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Jurassic climate was far more complex than previously known
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
The climate 150 million years ago of a large swath of the western United States was more complex than previously known, according to new research from Southern ...
Wave of child deaths in Pakistan desert
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
Nearly 300 children have died this year in desert communities in southern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, as poor monsoon rains and livestock diseases have ...
Small volcanic eruptions could be slowing global warming
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
Small volcanic eruptions might eject more of an atmosphere-cooling gas into Earth's upper atmosphere than previously thought, potentially contributing to the re...
Climate change not to blame for Bronze Age collapse
Nov 18, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists will have to find alternative explanations for a huge population collapse in Europe at the end of the Bronze Age as researchers prove definitively th...
Climate capers of the past 600,000 years
Nov 18, 2014 (SPX)
If you want to see into the future, you have to understand the past. An international consortium of researchers under the auspices of the University of Bonn has...
Adjusting Earth's thermostat, with caution
Nov 18, 2014 (SPX)
A vast majority of scientists believe that the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate and that human activity is almost certainly the dominant cause. But on ...
Polar bear numbers down 40% in parts of Arctic: study
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Polar bears in the Arctic suffered sharp declines in the first decade of this century, losing about 40 percent of their population, according to US and Canadian...
Climate agreement to have big impact on China: US
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
China must make significant investments now to meet the targets of last week's agreement with the United States on greenhouse gas emissions, a senior US officia...
Buoyed by China deal, Obama seeks world climate pact
Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)
A Sino-US breakthrough on curbing carbon emissions proves a global deal on climate change is achievable, US President Barack Obama said Saturday, as campaigners...
China climate negotiator defends flexible carbon target
Nov 14, 2014 (AFP)
China's top climate change negotiator on Friday defended the vagueness of Beijing's target to peak carbon emissions "around 2030", suggesting developed nations ...
Lightning expected to increase by 50 percent with global warming
Nov 14, 2014 (SPX)
Today's climate models predict a 50 percent increase in lightning strikes across the United States during this century as a result of warming temperatures assoc...
Alaska Shows No Signs of Rising Arctic Methane
Nov 14, 2014 (JPL)
Despite large temperature increases in Alaska in recent decades, a new analysis of NASA airborne data finds that methane is not being released from Alaskan soil...
Plants have little wiggle room to survive drought
Nov 14, 2014 (SPX)
Plants all over the world are more sensitive to drought than many experts realized, according to a new study by scientists at UCLA and China's Xishuangbanna Tro...
Supercomputers Enables Earth Models in HiRes
Nov 13, 2014 (SPX)
Not long ago, it would have taken several years to run a high-resolution simulation on a global climate model. But using some of the most powerful supercomputer...
China media warns over progress on carbon emissions
Nov 13, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese state media sounded a note of caution Thursday on efforts to reduce carbon emissions, stressing "orderly" progress after Beijing set a goal for its emis...
IU biologists collaborate to refine climate change modeling tools
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
A new climate change modeling tool developed by scientists at Indiana University, Princeton University and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administra...
US and China announce 'historic' climate accord
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
The United States and China on Wednesday announced ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions as part of a "historic" pact that climate scientists acclaimed ...
US, China climate deal boosts hopes of global pact
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
A surprise deal between the United States and China on Wednesday could be a breakthrough moment in decades-long efforts to secure a global climate change pact, ...
Farmers and scientists divided over climate change
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Crop producers and scientists hold deeply different views on climate change and its possible causes, a study by Purdue and Iowa State universities shows. Associ...
EU sees light at the end of the climate tunnel
Nov 11, 2014 (UPI)
The ability to limit global warming and effectively combat climate change is within our reach, the European climate commissioner said Tuesday. "We have a choice...
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