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Northern Eurasia carbon sink remains largely unknown
Jul 30, 2015 (SPX)
In a new assessment of nine state-of-the-art climate model simulations provided by major international modeling centers, Michael Rawlins at the University of Ma...
Climate change awareness and risk perception vary around the globe
Jul 29, 2015 (SPX)
Using data from the largest cross-sectional survey of climate change perceptions ever conducted, researchers writing in Nature Climate Change report the first g...
Abrupt climate change may have rocked the cradle of civilization
Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)
New research reveals that some of the earliest civilizations in the Middle East and the Fertile Crescent may have been affected by abrupt climate change. These ...
White House enlists top US firms in climate fight
Jul 27, 2015 (AFP)
The White House on Monday said that more than a dozen of America's biggest companies have pledged to tackle climate change, backing President Barack Obama ahead...
Light trim for rough draft of climate pact
Jul 25, 2015 (AFP)
Senior diplomats charged with condensing an unwieldy draft for a global climate rescue pact, due to be inked in December, handed in their much-anticipated homew...
World mayors sign pact to fight climate change
Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)
Mayors from around the world have signed a declaration with Pope Francis stating that man-made climate change is real and humanity has a moral imperative to tak...
Economy main factor in US emissions decline
Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)
From 2007 to 2013, US carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels decreased by about 11%. This decline was widely attributed to a shift from coal to natural gas ...
Warming slow-down not the end of climate change
Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)
A slow-down in global warming is not a sign that climate change is ending, but a natural blip in an otherwise long-term upwards trend, research shows. In a deta...
France signals 'breakthrough' in climate talks
Jul 21, 2015 (AFP)
France signalled a "breakthrough" Tuesday at 46-nation talks in Paris tasked with paving the way for a highly-anticipated climate rescue pact to be inked in Dec...
Oceans slowed global temperature rise
Jul 20, 2015 (SPX)
A new study of ocean temperature measurements shows that in recent years, extra heat from greenhouse gases has been trapped in the subsurface waters of the Paci...
Time to compromise for climate: French FM
Jul 20, 2015 (AFP)
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, tasked with steering UN talks towards a climate rescue pact by year's end, urged countries Monday to find "compromise" t...
Closer look at microorganism provides insight on carbon cycling
Jul 20, 2015 (SPX)
Some of the world's tiniest organisms may have a large impact on climate change. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory an...
Record heat for globe in June: US scientists
Jul 20, 2015 (AFP)
The planet just set another monthly climate record with the hottest June in 135 years, US government scientists said Monday. The first six months of the year al...
Ministers in Paris to boost flagging climate talks
Jul 18, 2015 (AFP)
Foreign and environment ministers and other high-level officials from 45 countries are set to gather in Paris Monday seeking to re-energise climate talks mired ...
Copenhagen faces bumpy road to carbon neutrality
Jul 16, 2015 (AFP)
Copenhagen says it is on track to become the world's first carbon neutral capital by 2025, but even after emissions fell more than expected some critics dismiss...
Accounting for short-lived forcers in carbon budgets
Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)
Limiting warming to any level requires CO2 emissions to be kept to within a certain limit known as a carbon budget. Can reducing shorter-lived climate forcers i...
Air travel and climate: A potential new feedback?
Jul 14, 2015 (SPX)
Global air travel contributes around 3.5 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions behind/driving anthropogenic climate change, according to the International Pan...
Volcanic eruptions slow down climate change - temporarily
Jul 10, 2015 (SPX)
Although global concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has continuously increased over the past decade, the mean global surface temperature has not...
UNICEF warns of child deaths in N. Korea drought
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
A serious drought in North Korea requires urgent action to prevent the deaths of children already weakened by widespread malnutrition, the UN children's fund, U...
World Bank urges 'substantial' pre-2020 climate funds
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
Putting money on the table for pre-2020 climate adaptation projects in poor countries, may help unlock an ambitious global pact in December, a senior World Bank...
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