Scientists Pin Down Historic Sea Level Rise
The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 metres (46-60 feet), a study showed on Wednesday, data which could help make more
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Climate volatility deepens poverty vulnerability in developing countries
Climate change will affect urban workers the most, according to a study modelling the effects of climate change in 16 developing countries. The survey examined the potential economic influence of adverse climate events, such as heat waves, drought and heavy rains, on seven socioeconomic groups.
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Rising U.S. Population makes 2050 Climate Cut Harder
A rising population will make it harder for the United States to make 2050 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than for Russia and some other rich nations with shrinking populations, a Reuters survey showed.
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When science sleeps
The Indian meteorological department is unable to explain why the recent heat wave is taking place in India. Hardly surprising for a government department
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Climate and development outlook: India
The Climate and Development Outlook – India Special Edition shares news of CDKN’s projects across this diverse and climate-affected country. Many of the projects focus on building climate resilience,
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Do weather fluctuations cause people to seek information about climate change?
Learning about the causes and consequences of climate change can be an important avenue for supporting mitigation policy and efficient adaptation. This paper uses internet search activity data, a distinctly
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Climate change knows no borders: an analysis of climate induced migration, protection gaps and need for solidarity in South Asia
Climate change is having devastating impacts on communities’ lives, livelihoods and food security across South Asia. Its consequences are so severe that it is increasingly contributing to migration, and
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The Science Spurring Talks On A U.N. Climate Pact
Environment Ministers from about 190 nations gather in Copenhagen at the end of the year to try and agree to a broader global pact to fight climate change partly spurred by scientists' bleak findings in 2007 about likely heatwaves, floods, desertification and rising sea levels.
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Drought in Portugal, Spain
Massive forest fires
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Bay Area Climate Change Plans Lack Regional Cooperation
New York City has a plan to keep the subways from flooding. Queensland, Australia, has a plan to keep agricultural lands from drying up. Chicago has a plan to cope with higher temperatures. In the Bay
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Businesses Push For Global Climate Agreement At U.N.
A group of 500 businesses and nonprofit executives on Tuesday urged global governments to take action on climate change, saying failure to do so would result in catastrophe for the planet and global markets.
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Explaining extreme events of 2015: From a climate perspective
<p>This special report in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society presents assessments of how climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events. </p>
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Explaining extreme events of 2015 from a climate perspective
This fifth edition of explaining extreme events of the previous year (2015) from a climate perspective continues to provide evidence that climate change is altering some extreme event risk. Without exception,
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Water shortage in Jalandhar
With the heat wave continuing to engulf the Northern region, residents of the Jalandhar city are facing an acute shortage of water and unannounced power cuts. Residents of almost all parts of the
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September U.N. Summit Seen Key To Climate Deal
A drive to agree a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations at a U.N. summit in New York on September 22, experts say.
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Chandrayaan killed by heatstroke
Error In Moon Temp Calculation Led To Failure
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WMO provisional statement on the state of global climate in 2012
According to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Provisional Statement on the State of Global Climate in 2012, released at the Doha Climate Change Conference on 28 November 2012, the years 2001-2011
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Climate information for reducing disaster risk
Over the last 50 years, nine out of ten natural disasters around the world have been the result of extreme weather and climate events. Storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, dust storms, wildfires and many other natural hazards threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide.
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Industrialised Nations Plan 10-14 pct CO2 Cuts By 2020
Industrialised nations are planning average cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of between 10 and 14 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 as part of a new U.N. climate pact, according to a compilation of national data.
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Big benefits seen in adapting to climate change
Helping developing nations to adapt to climate change such as floods or heatwaves can give bigger economic benefits than a focus on deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a study indicated on Friday.