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New climate models suggest Paris goals may be out of reach
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
Developed in parallel by separate teams in half-a-dozen countries, the models -- which will underpin revised UN temperature projections next year -- suggest sci...
James Murdoch blasts dad Rupert's firm over climate 'denial': report
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
The Daily Beast reported that James Murdoch and his activist wife Kathryn had harsh words for his family's company, which operates US-based Fox News as well as ...
Can solar geoengineering mitigate climate change
Jan 14, 2020 (SPX)
In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers examine the impacts of solar geoengineering on global and country-level economic outcomes. U...
EU chief hails 'Austrian model' on climate change
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
The incoming government in Vienna, a coalition between conservatives and greens, has vowed to make Austria a front-runner in climate protection by beating the E...
Drought ignites human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe
Jan 11, 2020 (AFP)
The 45-year-old was attacked by a buffalo days earlier, and he was lucky to be on his feet. Wild animals in Zimbabwe were responsible for the deaths of at least...
Climate at mercy of politics in 2020, experts warn
Jan 11, 2020 (AFP)
When nations struck the 2015 Paris agreement, which aims to limit temperature rises under 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), they agreed on five-year periods i...
Greening at high latitudes may inhibit the expansion of midlatitude deserts
Jan 10, 2020 (SPX)
Interestingly, besides inducing a stronger greenhouse effect, increasing carbon dioxide is also leading to global vegetation greening, especially in high latitu...
Australia bushfires spark 'unprecedented' climate disinformation
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
The fires have claimed at least 26 lives and destroyed more than 2,000 homes across Australia. And they have also prompted misleading online claims about the ex...
Pope slams leaders on 'weak' response to climate change
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
In his annual speech to Vatican diplomats, the pontiff said climate change was a "concern of everyone," despite a tepid response from the international communit...
2019 second hottest year on record
Jan 08, 2020 (AFP)
Data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) showed that worldwide temperatures were just 0.04 degrees Celsius lower than 2016, when temperature...
Viking runestone linked to fears of climate change: study
Jan 08, 2020 (AFP)
The Rok stone, raised in the ninth century near the lake Vattern in south central Sweden, bears the longest runic inscription in the world with more than 700 ru...
India suffers hottest decade on record
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
India, home to 1.3 billion people, is at the forefront of climate change suffering devastating floods, dire water shortages and baking temperatures. The souther...
Russia unveils climate 'adaptation' plan
Jan 05, 2020 (AFP)
The document, published on the government website on Saturday, outlines a plan of action and admits that changes in the climate have had a "prominent and increa...
Scientists identify climate signals in global weather
Jan 03, 2020 (UPI)
When extreme weather strikes, whether record lows or prolonged drought, people often wonder about the connections between weather and climate change. Until rece...
Britain temperature records tumbled in 2019
Jan 03, 2020 (AFP)
As much of northern Europe sweltered in a July heatwave, the mercury hit 38.7 Celsius (101 Fahrenheit) in the east of England, marking Britain's highest daily m...
Climate oscillations were just illusions, scientists say
Jan 03, 2020 (UPI)
Analysis by a team of meteorologists suggest another pair of atmospheric patterns, the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, or...
2019 was hottest year on record for Russia
Dec 30, 2019 (AFP)
"This year in Russia was the hottest for the entire period of instrumental observations," the head of the Gidromedtsentr weather service, Roman Vilfand, told Ru...
German fireworks sales fizzle on climate anxiety
Dec 27, 2019 (AFP)
"The fireworks last for an hour, but we want to protect animals and have clean air 365 days a year," said Uli Budnik, who runs several REWE supermarkets in the ...
Five reasons COP25 climate talks failed
Dec 25, 2019 (AFP)
Five years after the fragile UN process yielded the world's first universal climate treaty, COP25 was billed as a mopping-up session to finish guidelines for ca...
Dinosaurs faced global warming, elevated mercury levels, fossil shells show
Dec 16, 2019 (UPI)
Now, new research -- published Monday in the journal Nature Communications -- suggests the volcanic activity had a significant impact on Earth's climate, and pe...
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