Economy
Fed to start tapering bond purchases this year: Bernanke
The Federal Reserve maintains its $85 billion-a-month asset purchase program, but says it could begin scaling back later this year.
Editorial Jun 20, 2013
Global warming danger zone
The Japanese general public's interest in the global warming issue has been sagging of late, and few LDP government leaders appear ready to try to prop it up.
Environment Jun 12, 2013
Planet on course for 5 C warming at current rate
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose 1.4 percent to 31.6 gigatons in 2012, setting a record and putting the planet on course for temperature increases well above international climate goals, the International Energy Agency said in a report issued Monday. The ...
Environment Jun 12, 2013
Quarter of NYC 'could be flood zone by 2050s'
By the 2050s, more than 800,000 New York City residents could be living in a flood zone that covers a quarter of the city’s land, with New Yorkers sweating out as many 32 Celsius days as is now normal for Birmingham, Alabama, as effects ...
Science & Health Jun 10, 2013
University of Tokyo study warns of increased flood risk due to global warming
The unchecked progress of global warming would increase the risk of flooding at the end of this century in 42 percent of the Earth’s land surface, mainly in Asia and Africa, according to a study published Sunday by British science journal Nature Climate Change. ...
Global-related Jun 4, 2013
Sunny spin to an oily Earth
by Kevin Rafferty
Politicians seem to be the last people in the world understanding clean energy or what kind of planet they will bequeath to their grandchildren.
World May 16, 2013
Fish moving to cooler waters for decades: study
Research shows that fish and other sea life have been heading toward the Earth's poles for more than three decades.
Asia Pacific Apr 30, 2013
China becoming 'world's renewable energy leader'
China is rapidly assuming a global leadership role on climate change alongside the U.S., a new study said Monday, but it warned greenhouse gas emissions worldwide continue to rise strongly. The report by the independent Australian-based Climate Commission, “The Critical Decade: International Action on ...
Global-related Apr 29, 2013
Third option for global disaster and recession
by Gwynne Dyer
Unfortunately a there is third option regarding the world's fate. It piggybacks civilizational collapse because of global warming with the Mother of Recessions.
Science & Health Apr 14, 2013
CO₂ forecast to boost flood risks
The risk of river flooding might grow fourfold by the end of the century if global warming reaches its maximum estimate, according to a government report summarizing a study on the impact of climate change on Japan. Tide-based risks also may climb because rising ...
Environment Mar 29, 2013
Climate change, harsh winters tied
Millions of people in northern Europe are still battling snow and ice, wondering why they are being punished with bitter cold when — officially — spring has arrived and Earth is in the grip of global warming. Yet some scientists, eyeing the fourth year ...
Editorial Mar 16, 2013
Beware the hockey stick
Findings from a new study suggest that average temperatures on Earth are likely to surpass levels not seen since the beginning of the last ice age.
Global-related Feb 25, 2013
Nonsensical doomsday scenario for the West
by Gwynne Dyer
The world's center of economic gravity may have shifted to Asia, but it'll take more than China to eat Westerners' lunch. A coherent bloc is not there.