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Seychelles' idyllic habitat at risk from climate change
Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)
Bursts of torrential rain lash the idyllic white beaches of the Seychelles, where conservationists fear that rare species such as the giant tortoise are at seve...
New Research Helps to Identify Ancient Droughts in China
Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)
Drought events are largely unknown in Earth's history, because reconstruction of ancient hydrological conditions remains difficult due to lack of proxy. New GEO...
Asia needs $40 bn a year for 'climate proofing': ADB
Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)
The Asia-Pacific region needs to spend about $40 billion a year to "climate proof" its economies against the impact of global warming, Asian Development Bank vi...
Ice hockey feels the heat in Canada
Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)
The future of Canadian outdoor ice hockey - a sport synonymous with the country's culture - is being threatened by anthropogenic climate change, new research su...
Genetics of endangered African monkey suggest troubles from warming climate
Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)
A rare and endangered monkey in an African equatorial rainforest is providing a look into our climatic future through its DNA. Its genes show that wild drills (...
Poland to nix EU's 2050 climate targets: report
Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)
Poland is threatening to veto European Union 2050 targets for emissions reductions at a Friday meeting of the bloc's environment ministers in Brussels, a Polish...
Ancient Arabic writings help scientists piece together past climate
Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)
Ancient manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past, a ...
Warming threatens ice hockey in Canada: study
Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)
Warmer winter temperatures are shortening Canada's outdoor skating season and may eventually prevent ice from freezing on backyard rinks that helped shape its g...
Spain wilts in driest winter for 70 years
Mar 04, 2012 (AFP)
February is barely past but already Spanish farmers are on drought alert as reservoirs shrink, crops wilt and brush fires crackle after the country's driest win...
Virginia high court rules in favor of climate scientist
Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)
The supreme court of Virginia on Friday ruled in favor of a prominent climate scientist, blocking a two-year bid by state officials to get access to his univers...
Classic Maya civilization collapse related to modest rainfall reductions
Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)
A new study reports that the disintegration of the Maya Civilization may have been related to relatively modest reductions in rainfall. The study was led by Pro...
More Americans believe in climate change: poll
Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)
Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that climate change is real -- the highest level in two years -- as the public trusted its own observations of rising tem...
EU wants tangible outcome at Rio climate conference
Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)
World leaders who will attend the upcoming Rio conference on sustainable development must come up with a tangible compromise leading to a greener economy, visit...
10th century writings give climate clues
Feb 27, 2012 (UPI)
Arabic writings from a thousand years ago are helping piece together past climate events and trends, Spanish researchers say. Researchers in Spain said the writ...
Glacial carbon may hold record of environmental change
Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)
New clues as to how the Earth's remote ecosystems have been influenced by the Industrial Revolution are frozen in glaciers, according to a paper in the March is...
UI researcher notes importance of particulate matter on climate, health
Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)
When it comes to predicting climate change, researchers need to take into account the effects of particles in the air. That was the message presented by Univers...
Himalayan Sherpas lament climate change devastation
Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)
Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating farming communities and making Mount Everest increasingly treacherous to climb, some of the wo...
Yosemite's alpine chipmunks take genetic hit from climate change
Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)
Global warming has forced alpine chipmunks in Yosemite to higher ground, prompting a startling decline in the species' genetic diversity, according to a new stu...
Study: Climate change will up storm surges
Feb 23, 2012 (UPI)
Changing climate could make flooding from hurricanes and tropical storms far more common in low-lying coastal areas, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers from Pri...
Mild drought killed off Mayan civilization: study
Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)
The collapse of the Mayan civilization was likely due to a relatively mild drought, much like the drier conditions expected in the coming years due to climate c...
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