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InterAcademy Council Asked to Review Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

torsdag, 11. marts 2010

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The InterAcademy Council (IAC), a multinational organization of the world’s science academies, has been requested to conduct…

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Ban announces independent review of UN-backed climate body

torsdag, 11. marts 2010

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10 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations-backed panel tasked with preparing regular scientific…

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Key climate change reports

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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China: ACT NOW, INVESTIGATE LATER

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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China’s top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems…

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Nye fiskearter strømmer til Grønland

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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Forskere har opdaget 57 nye fiskearter i havet omkring Grønland

Forskere ved Statens Naturhistoriske Museum ved Københavns Universitet, har sammen med…

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Violent Backlash Against Climate Scientists

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 9, 2010 (Tierramérica) – Climate change science has come under full-scale attack in a last-ditch effort to…

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Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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I-landenes forbrug bag 23 procent af u-landenes CO2

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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CO2-udslippet i u-landene vokser voldsomt, ikke mindst i Indien og Kina. Men 23 procent af udledningen skyldes produktion til i-landene,…

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World Water Day 2010

tirsdag, 9. marts 2010

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UN-Water is dedicating World Water Day 2010 to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the…

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Carbon Emissions ‘Outsourced’ to Developing Countries

tirsdag, 9. marts 2010

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A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science finds that over a third of carbon dioxide emissions…

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WB: Overexploitation of groundwater in India

mandag, 8. marts 2010

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NEW DELHI, March 5, 2010: India is the largest user of groundwater in the world, with an estimated use of…

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New Campaign Aims to Reshape Australia’s Climate Politics

mandag, 8. marts 2010

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In Australia, several environmental groups have banded together to encourage a new approach to climate action. They’re steering away from…

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Our planet is changing rapidly

mandag, 8. marts 2010

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A Met Office review of the latest climate research confirms our planet is changing rapidly and man-made greenhouse gas emissions…

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VIETNAM: Record drought threatens livelihoods

søndag, 7. marts 2010

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HANOI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – As temperatures rise in Vietnam, a nationwide drought has dried up riverbeds, sparked…

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The Thirsty Caribbean

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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PORT OF SPAIN, Mar 4, 2010 (Tierramérica) – Caribbean countries are considering options like desalination plants and cloud seeding to…

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WWF Video: Empirical Evidence of Climate Change

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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Peter Sinclair, from Greenman Studio LLC, has generated a video about the body of scientific evidence on climate change. It…

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Magnitude 6.6 – OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE 2010 March 05 11:47:10 UTC

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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ESA: Radar images: B-9B iceberg ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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5 March 2010

This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming…

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Climate change human link evidence ’stronger’

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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A review from the UK Met Office says it is becoming clearer that human activities are causing climate change.

It says…

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Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting

torsdag, 4. marts 2010

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A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and…

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Water scarcity is increasing in most urban areas worldwide

torsdag, 4. marts 2010

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In an effort to ensure that diverse groups of actors whose decisions impact our planet’s water resources can make better…

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UK: Testing the water for Wave and Tidal potential

torsdag, 4. marts 2010

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Wave and tidal energy in England and Wales today received a boost as plans for the first full Strategic Environmental…

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Reuters: Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change

torsdag, 4. marts 2010

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Okavango Delta

torsdag, 4. marts 2010

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Africa’s most spectacular water system comes brilliantly to life in a new book, Okavango Delta: Floods of Life, which…

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Drought affects 6 million in southern China

torsdag, 4. marts 2010

Workers have begun tapping into underground water reserves to help the nearly 6 million people who have been affected by…

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Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day.

JPL research scientist Richard…

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WHO: Climate Change Hurts

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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Key facts

* Climate change affects the fundamental requirements for health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure…

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Settling the science on Himalayan glaciers

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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Compared with other mountainous regions worldwide, Himalayan glaciers are losing mass faster than European glaciers but slower than those in…

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Tsunami Event – February 27, 2010 Chile Main Event Page

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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The Chile tsunami was generated by a Mw 8.8 earthquake (35.846°S, 72.719°W ), at 06:34 UTC, 115 km (60 miles)…

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Visit Top 5 greenest cities in the world

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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This article by Beth Hodgson originally appeared in GlobalPost.

5. Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver has been recognized for trying to make the Winter…

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Augusto Contento: Roads of water the film / Strade d`Acqua

tirsdag, 2. marts 2010

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The new world order

tirsdag, 2. marts 2010

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Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map

Cleo Paskal must be cursing the publishing gods.…

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The science of storage

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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Putting greenhouses gases underground is the riskiest part of carbon capture and storage, yet it is often overlooked. Logan West…

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China prepares for an ice-free Arctic

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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China is preparing for the Arctic being navigable during summer months. An ice-free Arctic would provide China shorter shipping routes,…

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Africa Carbon Forum – 2010

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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In November 2006, the Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the Nairobi Framework, aimed at supporting the application of the Kyoto Protocol’s…

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Regional climate patterns of global warming

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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Analyzing global model warming projections in models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a team of scientists headed…

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Australian agriculture must adapt to climate change

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to…

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Al Gore: We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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Though there have been impressive efforts by many business leaders, hundreds of millions of individuals and families throughout the world…

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Chile quake ‘affects two million’

søndag, 28. februar 2010

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Two million people have been affected by the massive earthquake that struck central Chile, Michelle Bachelet, the outgoing president, has…

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‘State of Catastrophe’ After Chile Quake

søndag, 28. februar 2010

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RIO DE JANEIRO — A deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, ripping apart buildings, highways and bridges and…

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Massive Iceberg is Calved in Antarctica, With Implications for Local Ocean Circulation and Wildlife

søndag, 28. februar 2010

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Until earlier this month, the “tongue” of the Mertz Glacier extended 160 km into the Southern Ocean from the…

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Haiti earthquake produced deadly tsunami

lørdag, 27. februar 2010

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In addition to smashing buildings and killing more than 200,000 people, Haiti’s devastating 12 January earthquake produced two…

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Magnitude 8.8 – OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE

lørdag, 27. februar 2010

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Collision Calves Iceberg from Mertz Glacier Tongue, Antarctica

lørdag, 27. februar 2010

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At 94 kilometers (58 miles) by 39 kilometers (24 miles) in size, the B-09B iceberg is comparable to the state…

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FAQs about ocean acidification

fredag, 26. februar 2010

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Ocean acidification is a new field of research in which most studies have been published in the past 10 years.…

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Antarctic: Massive iceberg calves from the Mertz Glacier

fredag, 26. februar 2010

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26 February 2010

A massive iceberg, measuring 78 kilometres long and 39 kilometres wide, has calved from the Mertz…

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The ET Carbon Rankings: the world’s largest companies ranked by absolute greenhouse gas emissions.

torsdag, 25. februar 2010

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Launch of ET Carbon Ranking

Monday 22.02.2010 saw the launch of the Environmental Investment Organisation’s new Global Carbon Rankings. For the…

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Blue Carbon

torsdag, 25. februar 2010

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UNEP and Government of Indonesia Emphasize Role of Blue Carbon in Combating Climate Change

Indonesia’s Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries…

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AMS Feb. 2010: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

torsdag, 25. februar 2010

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Program Summary: Human caused climate change is well underway and almost certain to continue in the decades ahead. Comprehensive risk…

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Piecing together the temperature puzzle

onsdag, 24. februar 2010

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Each year, scientists at NASA’S Goddard Institute for Space Studies analyze global temperature data. The past year, 2009, tied as…

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