ARTICLES RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Glaciers behind some sea level rise

2013-05-17 14:30

Water from the world's shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise in sea levels between 2003 and 2009, new research has showed.

EU pollution scheme faces more trouble

2013-05-16 18:04

EU greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, have dropped slightly last year but the much-vaunted system for cutting such pollution ran into even more trouble.

Historic carbon peak surpassed

2013-05-14 21:16

After seeing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere surpass a historic threshold last week, the world should brace for the new peak level.

Climate change killing off plants and animals

2013-05-13 08:37

Climate change will cause widespread global-scale loss of common plants and animals.

Climate change to hit plants, animals

2013-05-13 08:06

More than half of common species of plants and a third of animal species are likely to see their living space halved by 2080 on current trends of carbon emissions.

Google Maps shows glacier retreat

2013-05-10 14:37

A series of images taken over several years has provided startling evidence of the changes in the environment.

UN sounds alarm over Arctic ice melt

2013-05-02 18:35

The Arctic's sea ice has melted at a record pace in 2012, the ninth-hottest year on record, compounding concerns about climate change.

Plants slow climate change with sunshade

2013-04-28 21:27

Plants help to slow climate change by emitting gases as temperatures rise that lead to the formation of a sunshade of clouds over the planet.

Warming slowdown puzzles scientists

2013-04-16 16:01

Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding.

Antarctic ice melting 10 times faster

2013-04-15 11:44

Summer ice in the Antarctic is melting 10 times quicker than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the last 50 years.

Trouble in penguin paradise

2013-04-10 08:36

University of Cincinnati student Shujie Wang has discovered that a good way to monitor the environmental health of Antarctica is to go with the flow – the ice flow, that is.

Pinot vs panda as climate changes

2013-04-08 22:13

The question of which is more important, pandas or pinot, may become real sooner rather than later.

Oceans moderate climate change

2013-04-07 20:16

Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air.

Prof: Take real action on climate change

2013-04-03 14:08

The scientific of climate change is long-standing and supported by the majority of experts, a researcher has said.

Arctic 'greening' seen through warming

2013-04-02 12:30

Land within the Arctic circle is likely to experience explosive "greening" in the next few decades as grass, shrubs and trees thrive in soil stripped of ice and permafrost.

EU - no let up on climate change

2013-03-27 21:30

The EU must keep fighting climate change despite the bloc's economic woes, its executive says as new emission cut goals by 2030 are set.

Forests more resilient to climate change

2013-03-11 07:30

The world's tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass, or plant material, due to the effects of global warming than previously thought, scientists have said.

Earth is warmer today, say scientists

2013-03-08 08:59

With data from 73 ice and sediment core monitoring sites around the world, scientists have reconstructed Earth's temperature history back to the end of the last Ice Age.

Big jump in heat-trapping CO2

2013-03-06 07:29

New US government figures show the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped dramatically in 2012.

Environmentalists react to budget speech

2013-02-28 08:22

Environmentalists have had a mixed reaction to Pravin Gordhan's budget speech tabled in the National Assembly.

Extreme weather linked to climate change

2013-02-26 10:05

Scientists have identified a physical mechanism behind the extreme weather that has plagued many parts of the world in recent years - and that it is tied to climate change.

Heat stress hits labour productivity

2013-02-25 13:21

Heat stress from global warming may be having an impact on outdoor work productivity in hot regions of Australia, Asia and the US, a study has said.

UN's green Earth plan faces first test

2013-02-18 12:00

A new plan to involve all nations in marshaling science to fix environmental problems will be put to the test at talks in Nairobi.

Climate change is real, experts say

2013-02-13 13:02
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Scientists and environmentalists have reacted with anger to emerging reports that dismiss the reality of climate change.

Activists press Obama on climate change

2013-02-12 07:27

Activists are stepping up pressure on US President Barack Obama to issue concrete plans to battle climate change, with a major rally planned in Washington.

 

Sea level rise less severe - study

2013-05-15 10:08

A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69cm, an international study has said.

Space tourism won't hurt environment

2013-05-13 12:15

Richard Branson said that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change.

Greenhouse gas levels at all-time high

2013-05-11 14:07

Worldwide levels of the greenhouse gas have reached their highest level in almost 2 million years — an amount never before encountered by humans.

Giant animals wiped out by climate change

2013-05-07 10:50

Gigantic animals which once roamed Australia were mostly extinct by the time humans arrived, according to a new study.

Rise of CO2 levels now urgent

2013-04-29 16:26

The UN's climate chief has called for urgency as she opened a new round of global talks amid warnings that Earth-warming carbon dioxide levels were approaching a symbolic threshold.

Don't probe effects of coal - US gov

2013-04-27 10:53

Wyoming's governor is asking the White House to refuse to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gases that will be emitted by exporting US coal to Asia.

CO2 removal may lower costs of climate protection

2013-04-16 08:13

An analysis shows that carbon dioxide removal could be used under certain requirements to alleviate the most costly components of mitigation, but it would not replace the bulk of actual emissions reductions.

Extreme algae blooms: the new normal?

2013-04-11 08:23

A 2011 record-breaking algae bloom in Lake Erie was triggered by long-term agricultural practices coupled with extreme precipitation, followed by weak lake circulation and warm temperatures, scientists have discovered.

Air pollution scourge underestimated

2013-04-09 21:03

Air pollution is an underestimated scourge that kills far more people than Aids and malaria and a shift to cleaner energy could easily halve the toll by 2030.

Fasten seatbelts for bumpier flights

2013-04-08 19:03

Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners.

Antarctic dig seeks climate pointers

2013-04-05 07:28

An Antarctic team has dug deep to predict future sea levels as the frozen continent becomes research hub.

Economist warns of radical climate change

2013-04-03 08:28

The author of an influential 2006 study on climate change warned that the world could be headed toward warming even more catastrophic than expected.

Climate change to worsen diarrhoea in Africa

2013-03-28 07:05

A new study finds that climate drives a large part of African diarrhoeal disease and increases the threat to vulnerable communities.

Stony corals losing out to softer ones

2013-03-25 16:52

Climate change is likely to make reef-building stony corals lose out to softer cousins, in a damaging shift for many types of fish that use reefs as hideaways and nurseries for their young.

Canada glaciers could impact sea levels

2013-03-08 15:00

A fifth of Canada's glaciers could be gone by the end of the century, a casualty of global warming that would drive a 3.5cm rise in sea levels, a study has found.

Drought threatens millions in India

2013-03-06 10:40

Millions of people in western India are suffering their worst drought in more than four decades, with some blaming official ineptitude and corruption.

Heat puts Australia climate 'on steriods'

2013-03-04 08:33

Australia's weather has gone "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heat wave, bushfires and floods.

Molewa: Green is the future

2013-02-26 14:22

Green technology is essential to guarantee South Africa's energy security and reduce reliance on imported oil, minister Edna Molewa says.

Climate change threatens productivity

2013-02-26 08:04

Rise in heat stress could potentially make work unbearable in some parts of world.

Climate change featured in annual review

2013-02-18 17:32

Last year's record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice and a spell of catastrophic droughts, floods and storms have highlighted the risk to the planet from climate change.

Ice thaw bad news for polar bears

2013-02-15 09:29

A thaw of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean last year sent extra plant food to exotic creatures on the deep sea floor in a shift that might leave polar bears hungry at the surface.

Gone with the wind - cow fart credits

2013-02-12 22:24

A French cattle feed company has unveiled a novel form of carbon credits aimed at incentivising farmers to stop cows from emitting climate-changing farts.

Amazon more resilient to climate change

2013-02-06 21:22

The Amazon rainforest is less vulnerable to die off because of global warming than widely believed, a study has showed.

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