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May global temperatures third warmest on record: US
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
Global temperatures last month tied with 1998 and 2005 as the third warmest for a month of May since record-keeping began in 1880, US scientists said Thursday. ...
World Bank warns global warming woes closing in
Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)
The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts i...
Two thirds of Chile faces desertification: president
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
Two thirds of Chile's territory is facing desertification in which the bone-dry Atacama Desert grows by over a meter (3.3 feet) a day, President Sebastian Piner...
UN climate talks: No consensus on... well, consensus
Jun 15, 2013 (AFP)
A debilitating row with Russia at UN climate talks this week exposed a fundamental flaw in how decisions are taken -- the entire system balanced precariously on...
Mixed-bag climate conference draws to a close in Bonn
Jun 14, 2013 (AFP)
UN climate negotiations were drawing to a close in Bonn on Friday with delegates reporting progress despite Russia blocking a key working group. With just over ...
Is UN negotiating an unattainable climate goal?
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
As UN negotiators roll up their sleeves for the last push towards a universal climate deal, many fear their end-goal of halting global warming at two degrees Ce...
Diplomatic push mooted for Russia's climate deadlock
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
Europe on Thursday mooted a diplomatic push to persuade Russia to stop blocking a UN-appointed body tasked with laying vital groundwork for a global pact on cli...
Gillard teams with Schwarzenegger on climate action
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined forces with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday to urge global action on climate change, sa...
Cutting 'super greenhouse gases' can spare Earth 0.5 deg C: report
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
Phasing out "super greenhouse gases," which mass emitters China and the United States have agreed to restrict, could curb global warming by as much as half a de...
Tempers fray over Russian block at climate talks
Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)
A key panel at UN climate talks in Bonn went into deep freeze on Tuesday as Russia ignored pleas to end a procedural protest that observers said put narrow poli...
Borneo stalagmites provide new view of abrupt climate events over 100,000 years
Jun 11, 2013 (SPX)
A new set of long-term climate records based on cave stalagmites collected from tropical Borneo shows that the western tropical Pacific responded very different...
Bloomberg unveils plan to save NY from climate change
Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday unveiled a $19.5 billion plan to boost the city's defenses against climate change, seven months after superstorm San...
To cut China's CO2 emissions, account for outsourcing
Jun 11, 2013 (SPX)
The new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides a detailed consumption-based accounting of carbon dioxide (CO2) emi...
No. Ireland emissions reductions not good enough, minister says
Jun 10, 2013 (UPI)
Northern Ireland must do more to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, its environment minister said after figures showed it falling behind the rest of Britain. Sta...
U.S. and China agree to reduce climate-damaging HFCs
Jun 10, 2013 (UPI)
The United States and China have agreed to reduce the use of hydro fluorocarbons, or HFCs, a heat-trapping pollutant typically used in refrigerators, air condit...
World set to exceed global warming limit - IEA
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Global temperatures are on track to rise by more than double the two-degree Celsius (3.6-degree Fahrenheit) warming goal set by the UN unless urgent measures ar...
US, China agree to end 'super greenhouse gases'
Jun 08, 2013 (AFP)
China agreed Saturday with the United States to scale back production of "super greenhouse gases" used in refrigerators and air conditioners in a joint bid to f...
Pollution in Northern Hemisphere helped cause 1980s African drought
Jun 07, 2013 (SPX)
Decades of drought in central Africa reached their worst point in the 1980s, causing Lake Chad, a shallow lake used to water crops in neighboring countries, to ...
Global warming caused by CFCs, not CO2
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to new research from the University of Waterloo pub...
Carbon rise spurs 'urgent' appeal at UN climate talks
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
Negotiators on Monday launched a new round of UN climate talks to warnings that a newly breached threshold was a wakeup call to tackle surging carbon emissions....
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