The following are links to major stories and resources on climate change from The Washington Post.

Scientists Study Threat Posed by Melting Ice in Antarctica
March 5, 1999
Record sea temperatures triggered the largest mass die-off of tropical corals in modern times last year, destroying in some areas more than 70 percent of the reef-building creatures whose elaborate homes form the backbone of ocean ecosystems.

Scientists Study Threat Posed by Melting Ice in Antarctica
Feb. 2, 1999
It will take years to find answers. But about 1,500 scientists and support personnel are working in some of the harshest conditions on Earth in an effort to answer questions about global warming.

White House Assesses Kyoto Treaty,
Mar. 4, 1998
The Clinton Administration forecasts that the Kyoto Treaty may add $70 to $110 to the average American household's annual energy bill over the next 15 years.

Scientists: Weather Trend is Proof of Global Warming,
Jan. 9, 1998
Worldwide temperatures last year climbed to their highest levels since record-keeping began, continuing a steady, upward march that government meteorologists described as powerful evidence that people are changing Earth's climate.

Defining the Kyoto Treaty Debate May Be Most Crucial Political Test, Dec. 14, 1997
In the crudest of terms, the battle over the new global warming treaty pits the politics of gloom—eventual environmental catastrophe—against the politics of fear—the ruin of the U.S. economy. The reality is more complex and subtle. What looms is a lengthy political debate over science and sovereignty, economics and the environment, and America's role as a global leader.

Climate Pact Rescued in Final Hours, Dec. 13, 1997
In the pre-dawn hours, long after the United Nations global warming conference was supposed to have ended, exhausted U.S. and Chinese negotiators stood nose to nose, snarling at each other, in an exchange that could be heard outside the conference room.

Long Road Ahead for Global Warming Pact, Dec. 12, 1997
With a far-reaching global warming treaty now in hand, President Clinton and his administration turned their attention to the daunting task of selling the agreement on Capitol Hill.

The Price of Achieving Kyoto Goals, Dec. 12, 1997
Achieving the ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the Kyoto global warming agreement could require the United States to take steps as dramatic as building new nuclear power plants and eliminating coal, the fuel that provides more than half of the nation's electricity.

Cost of Meeting Goals Is Still Up in the Air , Dec. 11, 1997
The global warming agreement commits the world's developed nations to cutting greenhouse emissions, but does not deal with the costs of implementation.

Senate Republicans Call Kyoto Pact Dead , Dec. 11, 1997
Senate Republicans have declared that the new global warming treaty will not receive the two-thirds Senate vote required to ratify it.

Gore Speech on Climate Criticized, Dec. 9, 1997
Vice President Gore's message at the global climate conference left many confused and wondering whether it will have any significant impact on the remaining 48 hours of negotiation on a treaty to combat global warming.

Senior Ministers Arriving in Japan to Try to Salvage Climate Summit, Dec. 7, 1997
Senior ministers from dozens of nations began arriving in Kyoto to attempt to salvage the climate summit that has produced plenty of spectacle -- from a marauding 20-foot dinosaur to a commando raid on a gasoline station -- but little progress toward a treaty.

Lobbyists Turn Up the Heat at Global Warming Forum,
Dec. 4, 1997
Many representatives of industry say the entire process in Kyoto has been hijacked by environmentalists who have not fully considered the economic impact of what they are proposing.

Four U.S. Senators Lobbying in Kyoto, Dec. 3, 1997
Four U.S. senators blitzed the global climate conference, meeting delegates, giving interviews and leaving no doubt why the United States took so long to come up with a position on global warming.

U.S. Greeted Coolly at Climate Summit, Dec. 2, 1997
The United States received a chilly response during its opening statements at U.N. talks on a climate-change treaty, a meeting that Japan's foreign minister said "could change the history of mankind."

Economy Chills Warming Treaty, Dec. 1, 1997
Asia's financial crisis has diminished prospects that world leaders will endorse a costly plan aimed at slowing Earth's apparent warming trend.

Global Warming May Bring Localized Cooling, Dec. 1, 1997
Research shows that global warming may cause significant drops in temperature across Europe.

Shenyang, China, is one of the world's most polluted cities. (Post file photo)

Administration Chooses Roster for Conference, Nov. 26, 1997
The Clinton Administration selected veteran diplomats and senior aids to represent the U.S. at the global warming conference.

A Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming, Nov. 12, 1997
The Washington Post Horizon section offers a compendium of climate change facts, concepts and trends that are not in dispute.

Chronology: A Movement Slowly Heats Up, Nov. 12, 1997
Since the 1970s several significant developments and events have led up to next month's climate conference in Kyoto, Japan.

Overview: Global Perils, Nov. 12, 1997
Exactly how global warming will affect people and wildlife in any given area is still highly uncertain. Here are some of the latest projections by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The Warming Planet, Nov. 12-15, 1997
A four-part series examines the debate about global warming, possible solutions to the problem, factors that hinder energy efficiency, and why it's so difficult for nations to agree on a meaningful treaty.

U.S. Allies Criticize Anti-Warming Plan, Oct. 24, 1997
Major U.S. allies in Europe and Asia criticized President Clinton's long-awaited plan to curb global warming as weak and ineffectual.

Clinton Details Global Warming Plan, Oct. 23, 1997
President Clinton pledged to "harness the power of the free market" for a multipronged assault on greenhouse-gas pollution, outlining a package of incentives and modest targets he says will counter global warming while allowing businesses to prosper.

A fisherman prepares his net near New Delhi's power station. (AFP photo)

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Up Sharply in U.S., Oct. 20, 1997
Emissions of greenhouse gases from cars, factories and power plants in the United States rose sharply last year, according to a new Energy Department analysis.

Global Climate Talks Put Japan on the Hot Seat, Oct. 8, 1997
Two months before a global climate conference in Kyoto, environmentalists say Japan is not taking global warming seriously and that its proposals to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are a joke.

Japan's Goals on Pollutants Draw Criticism, Oct. 7, 1997
Japan, which is hosting a major conference on the environment in December, announced that it will seek a 5 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by industrial countries and will not try to include developing nations in a treaty aimed at making the cutbacks compulsory.

Study: Technology Can Cut Pollution Inexpensively, Sep. 26, 1997
The United States could reduce emissions of greenhouse gases through technology and avoid huge costs to the economy and wrenching changes in the American lifestyle, according to a new U.S. Energy Department study.