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Technique could help climate models sweat the small stuff
Jun 08, 2016 (SPX)
A team of physicists and mathematicians has come up with a statistical technique that puts the fine details back into computer simulations of large-scale phenom...
ADB helps fund India's climate fight
Jun 08, 2016 (UPI)
A loan guarantee for India means the water-stressed delta region known as a rice bowl can mitigate some threats from climate change, a regional bank said. The A...
Slowing of landslide flows reflects California's drying climate
Jun 03, 2016 (SPX)
Merged data from on-the-ground measurements, aerial photography, satellite imagery and satellite-radar imaging have unveiled an unexpected geological consequenc...
EU states to be asked to ratify climate deal in June
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
EU member states will be asked collectively to ratify the landmark Paris agreement to fight climate change within two weeks, French environment minister Segolen...
Clouds and climate in the pre-industrial age
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
Aerosol particles generated by human activity counteract the warming of the earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases. However, this effect might be smaller than f...
Spring comes sooner to urban heat islands, with potential consequences for wildlife
May 30, 2016 (SPX)
With spring now fully sprung, a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers shows that buds burst earlier in dense urban areas than in their suburb...
UN to Trump: Climate deal is critical to saving planet
May 27, 2016 (AFP)
The United Nations on Friday hit back at Donald Trump after he vowed to scrap the Paris climate deal if elected US president, saying the agreement was critical ...
UN climate talks flesh out landmark Paris pact
May 26, 2016 (AFP)
Climate diplomats wrapped up technical talks Thursday saying they were on the right track but still far from delivering on the promise of the historic pact forg...
Trump casts shadow over UN climate talks
May 25, 2016 (AFP)
The talks in Germany to flesh out December's historic global climate deal are probably not at the top of Donald Trump's agenda this week. But the diplomats from...
Burning all fossil fuels would scorch Earth: study
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Using up all known fossil fuel reserves would render Earth even more unliveable than scientists had previously projected, researchers said on Monday. Average te...
Climate Feedback site allows scientists to correct media errors
May 21, 2016 (AFP)
In one case, a writer claimed a mini Ice Age would befall Earth in 15 years. In another, an op-ed touted global warming as saving countless people from freezing...
Paris climate agreement cannot be met without farming emissions cuts
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have calculated, for the first time, the extent to which agricultural emissions must be reduced to meet the new climate agreement's plan to limit war...
Iron fertilization won't work in much of Pacific, says study
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
Over the past half-million years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean has seen five spikes in the amount of iron-laden dust blown in from the continents. In theory, th...
Ocean bacteria are programmed to alter climate gases
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
SAR11, the most abundant plankton in the world's oceans, are pumping out massive amounts of two sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth's atmosphere...
April breaks heat records, 12th month in a row for global heat
May 18, 2016 (AFP)
Last month was the hottest April in modern history, marking the 12th consecutive month that global heat records have been shattered, the US National Oceanic and...
Five die cleaning well in parched Indian village
May 17, 2016 (AFP)
Five low-caste villagers have died trying to revive an unused well in a parched region of northern India, police said Tuesday, as the country reels under one of...
New UN climate talks aim at fleshing out Paris deal
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
Five months after ushering in a landmark climate deal, diplomats kicked off a new round of talks Monday tasked with converting a political blueprint into a work...
Brass tacks time for UN climate forum
May 14, 2016 (AFP)
Frontline climate diplomats will seek to translate good intentions into concrete action in Bonn Monday when they gather for the first time since hammering throu...
Water crisis hits Sierra Leone capital
May 13, 2016 (AFP)
Sierra Leone's capital is in the grip of a fortnight-long drought that has forced residents to spend hours searching for water, often risking their lives by dri...
32 million face hunger in drought-hit southern Africa: UN
May 12, 2016 (AFP)
About 32 million people in southern Africa face hunger after a crippling drought worsened by the El Nino weather phenomenon devastated crops across the region, ...
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