Archive for ‘climate’
Antarctica on alert for alien invaders
January 27th, 2008
Seeds, spores, mites, lichens and mosses alien to the continent have been brought unwittingly by scientists and tourists, and could disrupt life in the icy wilderness. Antarctica is best known for penguins as well as seals and whales, but scientists are finding a host of other tiny organisms from springtails — closely related to insects — to mosses.
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2007 a year of weather records in U.S.
December 29th, 2007
When the calendar turned to 2007, the heat went on and the weather just got weirder. January was the warmest first month on record worldwide — 1.53 degrees above normal. It was the first time since record-keeping began in 1880 that the globe’s average temperature has been so far above the norm for any month of the year.
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Netherlands has another record warm year in 2007
December 28th, 2007
The average temperature in the Netherlands in 2007 matched 2006, the warmest year in 300 years, and the Dutch meteorological institute said it was a sign of global warming.
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Scientists strive for pinpoint warming forecasts
November 12th, 2007
Moving on from the risk of global warming, scientists are now looking for ways to pinpoint the areas set to be affected by climate change, to help countries plan everything from new crops to hydropower dams.
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Indonesia hosts talks ahead of Bali climate meeting
October 24th, 2007
Richer nations must take the lead in reducing carbon emissions, but developing nations should also play their part depending on their circumstances, Indonesia’s president said on Wednesday. Indonesia is hosting a meeting of environment ministers and officials from about 40 nations this week ahead of a key meeting in Bali in December aimed at hammering out a new global climate …
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Bush vows to lead in UN climate change talks
September 28th, 2007
The world’s top greenhouse gas polluters, including the United States, have a “special responsibility” to produce fewer emissions, U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday, amid growing international pressure for the countries to accept binding targets on…
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Weather Satellites at Risk
July 11th, 2007
Experts told a Senate science committee that cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate.
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Live Earth: Call to Action for Climate
July 7th, 2007
Music stars from Madonna to Metallica take the stage to urge fans worldwide to take steps to reduce the threat of climate change. Former Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, whose environmental campaigning resulted in the concerts, delivered a seven point pledge on the environment during a
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