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Delegates at climate talks agree to extend efforts of Kyoto Protocol - 1 views

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    "Durban, South Africa (CNN) -- An agreement reached Sunday in South Africa will help tackle the challenges of climate change for years to come, the United Nations' chief said. ...[The Kyoto Protocol] mandates that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions."
Cecilia Bustrén

BBC News - Smell of forest pine can limit climate change - researchers - 1 views

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    Aerosols in the air from pine trees (what carries their scent) block sunlight and reflect rays back into space, and thus counters climate change and has a cooling effect.
Cecilia Bustrén

World-first hybrid shark found off Australia | MNN - Mother Nature Network - 0 views

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    New hybrids are evolving to cope with climate change
Hina Washizu

Four-degree rise demands 90-degree rethink - 0 views

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    Lost since 1979 ... about 80 per cent of summer sea-ice. Photo: Nick Cobbing Climate change has moved into a new and dangerous phase. The Arctic has been warming two to three times faster than the rest of the world.
Jin Seo

President Obama targets coal power plants, pushes renewable energy in new climate chang... - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON -- Taking climate change efforts into his own hands, President Barack Obama is proposing sweeping steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on federal property.
Anissa Eckhoff

Counter Arguments for Global Warming - 0 views

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    In the run up to a key global warming report, those sceptical of mainstream opinion on climate change claim they are "winning" the argument. They say a slowing of temperature rises in the past 15 years means the threat from climate change is exaggerated.
Sophie Robidoux

Arctic melt releasing ancient gas - 0 views

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    Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere. The methane has been trapped by ice, but is able to escape as the ice melts. Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this ancient gas could have a significant impact on climate change.
Hina Washizu

Minister hails women-focused COMESA | Zambia Daily Mail - 0 views

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    By ARTHUR MWANSA MINISTER of Gender and Child Development Inonge Wina says she is happy that women are becoming the primary focus in the Common Market for Eastern and South Africa (COMESA) agriculture and climate change programmes.
Claire Ramsey

Greenland ice sheet melted at unprecedented rate during July - 0 views

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    The Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster rate this month than at any other time in recorded history, with virtually the entire ice sheet showing signs of thaw. The rapid melting over just four days was captured by three satellites. It has stunned and alarmed scientists, and deepened fears about the pace and future consequences of climate change.
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