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Indian PM says lack of collective will on climate changeNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 2, 2012 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that "a lack of collective will" was hampering efforts to forge a common global front against the threat of climate change. Addressing the opening of a Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi, Singh said India was committed to tackling greenhouse gas emissions, but rejected any framework that deprived the country of its right to develop. "It is necessary to recognise that currently there appears to be a lack of collective global will to addr ... read more |
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 Climatic warming-induced change in timings of 24 seasonal divisions in China since 1960 The Twenty-four Solar Terms are ancient Chinese terms used for about 2000 years. They describe 24 stages or timings associated with seasonal changes in phenology and agricultural activity throughout ... more | .. |
 Pros and cons of U.K. climate change eyed Climate change in the coming century poses both risks and opportunities for Britain, a first comprehensive government assessment says. ... more | .. |
 Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere won't fully offset climate change As the reality and the impact of climate warming have become clearer in the last decade, researchers have looked for possible engineering solutions - such as removing carbon dioxide from the atmosph ... more | .. |
 Ecologists gain insight into the likely consequences of global warming A new insight into the impact that warmer temperatures could have across the world has been uncovered by scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. The research, published in the journal ... more |
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 No chance for climate deal unless firms join push: UN The world has no chance of sealing an emissions cut deal unless companies lobby their governments for an accord, the UN climate chief told the global business elite in Davos on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Hunger, drought affect Mexico's Tarahumara natives The indigenous Tarahumara people of northern Mexico, famed for their abilities to run long distances, are struggling to survive chronic hunger resulting from one of the most severe droughts ever to strike their remote homeland. ... more | .. |
 Climate change invites alien invaders - Is Canada ready? A comprehensive multi-disciplinary synthesis just published in Environmental Reviews reveals the urgent need for further investigation and policy development to address significant environmental, so ... more | .. |
Drought worsening in Argentina, Paraguay Drought conditions are worsening in Latin America, especially Argentina and Paraguay, and may become a flash point for political and rural unrest, latest data and sector analysis said. ... more |
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 Fast action climate mitigation measures can prevent 0.5 degree of global warming A new study in Science identifies 14 fast action measures to reduce air pollutants that can deliver major benefits for climate, public health, and agriculture. The measures reduce emissions of black ... more | .. |
Slow response to East Africa famine cost lives: agencies Thousands of people in East Africa died needlessly because the international community failed to respond to early warnings of famine, Oxfam and Save the Children warned Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Warmer summers may bring colder winters The harsh recent winters experienced in the Northern Hemisphere may have an unexpected cause, U.S. scientists say: unusually warm summers in arctic regions. ... more | .. |
 Managing private and public adaptation to climate change New research has found that individuals and the private sector have an important role to play in the provision of public policies to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change. Writin ... more |
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 Researchers discover particle which could cool the planet In a breakthrough paper published in Science, researchers from The University of Manchester, The University of Bristol and Sandia National Laboratories report the potentially revolutionary effects o ... more | .. |
Cut back on soot, methane to slow warming: study There are simple, inexpensive ways to cut back on two major pollutants - soot and methane - and taking action now could slow climate change for years to come, international scientists said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Dramatic Links Found Between Climate Change, Elk, Plants, and Birds Climate change in the form of reduced snowfall in mountains is causing powerful and cascading shifts in mountainous plant and bird communities through the increased ability of elk to stay at high el ... more | .. |
 Team finds a better way to gauge the climate costs of land use changes Those making land use decisions to reduce the harmful effects of climate change have focused almost exclusively on greenhouse gases - analyzing, for example, how much carbon dioxide is released when ... more |
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 New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star Capsule failure delays ISS crew mission U.K. study: Mars surface too dry for life Armadillo rocket flys high New Horizons Aims to Put Its Stamp on History NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps Scientists help define structure of exoplanets Russia to Start Own Search for Extrasolar Planets Eight more Galileo navsats agreed Space Radiation Blamed for Phobos-Grunt Crash Final Call to Register and Win Suborbital Research Flight Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station | .. |
 European mountain vegetation shows effects of warmer climate The decade from 2000 to 2009 was the warmest since global climate has been measured, and while localized studies have shown evidence of changes in mountain plant communities that reflect this warmin ... more | .. |
 Colorado mountain hail may disappear in a warmer future Summertime hail could all but disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado's Rocky Mountains by 2070, according to a new modeling study by scientists from NOAA and several other institutions. ... more | .. |
 New Cores From Glacier In The Eastern European Alps May Yield New Climate Clues Researchers are beginning their analysis of what are probably the first successful ice cores drilled to bedrock from a glacier in the eastern European Alps. With luck, that analysis will yield a rec ... more | .. |
 Climate change is altering mountain vegetation at large scale Climate change is having a more profound effect on alpine vegetation than at first anticipated, according to a study carried out by an international group of researchers and published in Nature Clim ... more |
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 Global warming: European species lag in habitat shift Fast-track warming in Europe is making butterflies and birds fall behind in the move to cooler habitats and prompting a worrying turnover in alpine plant species, studies published Sunday said. ... more | .. |
Study: 2011 was ninth-warmest in 33 years U.S. scientists say 2011 was the ninth-warmest year on record in 33 years of satellite measurements of temperature readings for almost all regions of Earth. ... more | .. |
 Climate change models may underestimate extinctions Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for spe ... more | .. |
 Australia endures third-wettest year on record Australia endured its third-wettest year on record in 2011 as the disruptive La Nina weather pattern brought epic floods to the country, the Bureau of Meteorology said Wednesday. ... more |
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