State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Bacteria 'hasten climate change'
A Swedish scientist working in the Arctic circel says he believes he has found a way in which nature is speeding up the rate of global warming. Dr. Kim Holmen says more carbon dioxide (CO2) is being
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Baltic Sea area to be used as Kyoto test ground
Nordic environment ministers plan to use Baltic Sea region as a "testing ground" for so-called Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, such as greenhouse gas emission quota trade, Norway's Environment Ministry
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Australia takes small step towards carbon trading
Australia has taken its first step towards carbon trading with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's management of BP Australia's new register of emission reduction units, the bank siad. If carbon
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Planting new forests can't match saving old ones in cutting greenhouse gases, study finds
A new study has cast doubts on an important element of a proposed treaty to fight global warming:the planting of new forests in an effort to sop up carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas. The research
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Greenhouse gas output declines
Emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases dropped 3.5 percent to the carbon equivalent of 1.336 billion tons in fiscal 1998 from the previous year, according to an Environment
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Climate talks face political deadline
Following inconclusive climate change talks last week, the U.N.'s top official on the issue said world governments must reach clear decisions at talks at the Hague in November, or the entire process
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Airlines called to account as pollution grows
Airline chiefs from around the world have been called to an emergency summit next week to address the growing impact of aeroplanes on the Earth's climate. There is now overwhelming evidence that
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Climate change affecting Nepal
Gradual temperature rise, snow melting and viral influenza that hit mid-western districts two years ago are sure indicators of climate changes Nepal is witnessing over the years, a government
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NASA scientists study Arctic ice for clues to climate change
Scientists using special sensors aboard a Canadian satellite have for the first time been able to track how the ice cover of the Arctic Ocean shifts and changes, allowing collection of better data on
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Texas takes step on warming; some see shift in Bush's position
Texas' three natural resourcecommissioners, all appointees of Gov. George W. Bush, said yesterday that global warming was a serious problem and that the state would explore ways to cut its emissions