Global Warming: The Effects of Daily Life
Our Earth's ozone layer has become irreversibly damaged due to the amount of greenhouse gases that have been created and emitted over the last several hundred years, which become trapped in the atmosphere.

Mexico, Germany urge climate change action
KOENIGSWINTER, Germany - With the fight against global warming in serious trouble, Germany and Mexico are calling on world leaders to get international negotiations back on track and reach concrete results by the end of the year.

John Steffl: Solar energy isn't competitive
A Forum piece in Sunday's Banner-Herald opinions section, "Solar energy can be option for Georgia," overlooks a few facts and realities. Solar energy costs more than nuclear and coal.

Global Warming Overcooked?
The Academy Award received by Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" was a major coup for those who believe the current global warming phenomena the Earth is experiencing are largely caused by human creations like automobiles and industrialization. But now a prominent French scientist, who 15 years ago was on the leading edge of proclaiming that global warming was of serious concern, has reversed course. Dr. Claude Allegre, a prominent geochemist who was one of 1,500 prominent scientists to sign the letter known as "The World Scientists Warning to Humanity" detailing the threat of global warming, has recently proclaimed that science does not support predictions of calamity surrounding climate change.

Forum: U.S. inactive on climate change
Ten years after President Bush withdrew the United States from the Kyoto climate change agreement, the United States is still dragging its feet on global warming.

Page: Yes, global warming could mean more snow
Here's a recent headline that caused a few double takes in Washington: "Global warming hearing postponed because of snow."

Forum: The late, great climate scare
Global-warming skeptics had been hit with numerous setbacks over the past few years - from a major 2007 U.N. report that seemingly confirmed the warming crisis, to Al Gore's popularization of this gloomy message through his book and documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." And let's not forget the shifting political winds that elected a greener Congress and brought in an administration that made climate change a priority. But now, those skeptics are facing a new challenge: overconfidence.

Speaking of Climate change
Chances are you’ve heard someone (maybe yourself) complain about the pollen lately. Did you know you can trace it to climate change? More carbon dioxide equals faster-growing plants equals record-high local pollen counts of 5,000 or more — bound to be irritating when most people are allergic to counts of 120, says James Porter, the Meigs Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia.