Climate Sceptics Issued With Challenge by a U.K Scientist

Farmers in Wimmera, Australia, survey an empty dam, which has left them with fields of stunted wheat.// Parts of Australia, which are in the grip of the worst drought in memory, have sparked an intense debate about global warming. Alan Thorpe, Chief Executive of Natural Environment Research Cou...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...'t want him getting on planes burning carbon,' Wall acknowledged. Profits from Live Earth will go to Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection. But sceptics have also pointed to the amount of electricity used to power the speakers and lights, and the fuel spent on ferrying musicians and their equipment to ...

Live Earth: How Global Warming Became Cool

...story, climate change has faced indifference or ignorance, thanks mainly to sceptics who challenged the sometimes-sketchy evidence and fossil-fuel lobbyists who...imate change. They have also become profoundly influential, forcing sceptics into silence, prompting fossil-fuel companies to display green credentials ...

Hong Kong's Shopping Spree Surges On, and on

...massive new complex devoted to Hong Kong's favourite obsession -- shopping. A decade ago when Britain was handing the territory back to China, sceptics predicted an end to its decades-long shopping spree with a wealth exodus from communist Chinese rule. It didn't happen. In fact, although its ...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...'t want him getting on planes burning carbon,' Wall acknowledged. Profits from Live Earth will go to Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection. But sceptics have also pointed to the amount of electricity used to power the speakers and lights, and the fuel spent on ferrying musicians and their equipment to ...

Ebola-Outbreak Kills 5000 Gorillas

...olling the devastating impact of Ebola on wild gorilla and chimpanzee populations. Since reports of ape die-offs first circulated widely in 2003, sceptics have doubted how large these die-offs were and whether Ebola was even the cause. The new study, led by Magdalena Bermejo of the University of Barcelon...

Ritalin Could Help In Focussing The Mind

...he drug. ADHD is a disorder where the people have trouble focusing on their tasks; they tend to become hyperactive and impulsive. There are many sceptics who question the disorder itself, and whether people having ADHD are actually suffering from it. It is also very unclear on the mechanism of action of...

Sceptics in Biological News

Ebola-outbreak kills 5000 gorillas

...controlling the devastating impact of Ebola on wild gorilla and chimpanzee populations. Since reports of ape die-offs first circulated widely in 2003, sceptics have doubted how large these die-offs were and whether Ebola was even the cause. The new study, led by Magdalena Bermejo of the University of Barcelon...