Climate change offers rare respite for African farmers
A surprise effect of greenhouse gases is that changes in air temperature and wind patterns are increasing rainfall and crop yields in the drought-prone Sahel region. LONDON, 18 June, 2015 − A wide belt...
View ArticleIndia blames heatwave deaths on climate change
Fierce temperatures in India doubled the heat-related deaths normally recorded in May − and the government insists natural causes are not to blame. CHENNAI, 19 June, 2015 − India, one of the key...
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Combating climate dangers is seen as medical emergency
International experts say the last 50 years of health advances worldwide will be jeopardised unless urgent steps are taken to confront climate change. LONDON, 23 June, 2015 – The threat that climate...
View ArticleScientists detect mysterious warming in US coastal waters
Unprecedented ocean temperature rises off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the US may be linked to sea level rise or the recent pattern of “weird” weather. LONDON, 28 June, 2015 − Oceanographers are...
View ArticleStress on water resources threatens lives and livelihoods
Satellite data raises red-flag warning about the draining of underground aquifers to meet the demands of expanding populations. LONDON, 29 June, 2015 – The planet’s great subterranean stores of water...
View ArticleAncient Chinese graffiti warns of droughts ahead
Cave inscriptions stretching back five centuries record the impact of disastrous droughts in central China − and help scientists predict that another is due before 2040. LONDON, 13 August, 2015 –...
View ArticleCarbon emissions threaten British butterflies
By mid-century carbon dioxide emissions in the United Kingdom could be causing recurrent droughts severe enough to force several butterfly species into extinction. LONDON, 16 August, 2015 – If 25 years...
View ArticleDrought becoming the ‘new normal’ for Californians
Human impacts on global warming and water resources are threatening to turn the landscape of the US west into a dustbowl. LONDON, 28 August, 2015 – One way or another, humans are to blame for the...
View ArticleNorthern forests face onslaught from heat and drought
Many northern hemisphere forests face destruction as climate change brings both fiercer droughts and higher temperatures. LONDON, 31 August, 2015 – In the long term, many of the great oak forests of...
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Receding snowpack highlights impacts of California drought
Evidence preserved in tree rings shows that Sierra Nevada snow cover is the lowest for five centuries – and rising temperatures will only make things worse. LONDON, 16 September, 2015 – The snowpack on...
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