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NASA's Role in Climate Assessment
May 12, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's role in studying and protecting our home planet has never been stronger. Climate change is a problem we must deal with right now, and our Earth science s...
US Republicans harden positions on climate change
May 12, 2014 (AFP)
Despite President Barack Obama's renewed push to tackle climate change, many American politicians see a tougher stance against anti-pollution standards as a vot...
Lebanon faces water crisis after record winter drought
May 09, 2014 (AFP)
Lebanon is bracing for a summer drought, after a record dry winter exacerbated by a massive influx of Syrian refugees and longstanding water management problems...
New study sheds light on global warming trends
May 06, 2014 (SPX)
New research by a team of Florida State University scientists shows the first detailed look at global land surface warming trends over the last 100 years, illus...
US warns of wide climate impact
May 06, 2014 (AFP)
The White House called Tuesday for urgent action to combat climate change, saying in a major report that human-caused warming is already having a serious impact...
White House pushes climate change efforts
May 05, 2014 (AFP)
The White House will focus this week on its efforts fighting climate change as a new environmental assessment is released, an official said Monday, amid pushbac...
UN chief urges 'bold' action to curb global warming
May 04, 2014 (AFP)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged "bold" actions by countries around the world to reduce greenhouse emissions and fight global warming. "I am asking them (wo...
Tree rings reveal nightmare droughts in the West
May 02, 2014 (SPX)
If you think the 1930s drought that caused The Dust Bowl was rough, new research looking at tree rings in the Rocky Mountains has news for you: Things can get m...
Anne Douglass - Thinks Like a Scientist
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
When faced with a complex problem, Aura project scientist and co-lead for the Chemistry Climate Model Anne Douglass instructs herself to think like a scientist....
Methane climate change risk suggested by proof of redox cycling of humic substances
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
The recent Yokahama IPCC meeting painted a stark warning on the possible effects of gases such as methane - which has a greenhouse effect 32 times that of carbo...
Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, acco...
Warm US West, cold East: A 4,000-year pattern
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Last winter's curvy jet stream pattern brought mild temperatures to western North America and harsh cold to the East. A University of Utah-led study shows that ...
Study shows lasting effects of drought in rainy eastern US
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
This spring, more than 40 percent of the western U.S. is in a drought that the USDA deems "severe" or "exceptional." The same was true in 2013. In 2012, drought...
Jimmy Carter urges US, China leadership on climate
Apr 22, 2014 (AFP)
Former US president Jimmy Carter on Tuesday urged his country and China, two of the world's biggest fossil fuel polluters, to take the lead on halting climate c...
Moth study suggests hidden climate change impacts
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
A 32-year study of subarctic forest moths in Finnish Lapland suggests that scientists may be underestimating the impacts of climate change on animals and plants...
Dynamic atolls give hope that Pacific Islands can defy sea rise
Apr 19, 2014 (TCM)
It is widely predicted that low-lying coral reef islands will drown as a result of sea-level rise, leaving their populations as environmental refugees. But new ...
Odds that global warming is due to natural factors: Slim to none
Apr 15, 2014 (SPX)
An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the eart...
UN climate goal feasible but energy reform vital: panel
Apr 13, 2014 (AFP)
The world has a likely chance of meeting the UN's warming limit of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) if it cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions 40-70...
UN climate chief urges 'bold' carbon-curbing steps
Apr 13, 2014 (AFP)
The UN climate chief on Sunday called on governments to take bold steps to tame carbon emissions after a landmark report said the worldwide aim to limit global ...
Global warming not taken seriously: World Bank's Kim
Apr 10, 2014 (AFP)
Global warming is not being taken seriously and time is running out to avoid consequences like flooded cities and dried out farmland, World Bank President Jim Y...
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