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- What to do about climate change
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week warned that global carbon dioxide emissions in 2012 were the highest ever. Yet international climate negotiations have floundered. [...]
- Adapting to Climate Change in New York
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It is fair to say that none of us were fully prepared for the impact of Hurricane Sandy. Nevertheless, first responders in this region saved [...]
- NASA warns Arctic thaw could have huge impact on global warming
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The Arctic’s permafrost soils have NASA worried. Scientists monitoring carbon levels in the top layers of Arctic soils have identified huge deposits that, if thawed [...]
- Climate change causing US wildfire season to last longer
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America’s wildfire season lasts two months longer than it did 40 years ago and burns up twice as much land as it did in those [...]
- Environmentalists Unite in Quest to Fight Global Warming
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The nation’s environmental leaders are mounting a double battle against global warming, and they see President Obama’s remaining time in the White House as critical [...]
- Climate change linked to more pollen, allergies, asthma
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From the roof of the Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in the Chicago suburbs, an 83-year-old retired doctor finds troubling evidence of why so many people are [...]
- Is Obama finally getting serious about climate change?
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Environmentalists have long accused President Obama of moving slower than a glacier when it comes to dealing with climate change. They say that despite repeated [...]
- Bill Would Shift NOAA Resources from Climate Research
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A bill being drafted in the House could potentially undermine the climate science research activities and the oceans programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]
- Centuries-old frozen plants revived
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Plants that were frozen during the “Little Ice Age” centuries ago have been observed sprouting new growth, scientists say.
Samples of 400-year-old plants known as bryophytes [...] - Bill McKibben’s Sophie Prize Win For Climate Change Activism
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American environmentalist Bill McKibben has won the $100,000 Sophie Prize for being a mobilizing force in the fight against global warming.
The award committee commended McKibben [...]
