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Reconstructing topsy-turvy paleoclimate of western US 21,000 years ago

Feb 24, 2015 (SPX)

Climate scientists now put the odds that the American Southwest is headed into a 30-year "mega drought" at 50/50. Meanwhile, the forecast for the Pacific Northw...

Climate panel's chief in the spotlight again

Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)

Rajendra Pachauri, industrial engineer-turned head of the UN's climate science panel and one-off sex novel author, is no stranger to accolades -- nor to controv...

UN climate experts meet despite chief's absence over sex case

Feb 23, 2015 (AFP)

Climate scientists went ahead with a scheduled meeting in Kenya despite the absence of the chief of the UN's top climate science body who faces sexual harassmen...

UN climate chief to miss key meet after sex harassment case

Feb 22, 2015 (AFP)

A top United Nations climate change official has pulled out of a key meeting in Kenya next week as Indian police investigate a sexual harassment complaint again...

Iconic graph at center of climate debate

Feb 20, 2015 (SPX)

The "Hockey Stick" graph, a simple plot representing temperature over time, led to the center of the larger debate on climate change, and skewed the trajectory ...

Researcher finds evidence of climate change in ancient Northern China

Feb 19, 2015 (SPX)

Using a relatively new scientific dating technique, a Baylor University geologist and a team of international researchers were able to document--for the first t...

Going negative

Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)

To combat climate change, President Obama has called for an 80 percent reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050. To help achieve this goal, the Presi...

Capturing and storing carbon in soil: Is it real and can it scale?

Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)

Can beef production help restore ecosystems? A team of scientists, advisors and communications specialists are banding together to explore whether ranching mana...

Warming pushes Western US toward driest period in 1,000 years

Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)

During the second half of the 21st century, the U.S. Southwest and Great Plains will face persistent drought worse than anything seen in times ancient or modern...

Scientists call for international authority on climate geoengineering

Feb 15, 2015 (AFP)

US scientists and legal experts are calling for a strong, international authority to regulate any man-made interventions meant to combat global warming, amid fe...

Limited climate change accord likely in Paris: IPCC expert

Feb 15, 2015 (AFP)

Encouraging progress at climate change talks points to the likelihood of an overall accord being reached at the Paris conference in December, but the deal is un...

Rare ray of hope in UN climate talks

Feb 14, 2015 (AFP)

The detente achieved at UN talks that concluded Friday with a framework for a world climate pact is only temporary, achieved by kicking the difficult decisions ...

UN climate blueprint agreed in Geneva

Feb 13, 2015 (AFP)

Negotiators in Geneva approved a climate-rescue blueprint on Friday, a symbolic milestone in the fraught UN process that must culminate in a universal pact in D...

Climate intervention techniques not ready for wide-scale deployment

Feb 12, 2015 (SPX)

There is no substitute for dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the negative consequences of climate change, a National Research Council ...

UN negotiators plot route to climate pact

Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)

Negotiators haggled on the penultimate day of UN climate talks in Geneva Thursday over how best to streamline the bloated draft of a long-awaited pact the world...

Scientists urge more research on climate intervention

Feb 12, 2015 (SPX)

Deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, while necessary, may not happen soon enough to stave off climate catastrophe. So, in addition, the world may need to reso...

Predicting plant responses to drought

Feb 12, 2015 (SPX)

A new U.S. Geological Survey study shows how plants' vulnerability to drought varies across the landscape; factors such as plant structure and soil type where t...

Is climate change fuelling war?

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

For years, scientists and security analysts have warned that global warming looms as a potential source of war and unrest. Storms, droughts, floods, and spells ...

Researchers find new evidence of warming

Feb 11, 2015 (SPX)

A study of three remote lakes in Ecuador led by Queen's University researchers has revealed the vulnerability of tropical high mountain lakes to global climate ...

Progress in Geneva with climate pact blueprint

Feb 11, 2015 (AFP)

UN negotiators in Geneva offered an outline Wednesday for a global climate pact that was welcomed by observers as inclusive and unifying, though much editing li...