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A million people at risk as Somalia slides towards famine: UN
Sep 02, 2014 (AFP)
Over a million people in war-torn Somalia are struggling in conditions close to famine, with hunger and drought due to worsen, United Nations experts said Tuesd...
UN climate chief says 'door closing' on warming fix
Sep 02, 2014 (AFP)
UN climate change chief Christiana Figueres on Tuesday warned time was running out for meaningful action on global warming, citing the plight of low-lying Pacif...
Climate focus at UN small islands summit in Samoa
Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)
A major United Nations conference on small island nations began in Samoa on Monday, with the emphasis on helping them survive the pressing challenge posed by cl...
Water police on patrol in drought-scarred Los Angeles
Aug 31, 2014 (AFP)
Los Angeles isn't the world's wettest city at the best of times. But a record drought has triggered extra measures -- now including "water police" checking on o...
Snowfall in a warmer world
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
If ever there were a silver lining to global warming, it might be the prospect of milder winters. After all, it stands to reason that a warmer climate would gen...
Southwest may face 'megadrought' this century
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
Due to global warming, scientists say, the chances of the southwestern United States experiencing a decade long drought is at least 50 percent, and the chances ...
Viruses take down massive algal blooms, with big implications for climate
Aug 25, 2014 (SPX)
Algae might seem easy to ignore, but they are the ultimate source of all organic matter that marine animals depend upon. Humans are increasingly dependent on al...
Severe drought is causing the western US to rise
Aug 25, 2014 (SPX)
The severe drought gripping the western United States in recent years is changing the landscape well beyond localized effects of water restrictions and browning...
Small variations in the climate system can result in dramatic temperature changes
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Over the past one hundred thousand years cold temperatures largely prevailed over the planet in what is known as the last ice age. However, the cold period was ...
Why global warming is taking a break
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Global warming is currently taking a break: whereas global temperatures rose drastically into the late 1990s, the global average temperature has risen only slig...
Climate change: meteorologists preparing for the worst
Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)
Intense aerial turbulence, ice storms and scorching heatwaves, huge ocean waves -- the world's climate experts forecast apocalyptic weather over the coming deca...
Urgent action needed to tackle Sahel's lack of rainfall: UN
Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)
A dearth of rainfall in the Sahel could have "severe consequences" for food and agriculture across the region, a UN official said Tuesday, urging urgent action ...
Climate relicts may help researchers understand climate change
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
While hiking through the Ozarks' characteristic oak and hickory forests as a teenager, ecologist Scott Woolbright discovered something decidedly uncharacteristi...
Climate change, predators, and the trickle down effects on ecosystems
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
Predators play important roles in maintaining diverse and stable ecosystems. Climate change can push species to move in order to stay in their climatic comfort ...
A global temperature conundrum: Cooling or warming climate?
Aug 12, 2014 (SPX)
When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently requested a figure for its annual report, to show global temperature trends over the last 10,000 yea...
History of fire and drought shapes the ecology of California
Aug 11, 2014 (SPX)
Fire season has arrived in California with vengeance in this third year of extended drought for the state. A series of large fires east of Redding and Fresno, i...
Drought and war in E.Africa put 14 million people at risk: UN
Aug 08, 2014 (AFP)
Poor rains and multiple conflicts across eastern Africa have put over 14 million people in need of food aid, three years since extreme drought devastated the re...
Amid drought, California declares war on lush lawns
Aug 03, 2014 (AFP)
Lush green lawns, a symbol of the American way of life, are under attack in California, where "cash for grass" programs have sprouted like weeds amid a severe d...
Big data confirms climate extremes are here to stay
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
In a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, published by Nature, Northeastern researchers Evan Kodra and Auroop Ganguly found that while global temp...
Peru's carbon quantified: Economic and conservation boon
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have unveiled the first high-resolution map of the carbon stocks stored on land throughout the entire country of Peru. The new and improved methodolo...
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