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Scientists, students, activists plan global strike ahead of UN climate summit
Sep 13, 2019 (UPI)
Next Friday, Sept. 20, millions of people are planning to walk out of their homes, workplaces and classrooms and take to the streets to demand action of climate...
Brazil FM says 'climatism' a bid to restrict sovereignty
Sep 11, 2019 (AFP)
Ahead of a major UN summit later this month aimed at stemming global warming, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo attacked what he called an ideology of "climatism"...
World must adapt to 'inevitable' climate change, warns report
Sep 10, 2019 (AFP)
Spending $1.8 trillion across five key areas over the next decade would not only help buffer the worst impacts of global warming but could generate more than $7...
As climate debate heats up, Canada environment minister gets security detail
Sep 08, 2019 (AFP)
It is not unusual in Ottawa and other Canadian cities to spot the foreign minister cycling to a news conference or the finance minister in line at a grocery sto...
Democrats put climate crisis at heart of 2020 race
Sep 05, 2019 (AFP)
With a rampaging Hurricane Dorian not far from the minds of many Americans, 10 Democratic presidential hopefuls have unveiled detailed plans of action on climat...
Major economies drivers, victims of sea-level rise
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Ahead of the publication of a landmark UN report on oceans and climate change, here is a look at the impacts faced by China, the United States, the European Uni...
Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab to study climate change
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
For the study, four researchers from the Austral University of Chile embarked from Punta Arenas for the remote Seno Ballena fjord. The fjord currently produces ...
Alpine climbing routes crumble as climate change strikes
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
In the Mont Blanc range, a m1agnet for mountaineers in the summer, many popular routes up or through the peaks have become too dangerous to take because of the ...
Oceans turning from friend to foe, warns landmark UN climate report
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Destructive changes already set in motion could see a steady decline in fish stocks, a hundred-fold or more increase in the damages caused by superstorms, and h...
Stability of Earth's climate depends on Amazonia
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
Here are some facts about the region: - Deforestation - Continued destruction of its tropical forests -- measured in tens of thousands of square kilometres per ...
The case for retreat in the battle against climate change
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
That's the case for carefully planned "managed retreat" made by three environmental researchers in an article published Aug. 22 in the Policy Forum section of t...
How coastal mud holds the key to climate cooling gas
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is an important nutrient in marine environments with billions of tonnes produced annually by marine phytoplankton (microscopic...
Industry guidance touts untested tech as climate fix
Aug 23, 2019 (AFP)
The guidance appears to encourage high-polluting sectors to take the cheapest route towards limiting global warming, potentially decoupling emissions cuts from ...
Canada election rules cast chill on climate talk
Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)
Green organizations say they have been told presenting the issue as an emergency, or even a reality, could be seen as taking sides against politicians such as P...
Australia branded a leading 'emissions exporter'
Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)
The left-leaning Australian Institute reported that Australia's energy exports rank behind only oil giants Russia and Saudi Arabia in terms of emissions potenti...
July 2019 hottest month on record for planet: US agency
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
According to the NOAA, the average global temperature for the month was 0.95 degrees Celsius (1.71 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 20th century average of 15.8 de...
American media promotes false balance on climate science, research shows
Aug 14, 2019 (UPI)
But according to a new study, the overwhelming consensus among climate researchers is obscured by media coverage in the United States, which lends too much weig...
Climate deniers get more media play than scientists: study
Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)
From 2000 through 2016, hundreds of academics, business people and politicians who doubted global warming or attributed rising temperatures to "natural" causes ...
NASA gauges plant stress in Costa Rican drought
Aug 09, 2019 (JPL)
Parts of Costa Rica have received 75% less rainfall than normal in the drought, which is the result of abnormal weather patterns accompanying an El Nino that be...
Nations agree landmark UN climate report after marathon talks
Aug 07, 2019 (AFP)
The land use report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), running over 1,000 pages compiled by 108 scientists drawing from ...
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