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Above-average temperatures despite La Nina: UN
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said La Nina, which last held the globe in its clutches between August 2020 and May this year, had reappeared a...
Collapse of ancient Liangzhu culture caused by climate change
Nov 26, 2021 (SPX)
Until now, it has been controversial what led to the sudden collapse. Massive flooding triggered by anomalously intense monsoon rains caused the collapse, as an...
Canada worst on climate of G7: commissioner
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
A series of reports by independent parliamentary watchdog Jerry DeMarco looked at decades of government climate action that yielded an increase of more than 20 ...
Crisis a chance to green Lebanon: environment minister
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
Lebanon's economy has been in tailspin for two years, leading to a historic currency collapse that has sent poverty rates soaring and ravaged the country's alre...
Back in the spotlight: Africa's Great Green Wall
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
The initiative concerning 11 countries on the rim of the world's biggest desert was first launched to great acclaim in 2005, only to battle a lack of cash. But ...
Before geoengineering, some fundamental chemistry
Nov 23, 2021 (SPX)
According to a new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a collaboration among Penn scientists and two groups in Spain, atmospheric conditions ...
Climate warming forecasts may be too rosy: study
Nov 22, 2021 (AFP)
Leading into this month's COP26 summit, the UN said existing policies would see Earth's average surface temperature rise a "catastrophic" 2.7 degrees Celsius ab...
Somalia faces 'rapidly worsening' drought: UN
Nov 19, 2021 (AFP)
"About 2.3 million people in 57 of 74 districts... are ravaged by serious water, food and pasture shortages as water pans and boreholes have dried up," raising ...
Climate envoy Kerry voices hope for more US-China cooperation
Nov 19, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking at a forum in Singapore, the former secretary of state emphasised cooperation -- even as the rivals spar over other flashpoint issues such as Taiwan. "...
Syria Kurds revive ancient rain ritual as drought bites
Nov 19, 2021 (AFP)
The "Bride of the Rain" ritual, practised for centuries by the region's Kurdish community, is traditionally performed during winter to ward off drought. A doll ...
Reducing emissions to mitigate climate change could yield dramatic health benefits by 2030
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
When burned, fossil fuels emit carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming. The World Health Organization projects that heat exposure caused by increased ...
Harvard calls for more comprehensive research into solar geoengineering
Nov 16, 2021 (SPX)
In one article, David Keith, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard's Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, calls for building a shared...
'Down' but not 'out': Growth needs fuel India's coal addiction
Nov 15, 2021 (AFP)
The world's third-largest emitter teamed up with China to water down language on fossil fuels at the Glasgow conference, forcing a compromise: a climate deal th...
Kerry says COP 26 opens 'era of accountability'
Nov 15, 2021 (AFP)
Nearly 200 nations on Saturday signed a deal to try to halt runaway global warming after two weeks of painful negotiations, but fell short of what scientists sa...
Pacific Ocean, not ice sheet, shifted West Coast storms south
Nov 15, 2021 (SPX)
"Although there is no chance that a 3-km-tall ice sheet will suddenly appear over North America, modern climate can produce similar changes in North Pacific oce...
Farmers in Iran's Isfahan protest drought in dried-up river
Nov 12, 2021 (AFP)
Images broadcast on state television showed several hundred people gathered in the dry bed of the Zayandeh Rood river, which cuts through the city. "A large num...
'No Drama Sharma': UK's low-key COP chief
Nov 12, 2021 (AFP)
But with the planet's future at stake, the COP26 president has had to emerge from the shadows to stand in a blindingly bright spotlight over the past fortnight,...
US-China pact welcomed at climate talks
Nov 11, 2021 (AFP)
The surprise declaration unveiled late Wednesday by envoys John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua said the world's two largest emitters "recognise the seriousness and urgen...
Scientists appeal for immediate climate action at COP26
Nov 11, 2021 (AFP)
The central task of the Glasgow meeting is to implement the Paris Agreement, with its goal of limiting temperature rise to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius abo...
China, US unveil surprise climate pact at COP26 summit
Nov 11, 2021 (AFP)
The joint declaration came as the crunch COP26 summit in Glasgow entered its pivotal final days, with negotiators wrestling over ways to limit global warming to...
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