global warming

Oct
06

Climate Change Index for week ending 4 Oct. 2009

Launched last month, our weekly Climate Change Index tracks research findings and events directly attributable to global warming. Our aim
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Sep
29

Climate inaction makes 4 degree C rise likely by 2100 or earlier

Doing nothing to curb greenhouse gas emissions makes it likely we’ll see global warming of more than 4 degrees
2 min read
Sep
28

Climate-threatened Maldives go underwater ... politically

The Maldives, an nation of islands and atolls that stretches across the Indian Ocean, is also the lowest-lying country in
1 min read
Sep
27

Climate Change Index for week ending 27 Sept. 2009

Launched last week, our weekly Climate Change Index tracks research findings and events directly attributable to global warming. Our aim
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Sep
25

US 'woefully' underfunding climate-change health research

The US should be spending roughly $200 million on research into climate change’s impact on public health, but actually
2 min read
Sep
24

Antarctic glaciers thinning by up to 9 metres per year

Glaciers along the Antarctic coastline and across all latitudes in Greenland are thinning rapidly, according to the most comprehensive imaging
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Sep
22

New Stern report outlines strategies to break climate 'deadlock'

To have any hope of success, a global climate change agreement must aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 50
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Sep
21

Cooperating on CO2 cuts could boost GDP, employment

Global collaboration could help cut CO2 emissions while increasing both GDP and employment in all the major economies, according to
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Sep
21

Climate Change Index for week ending 20 Sept. 2009

Today we introduce a new weekly feature — the Climate Change Index — that tracks research findings and events directly attributable to
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Sep
17

Arctic sea ice extent is 3rd lowest ever

The good news: Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its low for the summer, and there’s more
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