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Experts meet on U.N. report but time running out
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

BANGKOK (Reuters) - After two gloomy U.N. reports on global warming, scientists and governments began on Monday looking at how to fight climate change, with green groups saying the world has the means to cut emissions at little cost.


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British Millennium flora store banks billionth seed
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Millennium Seed Bank filed away its one billionth seed on Thursday in a race against time to save the world's plants from global warming wipe-out.


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Taiwan stung by millions of missing bees
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's bee farmers are feeling the sting of lost business and possible crop danger after millions of the honey-making, plant-pollinating insects vanished during volatile weather, media and experts said on Thursday.
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NASA AIMS for Clouds on the Edge of Space
By: William Atkins

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) was launched by a Pegasus XL launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:26 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on April 25, 2007. Its 26-month mission is to study very high clouds called noctilucent clouds (NLCs).
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Little time to avert big temperature rise: U.N. study
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

OSLO (Reuters) - Fighting global warming will be inexpensive but governments have little time left to avert big, damaging temperature rises, a draft United Nations report shows.


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Plant a tree and warm the planet
By: Stan Beer

There are many in the scientific community who believe that the solution to our planet's global warming problem is to plant more trees. However, according to a new study, wholesale unplanned reafforestation could in fact worsen rather than improve the climatic conditions of Earth.


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Researchers say global warming should cause shorter days
By: William Atkins

If global warming is true, then scientists have shown that changes in circulation and density will cause the Earth to spin just a tiny bit faster.       
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China to take part in post-Kyoto talks: report
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

TOKYO (Reuters) - China, the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will take part in negotiations on a framework for limiting global warming after 2012, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun said on Saturday.
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U.N. panel issues stark climate change warning
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Climate experts issued their starkest warning yet about the impact of global warming, ranging from hunger in Africa to a fast thaw in the Himalayas, in a report on Friday that increased pressure on governments to act.


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Silicon Valley's "best brains" work on energy
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

MENLO PARK, Calif (Reuters) - Venture capitalists in Silicon Valley have been searching for the next big thing in high-tech for years, but now many have switched to greener pursuits -- finding technology to help cut global warming.


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Global warming driving Australian fish south: report
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global warming is starting to have a significant impact on Australian marine life, driving fish and seabirds south and threatening coral reefs, Australia's premier science organization said on Wednesday.


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Forecasters predict 9 Atlantic hurricanes in '07
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will be far more active than usual with nine hurricanes, and the United States has an above-average chance of being hit by a major storm, a closely watched forecasting team said on Tuesday.


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Tropical losers, northern winners from warming?
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

OSLO (Reuters) - Northern nations such as Russia or Canada may be celebrating better harvests and less icy winters in coming decades even as rising seas, also caused by global warming, are washing away Pacific island states.


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Global warming could bring hunger, melt Himalayas
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming could cause more hunger in Africa and melt most Himalayan glaciers by the 2030s, according to a draft U.N. report due on Friday which also warns that the poorest nations are likely to suffer most.


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First complete mammal genealogy finished: surprising results reported!
By: William Atkins

Researchers find that mammals did not take over when dinosaurs were wiped out during the mass extinctions about 65 million years ago. Instead, these mammals did not really dominate until ten to fifteen million years later.


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Unnatural Western Australia warming due to greenhouse gases: report
By: Stan Beer

A report co-authored by Australia's leading Government funded scientific body and the Bureau of Meteorology has concluded that man made greenhouse gases is having alarming consequences for the climate of the Western region of Australia.


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One in 10 at risk from rising seas, storms: study
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

OSLO (Reuters) - One in 10 people in the world, mostly in Asia, live in coastal areas at risk from rising seas and more powerful storms that may be caused by global warming, an international study showed on Wednesday.


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New, unknown climate zones seen by 2100: study
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming could re-make the world's climate zones by 2100, with some polar and mountain climates disappearing altogether and formerly unknown ones emerging in the tropics, scientists said on Monday.


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