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©Reuters/Stuart McDILL Revealed: Vast water store beneath Greenland's ice A vast store of water equivalent in area to Ireland lies beneath Greenland's icesheet, and it may provide answers to one of the big riddles of climate change, scientists reported on Sunday.
23 декабря 2013
Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding plan The Philippines launched an $8.17 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild the lives of millions made homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan and strengthen the disaster-prone nation's defences against future tempests.
19 декабря 2013
Image courtesy of NOAA World experiences hottest November in 134 years: US The month of November was the hottest experienced on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.
18 декабря 2013
New HQ but little cash for UN climate fund The UN's new Green Climate Fund (GCF)opened its headquarters in South Korea on Wednesday, facing the key challenge of funding its mission to support low carbon projects around the world.
05 декабря 2013
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao.©Reuters/Adnan Abidi Pacific faces big economic losses from climate change: ADB The Pacific region faces serious economic losses due to climate change and it is critical that nations causing the problem step in to help, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday.
26 ноября 2013
Ozone pact helped cool the planet: study A slowdown in global warming that climate sceptics cite in favour of their cause was partly induced by one of the world's most successful environment treaties, a study said on Sunday.
11 ноября 2013
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. ©Reuters/Ina Fassbender Global warming linked to wildfires: UN climate chief Wildfires are "absolutely" linked to global warming and increasingly intense heatwaves, the UN climate chief has said, as bushfires burned out of control in Australia.
22 октября 2013
©Reuters/Brandon Malone Pacific man bids to become first climate change refugee A Pacific islander is attempting to become the world's first climate change refugee in New Zealand as rising seas threaten his low-lying homeland.
18 октября 2013
©Reuters/Daniel Munoz Help at hand to relocate threatened species Australian and New Zealand scientists Thursday said they have devised the "first rigorous framework" on deciding whether to relocate endangered animals threatened with extinction by climate change.
17 октября 2013
©Reuters/Daniel Munoz Koalas in danger as Aussie temperatures soar: study Australia's native koala could face a wipeout from increasing temperatures unless "urgent" action is taken to plant trees for shelter as well as eucalypts to eat.
03 октября 2013
New climate report an 'alarm clock moment': UN An imminent scientific summary on climate change will serve as an "alarm clock moment" for the world.
28 сентября 2013
©Reuters/Chris Wattie Sands of time running out for rare Canadian desert As desertification creeps into parts of the world, a rare stretch of sand in Canada's vast western plains is oddly doing the reverse -- slowly sprouting with vegetation.
25 сентября 2013
Warming 'pause' gives thought for scientists, sceptics A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts.
24 сентября 2013
Mexico's former President Felipe Calderon. ©Reuters/Henry Romero Global panel to make economic case on climate change Mexico's former president Felipe Calderon said that climate action can boost both developed and emerging countries as he led a new commission bringing together government and business leaders.
24 сентября 2013
Sheep at drought-hit field. ©RIA Novosti Kazakhstan may face food deficit by 2050 The climate changes in Central Asian countries may have a significant effect of the region’s food security: WHO.
06 сентября 2013
EU commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard. ©REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad EU climate chief says Pacific threat shows action needed The threat that climate change poses to Pacific Island nations shows that international action on the issue is overdue.
03 сентября 2013
©REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Science points to a new global warming source: the sea Oceans that grow more acidic through Man's fossil fuel burning emissions, can amplify global warming by releasing less of a gas that helps shield Earth from radiation.
26 августа 2013
Human activity driving climate change: leaked report Human activity is almost certainly the cause of climate change and global sea levels could rise by several feet by the end of the century.
21 августа 2013
©REUTERS/NASA/British Antarctic Survey Too late to stop extreme heat waves: study Climate change will trigger harsher and more frequent heat waves in the next 30 years regardless of the amount of Earth-warming carbon dioxide we emit.
16 августа 2013
©REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Climate change seen behind ancient civilizations' fall A cold, dry spell that lasted hundreds of years may have driven the collapse of Eastern Mediterranean civilizations in the 13th century BC.
15 августа 2013

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