'Tipping point' on horizon for Greenland ice
2008-02-05 14:58:32
Global warming this century could trigger a runaway thaw of Greenland's ice sheet and other abrupt shifts such as a dieback of the Amazon rainforest, scientists said on Monday.
Big economies to find ways to head off global warming
2008-01-26 14:41:00
High-ranking officials from some of the world's biggest economies are expected to gather in Honolulu next week to find ways to reduce greenhouse gases and slow global warming without stopping development.
Global warming enters hurricane debate
2008-01-24 23:00:46
A lively and sometimes scrappy debate on whether global warming is fueling bigger and nastier hurricanes like Katrina is adding an edge to a gathering of forecasters here.
Unseasonable heat wave hits central Canada
2008-01-09 19:31:11
An unseasonable heat wave is hitting Canada's central Ontario and Quebec provinces, bringing about unusually high temperatures and creating flooding concerns as melting snow and rain threatens to overflow river banks.
Nature and man jointly cook Arctic
2008-01-03 09:28:14
There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found.
Weather warriors on alert
2008-01-02 07:05:45
Zheng Guoguang is a commander-in-chief without a uniform. On alert are 53,000 high-caliber "troops" with their aim fixed on clouds and winds.
Station to watch rapidly receding glacier range
2007-12-26 07:11:37
An observation station is being built to monitor the melting of the country's longest glacier range at the edge of the world's highest plateau.
World crops could decline 16 pct due to warming
2007-09-13 04:37:08
Global warming could send world agriculture into serious decline by 2080 with productivity collapsing in some developing countries while it improves in a few rich nations, a study reported on Wednesday.
Most polar bears could be lost by 2050
2007-09-09 14:14:07
Two-thirds of the world's polar bear population could be gone by midcentury if predictions of melting sea ice hold true, the US Geological Survey reported.
Global land temperature likely to reach record high
2007-12-13 15:56:01
The average global land temperature is likely to rise 0.67 degree Celsius in 2007 from that of the 30 years starting 1971.
Kangaroo farts may help global warming: scientists
2007-12-07 08:22:40
Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.
Weather-related disasters linked with climate change
2007-12-09 15:53:15
The equivalent of a third of the world's population has already been affected by weather- related disasters and this is set to soar because of climate change unless urgent international action is taken, according to a report issued here this week.