Global Warming

Letters to the Editor, February 25, 2013

25 Feb 2013

It was shocking to see the woeful ignorance of the basic principles of security betrayed by Ms Regina Ip. For someone who was once secretary for security, not to have an understanding of...

Short Science, February 24, 2013

24 Feb 2013

Nasa's Curiosity rover has scooped up a sample from the interior of a Martian rock and found that the powdery soil just beneath the planet's rust-coloured exterior was actually a light grey colour...

In air pollution fight, China may start by tackling soot

6 Feb 2013

The scale of air pollution in China is, well, breathtaking. It is not only the intensity, but the pace and scale of deterioration in air quality over the past decade. And the problem has global...

Book review: Overheated, by Andrew Guzman

3 Feb 2013

The evidence for human-based global warming that Guzman presents in his new book, Overheated, which shows the problem in political terms, is overwhelming.

Man-made warming to bring a future with less rain, climate scientists say

1 Feb 2013

Climate scientists said they found evidence to back predictions for a future with lower average rainfall, even though Earth's past warming episodes had led to more precipitation, not less.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

2012 was the 36th straight year of above-average global temperature

Global temperatures were above average for the 36th straight year in 2012 and the planet is likely to chalk up more record warm highs over the coming decade, US scientists say.

Today's economic crisis must not overshadow long-term problems

In the shadow of the euro crisis and America's fiscal woes, it is easy to ignore the global economy's long-term problems. But, while we focus on immediate concerns, they continue to fester, and we...

Time for China and US to take lead in climate-change debate

Progress at world climate-change talks remains glacial compared with the loss of Arctic sea ice, which scientists link to global warming.

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Difficult to agree on climate change

I refer to Chris Knop's letter ("Official statistics on warmest years are cause for alarm", December 17) in reply to the Lai See story ("Whatever happened to global warming for the past 16 years...

Temperatures rising in Hong Kong

It was disappointing to see the story in Lai See ("Whatever happened to global warming for the past 16 years?" December 6).

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Forget doomsday, we've more pressing issues to worry over

The last incredible apocalyptic scenario came and went 12 years ago with barely a hiccup. Remember Y2K, or the millennium bug? Yet predictions without any basis in science or reason continue to...