Climate change: regional impact
This is how climate change may affect the world's regions this century, as forecast in a major report published by UN scientists Monday.
Environment
Mar 31, 2014
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News tagged with intergovernmental panel on climate change
Meeting climate targets may require reducing meat and dairy consumption
Greenhouse gas emissions from food production may threaten the UN climate target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according to research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
Environment
Mar 30, 2014
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UN panel: Eight reasons to worry about global warming
If you have already read "12 Pieces of Practical Advice from Housecats," now you can move on to "8 Reasons to Worry about Global Warming."
Environment
Mar 29, 2014
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On track to climate prediction
In a new study published in Tellus A, Francois Counillon and co-authors at the Bjerknes Centre are testing seasonal-to-decadal prediction.
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2014
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Climate scientists in Japan to study warming risks
Along with the enormous risks global warming poses for humanity are opportunities to improve public health and build a better world, scientists gathered in Yokohama for a climate change conference said Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 25, 2014
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Scientists meet in Japan to deliver grim climate warning (Update 2)
International scientists on Tuesday kicked off a week-long meeting in Japan that is set to deliver dark predictions on the impact of climate change, warning of severe floods and droughts that could spark conflict and wreck ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2014
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UN says 2013 extreme events due to warming Earth (Update)
The head of the U.N. weather agency said Monday that recent extreme weather patterns are "consistent" with human-induced climate change, citing key events that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe, the U.S. and Pacific region last ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2014
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UN scientists see grim future if no climate action
UN scientists are set to deliver their darkest report yet on the impacts of climate change, pointing to a future stalked by floods, drought, conflict and economic damage if carbon emissions go untamed.
Environment
Mar 23, 2014
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Climatologist challenges low-end claims of Intergovernmental panel
(Phys.org) —Drew Shindell, a climatologist and ozone specialist with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has published a Letter piece in the journal Nature Climate Change challenging the findings of an intergovernmental ...
Next 15 years vital for taming warming: UN panel
The next 15 years will be vital in determining whether global warming can be limited to 2C (3.6F) by 2100, with energy and transport presenting the heftiest challenges, according to a draft UN report.
Environment
Jan 17, 2014
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