Global Warming and Pollution

It’s Earth Day 2010 and your kids are going to be hearing about it, at school, on their favorite TV shows, online, on the radio- everywhere. How do you talk to your kids about the importance of conservation and being earth-smart without scaring them? Some sources bombard our children with the message that [...]

BBC News science reporter
Air pollution may be helping the fight against global warming by enhancing the ability of plants to absorb carbon dioxide, scientists say.
Since the 1960s, increased levels of atmospheric pollution have enhanced plant productivity by as much as one quarter, research has found.
In terms of carbon dioxide, this means that an extra [...]

The Gallup poll has been asking Americans what they think about global warming for more than a decade. Is public concern increasing? One might think so, given the past year’s tsunami of scary climate science and the push to laws to control planet-heating greenhouse gases.
Not so, according to a survey of 1,021 adults questioned March [...]