Month: February 2009

Climate change: ‘Feedback’ triggers could amplify peril

PARIS (AFP) – New studies have warned of triggers in the natural environment, including a greenhouse-gas timebomb in Siberia

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Global warming seen worse than predicted

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The climate is heating up far faster than scientists had predicted, spurred by sharp increases in

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8,000 evacuated as Galeras erupts

PASTO, Colombia (AFP) - - Galeras volcano in southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, began erupting and some

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UN urges world to tackle mercury health threat

NAIROBI (AFP) – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Sunday urged environment ministers meeting this week in Nairobi

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Clinton leaves for Asia vowing to strengthen US ties

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left for Asia on Sunday, on her maiden mission as

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Australian wildfire death toll hits 181

HEALESVILLE, Australia (AFP) – Firefighters are battling to save Australian communities threatened by searing wildfires that have already claimed

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Australian wildlife devastated by fires, say carers

Cuddly Australian icons such as kangaroos and koalas have been "devastated" by the bushfires that have razed swathes of

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Hurricane force winds hit north-west France

Travellers were warned not to go to either of Paris' main airports. Winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) have

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European cities sign climate change agreement

BRUSSELS – Mayors from more than 350 cities across Europe signed an EU climate change agreement Tuesday pledging to

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96 dead – Australian Wildfires worst in history

BBC - The death toll from bush fires in southern Australia has reached 96, the worst in the country's

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