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Fresh scandal embroils US climate science debate

Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)

A fresh scandal over climate change has erupted in the United States after leaked documents appeared to show a right-wing funded campaign to influence how clima...

Britain warns of widespread summer drought

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

Britain on Monday declared a drought in the southeast and warned that the rest of the country faced widespread water shortages this summer, with some supplies a...

Time of Year Important in Projections of Climate Change Effects on Ecosystems

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

Does it matter whether long periods of hot weather, such as last year's heat wave that gripped the U.S. Midwest, happen in June or July, August or September? Sc...

Climate change threatens tropical birds

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

Climate change spells trouble for many tropical birds - especially those living in mountains, coastal forests and relatively small areas - and the damage will b...

Low-carbon technologies 'no quick-fix', say researchers

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

A drastic switch to low carbon-emitting technologies, such as wind and hydroelectric power, may not yield a reduction in global warming until the latter part of...

Extreme summer temperatures occur more frequently

Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)

Extreme summer temperatures are already occurring more frequently in the United States, and will become normal by mid-century if the world continues on a busine...

Super high-resolution carbon estimates for endangered Madagascar

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

By combining airborne laser technology, satellite mapping, and ground-based plot surveys, a team of researchers has produced the first large-scale, high-resolut...

Report seeks to integrate microbes into climate models

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

The models used to understand how Earth's climate works include thousands of different variables from many scientific including atmospherics, oceanography, seis...

US launches coalition to fight climate change

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

Faulting the world for not doing enough to curb climate change, the United States on Thursday announced the formation of a coalition to cut short-lived pollutan...

UN aid chiefs call for $725 million for drought-hit Sahel

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

United Nations and European Union aid chiefs called Wednesday for "urgent" assistance for West Africa's drought-hit Sahel region, saying it needed $725 million ...

More aid needed to divert disaster in Sahel: Red Cross

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

More funding is needed to avert a humanitarian disaster in Africa's Sahel region where up to 14 million people are suffering from food shortages, the internatio...

Libya fallout fans Sahel hunger pangs as crisis looms

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

Sahel states are bracing for a long, potentially deadly hungry season, many weakened by the return of people from Libya who are unemployed, armed and creating f...

Early farmers may have impacted climate

Feb 10, 2012 (UPI)

Present-day humans may not be the first to have affected world climate, researchers say, citing possible changes in Africa triggered by farmers 3,000 years ago....

2C warming goal now 'optimistic' - French scientists

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2 C (3.6 F) goal enshrined by the United Nations was "the most optimistic" sce...

Mauritania goes hungry amid Sahel food crisis: WFP

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

A food crisis in Mauritania as a result of drought is expected to be three times worse that in 2010, when the Sahel was crippled by food shortages, the World Fo...

Political Leaders Play Key Role In How Worried Americans Are By Climate Change

Feb 08, 2012 (SPX)

More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate...