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Ancient species form 'snapshot' of primates stressed by climate change
May 11, 2016 (SPX)
In a study to be published this week in the journal Science, researchers describe unearthing a "mother lode" of a half-dozen fossil primate species in southern ...
Top court orders disaster fund for drought-hit India
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
India's top court criticised the government Wednesday for failing to set up a disaster fund to help drought-hit farmers and villagers suffering crop losses and ...
UN warns of 'bleak' outlook for drought-hit Zimbabwe
May 09, 2016 (AFP)
Zimbabwe faces a growing food supply crisis, with a $290 million shortfall in funding desperately required to feed up to 4.5 million people in need by next year...
A climate warming warning
May 08, 2016 (SPX)
A recent collaborative research project between scientists from academia and government agencies has identified climate warming as the dominant driver of an inc...
Hurricanes key to carbon uptake by forests
May 06, 2016 (SPX)
While hurricanes are a constant source of worry for residents of the southeastern United States, new research suggests that they have a major upside - counterac...
UN's Ban says time to scale up action on climate change
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said action on climate change must be faster and broader to turn the promises of the Paris deal on combatting globa...
US climate-adaptation plans long on ideas, short on details, priorities
May 04, 2016 (SPX)
An analysis of more than 40 climate-adaptation plans from across the U.S. shows that local communities are good at developing strategies to combat the harmful e...
Drought takes toll at Palau's famed Jellyfish Lake
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
A severe drought in Palau is killing marine life at the island nation's popular Jellyfish Lake, researchers say, forcing tourism operators to cancel trips to th...
The United States absorbed carbon dioxide despite a drought
May 04, 2016 (SPX)
In the US, spring 2012 was the warmest on record. The subsequent summer was dryer and hotter than any summer since the 1930s, a period that became known in the ...
Carbon dioxide fertilization greening Earth, study finds
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
From a quarter to half of Earth's vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxi...
Ancient marine sediments provide clues to future climate change
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was the major driver behind the global climatic shifts that occurred between 53 and 34 million years ago, according to ...
New study shows why half a degree matters
Apr 26, 2016 (SPX)
European researchers have found substantially different climate change impacts for a global warming of 1.5C and 2C by 2100, the two temperature limits included ...
China, US join record UN signing of Paris climate deal
Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)
A record 175 countries, including the world's top polluters China and the United States, signed the Paris climate deal Friday, boosting hopes of quick action on...
Canada must step up efforts to cut CO2 emissions: watchdog
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
Canada will need to greatly step up its efforts to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, an independent parliamentary w...
From Paris to New York, climate pact to cross next hurdle
Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)
Four months after settling on a plan to stave off calamitous global warming, more than 160 nations gather in New York Friday to ink the pact whose execution dem...
Climate change: Is the 1.5C target a mirage?
Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)
The Paris Agreement to try to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius was a stunning political victory for poor countries threatened by climate change. But sc...
India says 330 million people suffering from drought
Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)
About 330 million people are suffering from drought in India, the government has said, as the country reels from severe water shortages and desperately poor far...
Volcanic eruptions triggered societal crises during 6th century
Apr 19, 2016 (UPI)
New analysis of ancient ice cores suggests a pair of volcanic eruptions in the 6th century explains a period of societal upheaval in the Northern Hemisphere. Be...
Top investors urge leaders to sign Paris climate accord
Apr 19, 2016 (AFP)
Global firms responsible for tens of trillions of dollars in investments on Tuesday urged the world's leading economies to sign the landmark Paris accord to lim...
Some 150 nations to attend UN climate signing: France's Royal
Apr 15, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly 150 nations plan to attend a signing ceremony for the global climate agreement at UN headquarters next week, France's environment minister Segolene Royal...
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