Human activities now significantly influence global rainfall patterns, according to a brief story in The Economist, reporting work published in the journal Nature.
“MANKIND is influencing how much it rains, according to researchers led by Xuebin Zhang of Environment Canada. More rain and snow is falling in Canada, Britain and northern Europe, two-thirds of which is [...]

According to the Guardian, the UK and Germany believe they are close to a deal between the US, China and India to linked regional carbon trading schemes.
“Tony Blair believes he is close to persuading George Bush to accept an ambitious plan to bring the world’s greatest polluters into international partnership to fight climate [...]

The Economist has an article about climate change and global warming in Africa, and the African responses. The 1-sentence summary:
“Rich countries may be largely to blame for adding climate change to Africa’s litany of problems, but the continent’s own politicians have yet to take it seriously.”
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The Economist this week reports on a new service from WSI called MarketFirst which is a forecast of the daily world weather forecast, an hour before the latter is released by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“Every day, an hour before America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases its updated forecast for the world’s [...]

It is easy to forget, amid all the doomsday talk about climate change, that there will also be winners as well as losers from the resulting changes to our environment. Gideon Rachman, columnist in the FT, argued yesterday that one challenge facing anyone seeking to tackle climate change is that the costs and [...]