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Warming Red Sea waters pose threat to ecosystem
Environment

Warming Red Sea waters pose threat to ecosystem

Egypt’s Red Sea has been warming since the mid-1990s, a phenomenon that could threaten its rich ecosystem, according to a…
Scientists: Area covered by Arctic ice hits historic low
Environment

Scientists: Area covered by Arctic ice hits historic low

PARIS - The area covered by Arctic sea ice reached its lowest point this week since the start of satellite observation…
Global warming: Study finds natural shields being weakened
Environment

Global warming: Study finds natural shields being weakened

In a vicious cycle with long-term implications for the climate system, the soil and the ocean are being weakened as…
Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows
Environment

Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows

Climate change cut global wheat and corn output by more than 3 percent over the past three decades compared to…
Is Earth Hour just a publicity stunt?
Environment

Is Earth Hour just a publicity stunt?

Last Saturday saw the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour, a controversial event organized globally by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).…
Earth Hour 2011: Going beyond the hour
Environment

Earth Hour 2011: Going beyond the hour

The yearly environmental event Earth Hour -- which began in 2007 -- will be held today. For one hour, starting…
Record melt from Greenland ice sheet in 2010
Environment

Record melt from Greenland ice sheet in 2010

Paris--Greenland's ice sheet, feared as a major driver of rising sea levels, shed a record amount of melted snow and…
Egypt considers building dikes to shield coastal cities from rising sea levels
Egypt

Egypt considers building dikes to shield coastal cities from rising sea levels

The Egyptian government is currently considering building a series of sea walls along the North Coast in order to protect…
Civil society shut out at Cancun
Opinion

Civil society shut out at Cancun

On the final day of the United Nations climate talks in Cancun, Diana Pei Wu, a member of Grassroots Solutions…
Cancun is only a start, now it’s time for action
Opinion

Cancun is only a start, now it’s time for action

After two weeks of difficult negotiations between more than 190 nations at the climate talks in Cancun, the multilateral process…
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