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UN talks take first steps on 2015 climate deal
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
UN members on Thursday took their first steps in a marathon to negotiate a new global pact by 2015 that for the first time will place rich and poor under a comm...
Statistical Analysis Projects Future Temperatures In North America
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
For the first time, researchers have been able to combine different climate models using spatial statistics - to project future seasonal temperature changes in ...
New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer
May 15, 2012 (SPX)
One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is correct...
Mauritania growth at four percent despite crippling drought
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Mauritania's economy resisted a slowdown in external demand and the effects of a severe drought, and growth is estimated at 4.0 percent in 2011, the Internation...
Scientists core into California's Clear Lake to explore past climate change
May 15, 2012 (SPX)
University of California, Berkeley, scientists are drilling into ancient sediments at the bottom of Northern California's Clear Lake for clues that could help t...
Plants disappear as a result of climate changes
May 15, 2012 (SPX)
Climate changes mean that species are disappearing from European mountain regions. This is shown by new research involving biologists from the University of Got...
EU issues warning to carbon tax rebels China, India
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
The European Union on Tuesday gave China and India a month to comply with a new airline carbon emissions fee coming into effect across the bloc, or face penalti...
Climate talks open in Bonn to tackle emissions targets
May 14, 2012 (AFP)
A new round of global climate talks opened in Bonn on Monday with rich and poor countries squaring off over greenhouse gas reduction targets to halt the pace of...
Caltech researchers use stalagmites to study past climate change
May 14, 2012 (SPX)
There is an old trick for remembering the difference between stalactites and stalagmites in a cave: Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling while stalagmites migh...
Worst drought in 50 years takes toll in northern Brazil
May 13, 2012 (AFP)
Severe drought gripping northeastern Brazil -- the worst in a half-century -- is taking its toll on more than 1,100 towns, even triggering fighting in rural are...
'Low' expectations from new round of climate talks
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
Officials from some 170 countries gather in Bonn from Monday to lay the groundwork for a new global warming pact, as Europe pushes for progress amid fears of po...
Support for climate change action drops
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
Americans' support for government action on global warming remains high but has dropped during the past two years, according to a new survey by Stanford researc...
European mountain plant population shows delayed response to climate change
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
A modeling study from the European Alps suggests that population declines to be observed during the upcoming decades will probably underestimate the long-term e...
University of Pittsburgh Geologists Map Prehistoric Climate Changes in Canada's Yukon Territory
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have joined an international group of scientists to study past climate changes in the Arctic. Comprising geologists ...
EU flying big team to Rio summit but to cap expenses
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
The EU executive is flying six top officials plus an unspecified number of aides to June's Rio Summit on sustainable development but plans to tighten spending, ...
Canada won't attain greenhouse gas goals: government
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
Canada will fail to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2020, according to a government report which predicted that emissions responsible for glob...
Microsoft vows to go carbon neutral
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
Microsoft on Tuesday vowed it would be carbon neutral in the fiscal year starting July. The plan to zero-out the overall amount of climate-changing gas spewed w...
Decades of Data Show Spring Advancing Faster Than Experiments Suggest
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
Plants are leafing out and flowering sooner each year than predicted by results from controlled environmental warming experiments, according to data from a majo...
ADB urges action on climate change
May 07, 2012 (UPI)
The Asian Development Bank urged countries in the Asia-Pacific region to take immediate action to reduce the negative impact of climate change. A new ADB study,...
Study finds stream temperatures don't parallel warming climate trend
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
A new analysis of streams in the western United States with long-term monitoring programs has found that despite a general increase in air temperatures over the...
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