Global Warming

November 2009 UAH Global Temperature Update +0.50 deg. C : " YR MON GLOBE NH SH TROPICS 2009 1 +0.304 +0.443 +0.165 -0.036 2009 2 +0.347 +0.678 +0.016 +0.051 2009 3 +0.206 +0.310 +0.103 -0.149 2009 4 +0.090 +0.124 +0.056 -0.014 2009 5 +0.045 +0.046 +0.044 -0.166 2009 6 +0.003 +0.031 -0.025 -0.003 2009 7 +0.411 +0.212 +0.610 +0.427 2009 8 +0.229 +0.282 +0.177 +0.456 2009 9 +0.422 +0.549 +0.294 +0.511 2009 10 +0.286 +0.274 +0.297 +0.326 2009 11 +0.496 +0.418 +0.575 +0.493 The global-average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly rebounded from +0.29 deg. C in October to +0.50 deg. C in November . Both hemispheres, as well as the tropics, contributed to this warmth. The global anomaly for November of +0.50 deg. C is a period r...

Climate change: already affecting people and livelihoods around the world : " Climate change is already impacting different people around the world, affecting agriculture and livelihoods. For example, in Nepal people are finding that cultivating rice (a staple crop) is not as easy as before and are having to change to other crops. In the Himalayas, retreating glaciers are already causing water shortages for local villages high in the mountains, while vast areas of the South Asia region will be affected. In Mozambique, increasing floods are affecting agricultural practices and ways of life, while in Mauritania problems are being caused by increasing desertification. The global warming and climate change introduction page has been updated to include a number of short videos that highlights these issues further. Read full article: Climate Change and Global Warming Introduction "

Animals and plants are under increasing threat from climate change. Human-induced climate change has already sounded the death knell for its first victims. The golden toad (Bufo periglenes) and the harlequin frog (Atelopus varius) of Costa Rica have disappeared as a direct result of global warming. Species are under threat in more than one way. Irreversible changes to ecosystems and animals As climate change wreaks its havoc across the globe, ecosystems could disappear altogether, or they may undergo serious and irreversible changes, such as those happening to coral reefs. Warming affects cold seas and polar communities as well: Polar bears in the Hudson Bay area of Canada are losing weight and getting less fit because the ice breaks up 2 weeks earlier in spring, robbing them of 2 weeks’ hunting. Fish stocks that used to stay in Cornwall in south England have moved as far north as the Shetland Islands. As average temperature increases, optimum habitat for many species will move higher...