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Warming to hit half of plants, a third of animals
May 12, 2013 (AFP)
More than half of common species of plants and a third of animal species are likely to see their living space halved by 2080 on current trends of carbon emissio...
Historic greenhouse gas level sparks calls for action
May 10, 2013 (AFP)
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, US monitors announced Friday, sparking ne...
After cold winter, fewer Americans believe in global warming
May 09, 2013 (UPI)
After the cold winter of 2012-13, the percentage of Americans who believe global warming is occurring has dropped 7 points since last fall, a poll indicates. Re...
Merkel calls for redoubling of efforts to reach climate change treaty
May 08, 2013 (UPI)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week called for a redoubling of efforts to forge a new U.N. agreement on climate change by 2015. Speaking Monday at the Pet...
Pacific's Marshall Islands facing drought emergency
May 08, 2013 (AFP)
A drought has left areas of the Marshall Islands facing "dire" water shortages with aid agencies scrambling to ship relief to affected communities, officials in...
Organic vapors affect clouds leading to previously unidentified climate cooling
May 07, 2013 (SPX)
University of Manchester scientists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, have shown that natural emissions and manmade pollutants can both have an unexpec...
Aid agency sounds alarm over Pacific islands' drought
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
Aid agency the International Organization for Migration sounded the alarm Tuesday over a drought in the Marshall Islands, one of the world's remotest ocean comm...
Inaction on global warming 'not an option': Merkel
May 06, 2013 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Monday that in the quest for binding international emissions targets to fight global warming, doing nothing is "not an op...
Plants moderate climate warming
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to research from IIASA and the University of Helsinki. The n...
The politics of climate change
May 01, 2013 (SPX)
U.S. residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of whether t...
China becoming global climate change leader: study
Apr 29, 2013 (AFP)
China is rapidly assuming a global leadership role on climate change alongside the United States, a new study said Monday, but it warned greenhouse gas emission...
China a leader in fight on climate change?
Apr 29, 2013 (UPI)
China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is demonstrating leadership in the fight against climate change, a new report says. The release of Austr...
Ireland: EU consensus exists for setting 2030 greenhouse gas targets
Apr 26, 2013 (UPI)
There is a consensus among European energy and environment chiefs backing new 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets, Irish Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte says. Ra...
100 percent of California currently in a drought, first time in 15 years
Apr 25, 2013 (UPI)
The entire state of California is suffering drought conditions, and in more than three-quarters of the state the drought is characterized as "extreme" or "excep...
Earth's current warmth not seen in the last 1,400 years or more
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
Fueled by industrial greenhouse gas emissions, Earth's climate warmed more between 1971 and 2000 than during any other three-decade interval in the last 1,400 y...
Geochemical method finds links between terrestrial climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
Nearly thirty-four million years ago, the Earth underwent a transformation from a warm and high-carbon dioxide "greenhouse" state to a lower-CO2, variable clima...
Regional insights set latest study of climate history apart
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
As climate studies saturate scientific journals and mainstream media, with opposing viewpoints quickly squaring off in reaction and debate, new findings can eas...
Late 20th century was warmest in 1,400 years
Apr 21, 2013 (AFP)
Earth was cooling until the end of the 19th century and a hundred years later, the planet's surface was on average warmer than at any time in the previous 1,400...
U.S. drought extent below 50 percent for first time in months
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
The area of the contiguous United States in moderate drought or worse has fallen below 50 percent for the first time in 10 months, officials said. The area of t...
Lawrence Livermore scientists discover new materials to capture methane
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and UC Berkeley and have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentrati...
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