Conservation

Blighting Plants, Choking Lungs, Warming World Among Smog's Effects

A new study finds that ground-level ozone, which is produced by the burning of fossil fuels, may worsen global warming by preventing the growth of new plants that would otherwise … Read more

Stronger Link Found between Hurricanes and Global Warming

Using records dating back to the mid-1800s, a new study finds a correlation in the number of Atlantic hurricanes and the increase in sea surface temperature related to global warming.  … Read more

Senators Boxer and Isakson See Global Warming Up Close

Senators Barbara Boxer and Johnny Isakson along with a bipartisan group of 10 of their colleagues recently visited Greenland to see the effects of global warming up close.  Read more … Read more

Boxer Sees Global Warming up Close

Check out this article on the trip Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) recently took to Greenland: WASHINGTON Leading a bipartisan delegation of 10 colleagues to Greenland, Sen. Barbara Boxer said today … Read more

Time to Start Building an Ark, Seattle?

NWF’s latest and greatest report, Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest, is getting news hits all over the place, including the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tacoma News … Read more

Global Warming in Greenland, DAY 4

Ride On

   Remember what it was like to ride your bike on a hot summer day in late July? And how great jumping in the swimming pool felt, or eating a … Read more

Governors Address Climate Change

At the National Governors Association meeting last weekend climate change was at the center of conversation with a focus on how states can take action to mitigate the negative effects … Read more

Bush Weighs Range of Emission Caps

President Bush may be beginning to take a more serious look at a mandatory cap-and-trade system despite opposition from the Vice President and others. Read more here. Read more

Man-Made Global Warming Increases Rainfall

The current flooding experienced in the UK and earlier this summer in the Great Plains is due to man-made global warming, a new study finds.  Read more here. Read more