Global Warming

Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng -- To help fix the climate, fix human rights in China

BEIJING -- On his trip to China last week, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. He noted at his town hall meeting...

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The secret life of ancient trees

An ancient evergreen tree reveals its secret life to scientists, helping them decode climate history. By Andy Nelson | Correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor/ November 10, 2009 edition Photos by Andy Nelson/The...

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Anthony Faiola -- In Germany, going green gets expensive

GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY -- In this nation that embraced one of the world's most aggressive campaigns against global warming, the Pokropp family can almost hear the cha-ching when switching off their lights.

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Bill McKibben -- Obama should act urgently on climate change

Here's a story of two presidents, Barack Obama of the United States and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives. But on the biggest question the planet faces -- if we'll take action in time to slow down global warming -- they couldn't...

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World won't bow for Obama's sake

By Michael Barone Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Updated 51m ago On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

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NEWSMAKER: UN disaster expert knows first-hand what Copenhagen failure could entail

Among those keeping a close eye on the outcome of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen is the head of the United Nations body dealing with disaster risk reduction, who has seen first-hand the devastation wrought by...

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The mystery of the mastodons gets a few big clues (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Ever since Europeans first uncovered mastodon fossils along Big Bone Lick in Kentucky in 1739, the demise of these huge animals and other lumbering contemporaries at the end of the last ice age...

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Global warming research exposed after hack

An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see ...

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An Inconvenient Hoax

This story has been breaking all day, but I didn’t know if the hoax would turn out to be a hoax. If you know what I mean. But the University of East Anglia CRU director admits Hadley has been hacked. And guess what? The people...

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Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study (AFP)

AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.

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