News tagged with world climate
Climate talks see some progress as clock ticks
World climate talks late Thursday inched towards common ground that would bring China, the United States and Europe into a deal on tackling global warming.
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Climate totem: Has Kyoto run its course?
Should the Kyoto Protocol, the only international curb on greenhouse gases, be allowed to die?
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Physicists consider their own carbon footprint
In October's issue of Physics World, Phil Marshall, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford, calls on physicists to pull their weight when it comes to climate change, drawing on his own research showing that astronomers ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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La Nina weather pattern to last for months: UN agency
The weather pattern behind floods and extreme conditions in Australia, Asia, Africa and South America is one of the strongest ever and could last for four more months, the UN weather agency said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2011 |
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UN climate meeting OKs Green Fund in new accord
(AP) -- A U.N. conference on Saturday adopted a modest climate deal creating a fund to help the developing world go green, though it deferred for another year the tough work of carving out deeper reductions ...
Dec 11, 2010 |
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Volcanic eruption in Iceland unlikely to have global effects, says CU-Boulder scientist
The eruption of an Icelandic volcano that sent a huge plume of ash into the atmosphere and caused sweeping disruptions of air traffic over Great Britain and Scandinavia today will likely dissipate in the next several days, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2010 |
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Time to lift the geoengineering taboo
Hot on the heels of the Royal Society's Geoengineering the Climate report, September's Physics World contains feature comment from UK experts stressing the need to start taking geoengineering - deliberate interv ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 01, 2009 |
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UN seeks better data on hurricanes, droughts
(AP) -- The United Nations opened talks Monday on setting up a better weather surveillance system worldwide so all nations can get earlier, more accurate warnings about hurricanes, droughts and floods.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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UN meeting: help nations adapt to global warming
(AP) -- As nations negotiate tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gases, the United Nations is holding a separate conference on coping with more floods, droughts and other effects of climate change already ...
Aug 30, 2009 |
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Trying to spot differences in the sun
The sun is the focus of a deepening mystery. Solar scientists want to know: Why is the sun so quiet?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2009 |
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Ancient drought and rapid cooling drastically altered climate
Two abrupt and drastic climate events, 700 years apart and more than 45 centuries ago, are teasing scientists who are now trying to use ancient records to predict future world climate.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2009 |
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UN sketches countries with climate risk profile
Disasters caused by climate change will inflict the highest losses in poor countries with weak governments that have dashed for growth and failed to shield populations which settle in exposed areas, a UN report ...
Jun 11, 2009 |
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