonged stifling, sultry spells that mainstream climate scientists warn are likely to be a fixture of future summers as Earth swelters

The okapi, an elusive animal that scientists say has not previously been photographed roaming in the wild, has been snapped by a camera in Congo.

The planet is hotter now than it has been for nearly the past 2,000 years, researchers report.

A huge 19 square mile ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said on Tuesday.

Canada's polar scientists have had little time for summer vacation this year. That's because they've been closely monitoring the country's Arctic ice shelves, which have crumbled at an alarming pace over the past few months. Nearly 23 percent of

A small Quebec company says it's poised to become the first in the world to turn garbage into fuel for vehicles. Enerkem Inc., a Montreal-based company, has been working for three decades on technology that can produce gas from heaps of trash.