Recent studies led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists show that the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is not as impermeable as once believed.  It is instead leaking the large amounts of methane gas (30 times more potent than carbon dioxide) it stores.
This is particularly concerning because, unlike many other deposits, it exists in shallow waters.  [...]

Recent global warming studies published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA reach similar conclusions.  The last 10 years are the warmest on record, and 2010 temperatures are positioned to surpass even these numbers.  Reports the NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies:
Although 2008 was the coolest year of the decade, due to [...]

Today’s National Journal’s Energy and Environment blog posed the question, “Should Climate Change Be A ‘Risk’? American Security Project (ASP) board member and Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney (Ret.) offered the following response:

The pending US climate change legislation is widely considered to be in peril due to legislative infighting, particularly over the bill’s endorsement of cap and trade policy. On the eve of President Obama’s first State of the Union, The New York Times came out in support of the bill and called upon the President to [...]

The Wall Street Journal reports on criticism of a statement in a 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which warned of rapid “glacial retreat” in the Himalayas. According to one portion of the report now under question by the UN, it was predicted that the Himalayan glaciers are in danger of [...]

In this article, The New York Times reports that in recognition of the potential national security implications of climate change, the Obama Administration has quietly endorsed the renewal of Medea (Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis). This program has facilitated collaboration between the intelligence and scientific communities to understand climate trends through the use [...]

Washington, DC – The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recently re-launched a program to share surveillance and other data with scientists monitoring climate change.  Images from spy satellites—declassified and degraded—will be invaluable to scientists as they monitor the effects of climate change on sea ice, glaciers, tropical rainforests, and other natural phenomena.  While some have criticized [...]

A recent New York Times article, highlighted the plight of the victims of climate change, who are forced to leave their homes due to changes in weather patterns, flooding, encroaching sea waters, and desertification.  Because people displaced by climate change do not qualify for refugee status and often have very limited funds, internal migration from effected [...]

China and U.S. Hit Strident Impasse at Climate Talks – NYTimes.com
China, which last month for the first time publicly announced a target for reducing the rate of growth of its greenhouse gas emissions, is refusing to accept any kind of international monitoring of its emissions levels, according to negotiators and observers here. The United States [...]

Check out today’s Planet Panel featuring ASP Sr. Fellow Bernard Finel in the Washington Post. The question du jour:
Almost every key question at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen comes down to how should rich and poor countries shoulder responsibility for climate change. What would be a way of reconciling these differences?
Highlights from Dr. [...]