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This blog is hosted by the Climate Change Team of the Environment Department of the World Bank. It is a forum to discuss challenges and solutions, stories, action on the ground, and to hear the voices of those most impacted by development and climate change.

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On melting glaciers and science as a contact sport

Submitted by Flore de Préneuf, co-authors: Swati Mishra on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 15:15

This week we were inspired by Skeptical Science.com,  a site for people who are "skeptical about global warming skepticism." On February 10, Skeptical Science put some of its best scientific rebuttals to arguments commonly used by climate change deniers in a handy cheat-sheet format that you can consult from your i-Phone. Leo Hickman, over at The Guardian / Environment blog, wrote about the tempest this tactical app immediately roused in the opposing camp.
 

On Wednesday we asked Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs with the Climate Institute in Washington DC, to answer simple questions about the facts: Are the glaciers melting faster in the past? Do we know why? What about the sun? And why are climate change debates so heated anyway?!

 Click below for his answers. 

Michael MacCracken on 'melting glaciers' from World Bank on Vimeo.

Michael MacCracken on 'science as a contact sport' from World Bank on Vimeo.

Weekly news update on climate change: Jan 22

Submitted by Swati Mishra on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 19:18

Climate change in the news (Jan 18 - Jan 22, 2010)

WDR 2010 Website

WDR 2010 Website

WDR 2010: Development and Climate Change

Weekly news update on climate change: Aug 27

Submitted by Swati Mishra on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 12:56

Climate change in the news (Aug 24- 28, 2009)