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Climate change 2007: the physical science basis
"Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis" is the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific assessment of past, present and future climate change.
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Promiscuous queen bees improve health of hives
queen bees, the reproductive females in a colony of bees, are considered promiscuous. But nature has made them so, because it helps boost disease resistance of the colony by increasing the genetic
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US Denies British Rumors on Bush Climate Change
A US official on Sunday denied a British newspaper report that President George W. Bush was preparing to announce a dramatic policy shift on global warming in his State of the Union speech this
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Exxon Meets Green Groups as Climate Focus Surges
Exxon Mobil Corp., a longtime opponent of mandatory regulations to combat climate change, met with US environmental groups last month to discuss how the oil behemoth might respond to global warming.
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Six US Senators Back Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Cuts
Six US senators, including potential 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties, unveiled legislation on Friday that would force power plants and industry to curb heat-trapping greenhouse
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UK's Brown Sets 'Green' Example on Climate Change
British Finance Minister Gordon Brown said he and other people in authority should lead by example when it comes to tackling climate change, noting that he rarely flew overseas for fun and liked to
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Spain's CO2 Emissions Probably Stabilised in 2006
Spain's emissions of carbon dioxide, the main global warming gas, probably stabilised in 2006 after years of rapid growth fuelled by economic expansion, government and union sources said on Friday.
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Bush set for climate change U-turn
George Bush is preparing to make a historic shift in his position on global warming when he makes his State of the Union speech later this month, say senior officials at the office of the British
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Trek of the wildebeest under threat
One of the planet's greatest wildlife shows
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Methane from Indian cattle overestimated
methane emission from livestock in India has been found to be much lower than the estimates of the International Panel for Climate Change (ipcc)
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Runaway carbon dioxide bad news for humans
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) estimates that the range of stabilised atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by 2050 will be between 450 parts per million (ppm) and 550 ppm.
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Tough emisssion caps for EU members
in what can be called a positive step towards fighting climate change, the European Commission has demanded sweeping cuts in emission rights from its member states. The commission announced an
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Rising sea levels and tidal erosion eating up Sunderbans
Rising sea levels are real. A trip to the Sunderbans, in the Bay of Bengal, shows how devastating it can be in tandem with insidious tidal erosion. One inhabited island has gone under and 7,000 people displaced in the past 30 years. This is just the tip o