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Climate changes outlook for seals

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:58:23 +0000

BBC News reports here: Warming oceans and melting sea ice may have a major impact on harp seals, the doe-eyed animals that are the prime target for Canada’s annual seal hunt.

Politicalization of climate change in the US

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:53:15 +0000

Todd Stern talks to CNN’s Robyn Curnow about the politicalization of climate change in the US.

UN Chief Wants Strongest Political Will To Address Climate Change ‎

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:29:16 +0000

Ban Ki-moon Urges World to Learn Lessons from Thai Mega Flooding, Ban Ki-moon: Climate change is a global problem requiring a global solution. We are in the middle of a serious economic crisis, he said. But even in these difficult times, we cannot afford delay.

Climate Change Negotiations: The Death of the Kyoto Process

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:39:27 +0000

Spiegel Online reports here: There seems little possibility that next month’s climate summit in Durban will produce an emissions reduction agreement — meaning the world will soon lack any binding CO2 targets. Europe may soon find itself alone in the fight against global warming.

Climate change ‘grave threat’ to security and health

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:54:36 +0000

BBC News reports here: Climate change poses “an immediate, growing and grave threat” to health and security around the world, according to an expert conference in London.

UN meets to mull climate change quick-fix options

admin — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:22:18 +0000

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BONN – On the heels of another halting round of talks on climate change, UN scientists this week will review quick-fix options for beating back the threat of global warming that rely on technology rather than political wrangling.

Green Groups Try to Sex Up Climate Change

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:27:52 +0000

Spiegel Online reports here: The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere keeps going up and up, but public interest in climate change is sinking. Environmentalists are trying to come up with new ways to make the issue sexy. But shock tactics can backfire all too easily.

Climate change poses a heart risk

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:13:07 +0000

BBC News reports here: Climate extremes of hot and cold will become more common and this will put strain on people’s hearts, doctors say.

Scientists to review climate body

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:16 +0000

BBC News reports here: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world’s science academies to review work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Measuring Climate Change in Mediterranean Caves

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:29:43 +0000

SPIEGEL Online reports here: Caverns on the underside of Mallorca — the Spanish island where Germans like to bake in the sun — offer strange new evidence about the movement of glaciers long before the last ice age. What if glaciers melt faster than anyone has suspected?