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China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks

China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes.

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Sophisticated simulations predict future warming

The chances of our planet being hit by a global warming of 3 degrees Celsius by 2050 is as likely as it being hit by an increase of 1.4 degrees, new research shows. Presented in the journal Nature Geoscience, the British study ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 56

April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

(AP) -- Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

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Climate scientists discover new weak point of the Antarctic ice sheet

The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, may start to melt rapidly in this century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These predictions ...

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Canada won't attain greenhouse gas goals: government

Canada will fail to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2020, according to a government report which predicted that emissions responsible for global warming will actually increase by seven percent ...

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer

One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other records ...

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European mountain plant population shows delayed response to climate change

A modeling study from the European Alps suggests that population declines to be observed during the upcoming decades will probably underestimate the long-term effects of recent climate warming on mountain plants. A European ...

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

European climate change to hit Scandinavia and south hardest

Global warming in Europe this century will mostly affect Scandinavia and the Mediterranean basin, the European Environment Agency warned on Thursday.

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created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Study shows experiments underestimate plant responses to climate change

Experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants will respond to climate change in the future. That's the conclusion of an analysis of 50 plant studies on four continents, published this week in an advance online issue ...

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created May 02, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

New technique suggests Medieval Warm Period made it to Antarctica

Scientists have developed a new method of reconstructing past climates that uses the water locked inside crystals in seabed sediment to shed light on the history of the Antarctic.

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 32 | with audio podcast

New Zealand gas research to help farmers' bottom line

Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally?

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Warming hole' delayed climate change over eastern United States: study

Climate scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered that particulate pollution in the late 20th century created a "warming hole" over the eastern United States—that ...

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Arctic marine mammals and fish populations on the rise

Arctic marine mammals and fish populations are on the rise, according to a report released on Monday by the the Arctic Council's biodiversity working group at a Montreal conference.

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created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Telling changes on the tundra

(Phys.org) -- University of Alberta researchers are part of a groundbreaking, multinational study of the effect of global warming on tundra vegetation in various regions around the world.

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Climate change generates more Arctic tundra vegetation

Researchers in Finland have discovered that climate change has impacted various regions of the Arctic tundra by helping increase the levels of vegetation. Their data suggest that this rise could potentially ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2