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Swimming marine animals, such as jellyfish, influence Earth's climate by mixing cold and warm ocean water and by boosting the rate heat travels through the seas, according to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute researchers.
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Two teams of scientists studying Arabidopsis thaliana, a common European plant, found flexible genes that respond to climate changes, giving the plant a better chance of surviving and reproducing, but found limits to this flexibility strategy also.
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More than 42 million people world-wide were forced to flee due to a series of climate change-related natural disasters in 2010, more than double the number from 2009, and a new report says extreme weather events are set to continue.
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Canberra -
Australia’s Climate Commission states action to battle effects of a warming planet has “never been more urgent” than now, with huge societal, health and economic risks the result if we fail to respond to risks currently being faced.
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Washington -
A new report on climate change shows more extreme weather is on the way, and the current US energy infrastructure is poised to fail unless it goes through a detailed transformation, including appropriate wind and solar sites.
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After a Greenpeace report concluded that China's food supply would be inadequate by 2030, the Chinese government has unveiled plans to invest $30 billion in 2011 on water conservation projects.
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UN climate talks are opening next week in Tianjin, China. They will run until October 9 and will be the final round of talks before the United Nations climate summit.
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New York -
A new study suggests that 16 per cent of the total energy used in the U.S. is used in food production and the amount that is thrown away is more valuable than what is available in offshore reserves.
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At least 66 people died of heat stroke and more than 15,000 others were brought to various hospitals in Japan for treatment due to soaring summer temperature.
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Lilongwe -
Climate change is one of the most serious threats to poor rural people, putting them at risk of hunger which in turn makes it very difficult to progress out of extreme poverty.
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Although the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), which is an international...
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