Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
Glacial Melt
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Melting sea ice forces walruses ashore
Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on has melted. U.S. government scientists say this massive move to shore by walruses is unusual in the United States. But it has happened at least twice before, in 2007 and 2009.
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IPCC in for change of climate
Big changes are expected as the global body acts on review committee
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The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China
China has tremendous climatic and ecological diversity, so the impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems might likewise be expected to be diverse. Yet so far systematic studies have been rare. Here, the impacts of historical and future climate change on water resources and agriculture in China are assessed.
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UN climate panel urged to reform, stick to science
United Nations: The UN climate panel should make predictions only when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was widely criticised after admitting its 2007 global warming report wrongly said Himalayan glaciers would vanish by 2035 and that
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Everest brown haze puzzles scientists
Italian scientists have confirmed a
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Polar front shift and atmospheric CO2 during the glacial maximum of the Early Paleozoic Icehouse
Our new data address the paradox of Late Ordovician glaciation under supposedly high pCO2 (8 to 22
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River Runs Through It
<br /> India must recalibrate its Tibet policy in light of China
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Rising temperatures threaten Greenland ice sheet
Suzanne Goldenberg<br /><br />Scientists warn temperature rise of between 2
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Melt water contribution for Himalayan rivers
Snow and glacial melt are important hydrologic process in the Himalayan basins and changes in temperature and precipitation are expected to seriously affect the melt characteristics. Melt water is extremely important in the Indus basin and important for the Brahmaputra basin.
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Arctic may be ice-free by 2050
VINAY SHUKLA MOSCOW Cimate change on the planet may make the Arctic Ocean ice-free by 2050, a top Russian expert has said.