“What matters about climate change is not whether we can predict the future with some desired level of certainty and accuracy; it is whether we have sufficient foresight, supported by wisdom, to allow our perspective about the future, and our responsibility for it, to be altered.”

Analysis of scientific data on solar variations over the last 25 years shows no evidence of it causing global warming, a report states.

“The temperature record is simply not consistent with any of the solar forcings that people are talking about,” said lead author Mike Lockwood at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

A report released by four government lawmakers in Australia debates the science behind climate change and claims it as a “natural phenomenon.” This led to accusations that Australian PM John Howard is a climate sceptic. But Howard argues differently.

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“CITRIS researchers at UC Berkeley are exploring new ways to use sensors to monitor our infrastructure—including water and traffic. The Lagrangian Sensor project, led by UC Berkeley Professor Alexandre Bayen, is developing new technologies for managing estuarial water systems like the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta of Northern California.”

To help countries plan for the effects of global warming, scientists are looking for methods to “pinpoint” the areas that will be affected.

A report by the world’s top climate scientists warns of the need for immediate climate change action to prevent devastating effects. Environment Minister John Baird welcomes the document and states “Canada, like the rest of the world, needs to take immediate action.”

A study on science skills and attitudes of 400,000 15-year-olds from 57 countries showed that only 1 in 10 Canadians believe that the environment will improve within the next 20 years.

Richard Peltier, a professor of atmospheric physics at the University of Toronto says that the greenhouse effect 700 million years ago probably prevented the earth to be covered by massive ice sheets and saved primitive life from extinction.

“Australian and US scientists will send an unmanned submersible 2.5 kms (1.5 miles) deep into the ocean off Australia next week to track climate change by studying coral at unprecedented depths.”

“The latest ocean research shows currents around Antarctica are responding to climate change. Scientists studying the freshness of seawater have found the ocean is becoming less salty in areas near the Antarctic continent.”