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Deciphering clues to prehistoric climate changes locked in cave deposits
May 26, 2015 (SPX)
When the conversation turns to the weather and the climate, most people's thoughts naturally drift upward toward the clouds, but Jessica Oster's sink down into ...
As carbon emissions climb, capacity to remove CO2 rises
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
A new paper, co-authored by Woods Hole Research Center Senior Scientist Richard A. Houghton, entitled, "Audit of the global carbon budget: estimate errors and t...
UN chief seeks 'global action' on climate change this year
May 25, 2015 (AFP)
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Monday called for "global action" this year to limit climate change as international weather experts began a quadrennial congress in Gen...
Climate change a top US security issue: Obama
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama warned in a speech on Wednesday that the threat from global warming poses a national risk rivaling that of terrorism, and should be se...
Merkel and Hollande push for 'ambitious' climate deal
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande jointly pledged Tuesday to do their utmost to ensure an "ambitious" UN deal to combat cli...
US Senate's climate sentry on lonely mission
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
He often speaks to an empty chamber, unheard and unheeded by his colleagues. But Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is America's climate soothsayer, repeatedly implorin...
Britain 'turning grey' as gardens paved over
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
The English are famous for their love of gardens but many homeowners are now paving over theirs, turning Britain "grey", the Royal Horticultural Society warned ...
Drought face-lift: California paints lawns green
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
The heat is stifling, the soil dry as a bone, and a new law in drought-stricken California restricts sprinklers. But far from saying farewell to their beloved l...
Warm oceans caused hottest Dust Bowl years in 1934/36
May 08, 2015 (SPX)
Two ocean hot spots have been found to be the potential drivers of the hottest summers on record for the Central US in 1934 and 1936. The research may also help...
England set for 'substantial increase' in record-breaking warm years
May 08, 2015 (SPX)
The likelihood of record-breaking warm years in England is set to substantially increase as a result of the human influence on the climate, new research suggest...
Australia PM advisor says climate change a UN-led ruse
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's top business advisor on Friday claimed climate change was a ruse encouraged by the United Nations to create a new author...
200-year lag between climate events in Greenland, Antarctica
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
A new study using evidence from a highly detailed ice core from West Antarctica shows a consistent link between abrupt temperature changes on Greenland and Anta...
Heat saps Australian workers' productivity: study
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
Worker productivity lost due to heat stress cost Australia some US$6.2 billion (5.6 billion euros) in 2013/14, said a study Monday that warned of worse to come ...
Carbon plans deeply inadequate: climate study warns
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
Pledges made by countries to slash carbon emissions are deeply inadequate to take them down to safe levels by 2030 and put the brakes on global warming, a new a...
Closing the case on an ancient archeological mystery
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
Climate change may be responsible for the abrupt collapse of civilization on the fringes of the Tibetan Plateau around 2000 B.C. WSU archaeologist Jade D'Alpoim...
Ice cores show how currents transmit climate change from Arctic to Antarctic
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
A new highly detailed ice core from West Antarctica has revealed a consistent pattern of climate changes that started in the Arctic and spread across the globe ...
Nations fail to meet own climate fund deadline
Apr 30, 2015 (AFP)
Nations missed a self-imposed deadline to firm up pledges worth $4.7 billion (4.2 billion euros) to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) by Thursday, mustering arrangem...
US will 'set an example for world' on climate change: Kerry
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
The United States intends to "set an example for the world" in fighting climate change, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, adding that the issue is a U...
Heat still on despite warming slowdown
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
The recent slowdown in the rise of global average air temperatures will make no difference to how much the planet will warm by 2100, a new study has found. The ...
First carbon auction to help Australia meet pledge: government
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
Australia Thursday said its plan to pay polluters to reduce carbon emissions blamed for climate change was off to a good start and would help the nation become ...
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