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PNG drought could be worst in decades: PM

Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)

Papua New Guinea's government said Monday it had sent food and water to drought and frost-hit regions, as it warned a current dry spell could be the worst in de...

Europe hit by 1 of the worst droughts since 2003

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Much of the European continent has been affected by severe drought in June and July 2015, one of the worst since the drought and heat wave of summer of 2003, ac...

World breaks new heat records in July: US scientists

Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)

The world broke new heat records in July, marking the hottest month in history and the warmest first seven months of the year since modern record-keeping began ...

California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink

Aug 20, 2015 (JPL)

As Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic drought, the California Department of Water Resources released a new NASA report showin...

EU urges major economies to submit climate summit targets

Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)

The EU called Thursday on India, Indonesia, Brazil and other major economies to immediately submit their emissions reductions targets ahead of the UN climate su...

Largest Polish river hits record-low level amid drought

Aug 18, 2015 (AFP)

Poland's longest river, the Vistula, on Tuesday hit its lowest water level in more than 200 years because of a drought ravaging the country, a weather official ...

Panama declares drought emergency

Aug 12, 2015 (AFP)

Panama's government has declared a state of emergency as it faces a drought that has prompted water restrictions, depleted reservoirs and affected shipping thro...

Australia pledges 26% s cut by 2030

Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)

Australia plans to reduce carbon emissions by 26 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Tuesday, a target critics say falls well...

Climate: butterflies on the brink, say study

Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)

Only aggressive efforts to rein in global warming coupled with a rethinking of the British countryside will save many native species of butterfly, according to ...

Drought causes Panama Canal to reduce cargo size

Aug 08, 2015 (AFP)

The Panama Canal will temporarily limit the cargo size of ships using the waterway due to a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, authorities said F...

End-of-century Manhattan climate index to resemble Oklahoma City today

Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)

Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions will alter the way that Americans heat and cool their homes. By the end of this century, the number of days ea...

CO2 removal cannot save the oceans - if we pursue business as usual

Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)

Greenhouse-gas emissions from human activities do not only cause rapid warming of the seas, but also ocean acidification at an unprecedented rate. Artificial ca...

Hollande hails US climate plan ahead of Paris conference

Aug 04, 2015 (AFP)

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday welcomed a US plan to cut carbon emissions as a "major contribution" to an upcoming global climate conference in P...

Climate: No 'Plan B' for oceans, says study

Aug 03, 2015 (AFP)

Technology to drain heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere may slow global warming, but will not reverse climate damage to the ocean on any meaningful timescale,...

Obama poised to unveil major climate change plan

Aug 03, 2015 (AFP)

With one eye on his legacy, US President Barack Obama will Monday unveil what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" in the fight against...

Obama says climate one of 'key challenges' of our time

Aug 03, 2015 (AFP)

President Barack Obama framed climate change as the toughest and most pressing challenge of our time Monday, as he unveiled the first ever limits on US power pl...

New study narrows the gap between climate models and reality

Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)

A new study led by a University of York scientist addresses an important question in climate science: how accurate are climate model projections? Climate models...

Drought's legacy on trees is worth modeling

Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)

Forests slow their growth for up to four years after severe drought, a period during which they are less able to act as carbon sinks, a new study reports. The s...

'Carbon sink' detected underneath world's deserts

Jul 30, 2015 (SPX)

The world's deserts may be storing some of the climate-changing carbon dioxide emitted by human activities, a new study suggests. Massive aquifers underneath de...

Botswana tackles worst drought in 30 years

Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)

Botswana has allocated emergency funds in response to the worst drought conditions in 30 years with agricultural land badly hit by the lack of irrigation, the g...