ARTICLES RELATING TO GLOBAL WARMING

Greenhouse gases heat up China

2013-04-12 21:55

China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, a study has concluded.

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.

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.

Wind farm potential overestimated

2013-02-27 08:18

Research in mesoscale atmospheric modelling suggests that the power capacity of large-scale wind farms may have been significantly overestimated.

Poor countries want more climate cash

2012-12-05 22:21

The world's poorest nations have called for significant financing to cope with the impacts of global warming, setting up a potential clash with rich countries.

What Hurricane Sandy is warning us about

2012-11-01 14:18

Global warming and high Co2 omissions are some of the factors that contributed to the devastating storm.

Spies snoop on greens

2011-11-13 16:00

Intelligence agencies are keeping a close eye on activists ahead of this month’s big climate change COP 17 conference.

Tibetan glaciers melting, says Dalai Lama

2011-04-02 22:21

The Dalai Lama says that India should be seriously concerned about the melting of glaciers in the Tibetan plateau as millions of Indians use water that comes from there.

China makes nuclear fuel breakthrough

2011-01-03 11:30

Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns, state media reports.

‘Global warming is nothing'

2010-07-26 12:00

Nearly one in 10 people believe global warming is part of a natural cycle of events, and nothing to really worry about. Shocked? So are we!

‘Global warming is nothing'

2010-05-28 09:52

Nearly one in 10 people believe global warming is part of a natural cycle of events, and nothing to really worry about. Shocked? So are we!

Gore releases book follow-up

2009-11-04 22:39

Al Gore has released a follow-up to his 2006 bestseller An Inconvenient Truth, the former US vice-president's rallying cry against global warming.

Belief in global warming cools

2009-10-22 20:12

The number of Americans who believe there is solid evidence that the Earth is warming because of pollution is at its lowest point in three years.

10 days left for climate deal

2009-10-03 22:41

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says negotiators have 10 days left to secure a climate deal and governments must not be hindered by domestic troubles.

Climate change is speeding up

2009-09-27 15:47

Droughts from Australia to the US Southwest, acidic ocean water and melting glaciers are signs that the pace of climate change is surpassing the worst-case scenarios scientists predicted in 2007, a UN report states.

Melting glaciers threaten Nepal

2009-08-30 13:03

Nepal has more than 2 300 glacial lakes and at least 20 of them are in danger of bursting.

Birds becoming smaller

2009-08-16 14:30

Some species of Australian birds are shrinking and the trend will likely continue because of global warming, says a local scientist.

G8 global warming deal

2009-07-08 19:26

US President Barack Obama and other leaders at the Group of Eight summit have struck a new agreement on fighting global warming.

New warning on global warming

2009-07-02 22:08

If global warming melts the West Antarctic ice sheet, sea levels around the world could rise by up to five metres, a New Zealand scientist says.

Climate bill faces more heat

2009-06-27 11:25

Sweeping legislation to curb the pollution linked to global warming is headed to an uncertain future in the US Senate after squeaking through the House.

WWF: Russia the weakest link

2009-06-25 10:55

Russia's announcement to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 10-15% by 2020 is disappointing and sets a bad example for other countries, the WWF said.

Major polluters meet in Mexico

2009-06-22 08:09

Environment ministers from the world's largest polluters are meeting in Mexico under a US bid to speed up work towards a key United Nations climate accord.

 

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.

Long-term cooling ‘ended in 19th century’

2013-04-23 13:11

A global long-term cooling trend ended late in the 19th century and was followed decades later by the warmest temperatures in nearly 1 400 years.

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.

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.

Global warming causing harsher winters

2013-03-28 19:33

Millions of people in northern Europe are still battling snow and ice, wondering why they are being punished with bitter cold.

UN chief blames rich for warming

2012-12-05 22:21

The UN chief says rich countries have caused climate change and must take the lead in fixing it.

Doha talks faltering

2012-11-28 22:34

As the nations of the world struggle in Doha to agree even modest targets to tackle global warming, the cuts needed in rising greenhouse gas emissions grow ever deeper, more costly and less likely to be achieved.

Greenhouse gases before industrialisation

2012-10-03 22:24

Humans were big emitters of greenhouse gases long before the Industrial Revolution, raising worrying questions about the benchmark for measuring global warming.

No ice loss in major Himalayan glaciers

2012-04-15 22:17

One of the world's biggest glacier regions has so far resisted global warming that has ravaged mountain ice elsewhere.

CO2 to be pumped into rocks

2011-08-28 21:59

Sometime next month, on the steaming fringes of an Icelandic volcano, an international team of scientists will begin pumping seltzer water into a deep hole, producing a brew that will lock away carbon dioxide forever.

Apple: China's worst green offender

2011-01-20 10:46

Chinese environmental groups have singled out US giant Apple for failing to tackle concerns over pollution and the health of workers at plants making iPhone components.

‘Global warming is nothing'

2010-06-07 00:15

Nearly one in 10 people believe global warming is part of a natural cycle of events, and nothing to really worry about. Shocked? So are we!

Koos Kombuis: Die Groen Fokkol Song

2010-02-04 08:43

The legendary Afrikaans singer songwriter goes green on a new recording of his classic protest song about corruption, crime and lack of service delivery in the Rainbow Nation.

Palms grew in ice-free Arctic

2009-10-25 23:25

A new study suggests palms flourished in the Arctic about 50 million years ago, suggesting gaps in scientific understanding of modern climate change.

Arctic will soon be ice free

2009-10-15 18:00

Scientists warn global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean ice-free during the summer within 20 years, raising sea levels and harming wildlife.

Fears as climate talks resume

2009-09-28 08:39

UN negotiations for a global climate treaty have resumed in Bangkok amid fears that delegates will fail to agree on a draft text.

'Stop subsidising fossil fuel'

2009-09-24 11:58

President Barack Obama is calling on the world to end massive government subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels blamed for global warming.

Oceans warmer than ever

2009-08-20 21:04

A combination of a natural El Nino and worsening global warming have resulted in the world's oceans being the warmest on record.

Global warming: poor must help

2009-07-09 22:08

US President Barack Obama has urged poor emerging economies to help fight global warming.

New El Nino threat emerging

2009-07-07 21:06

Across the globe an emerging El Nino weather pattern threatens to cause droughts and floods and trigger a spike in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

Dust busts mountain life cycle

2009-06-30 08:26

Spring has always begun with the snowmelt in the US Rocky Mountains, bringing life-giving water to plants. Scientists now say the timing is being thrown off by desert dust.

Fish 'grow bigger ears'

2009-06-26 07:59

Carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans is having a puzzling effect on fish - their ears get bigger, scientists say.

Green diet reduces cow burps

2009-06-22 10:06

The burps of US livestock produce about 25% of the country's methane, a climate-warming gas, released each year.

Climate chaos closing in

2009-06-19 09:29

The world faces a growing risk of "abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts" as fallout from global warming hits faster than expected, scientists warn.

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