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Sea level change influenced tropical climate during last ice age (Cached) 20.5.2013 New Kerala: World News
Washington, May 20 : A new study looks to the past to learn about the future of tropical climate change, and our ability to simulate it with numerical models.
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Indians like the United States most and Pakistan least: India Poll survey 20.5.2013 DNA: Popular News
A recent survey conducted by the Lowy Institute and the Australia India Institute reveals interesting findings...
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It's not just another day 20.5.2013 Hindu: News
Tomorrow is International Day for Biodiversity. Geeta Padmanabhan suggests what we can do to protect our planet
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Sea level change influenced tropical climate during last ice age 20.5.2013 Deccan Chronicle: Lifestyle
A new study looks to the past to learn about the future of tropical climate change, and our ability to simulate it with numerical models. Pedro DiNezio of the University of Hawaii and Jessica Tierney of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution investigated preserved geological clues (called "proxies
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Sea level change influenced tropical climate during last ice age (Cached) 20.5.2013 Zee News : Science and Technology
A new study looks to the past to learn about the future of tropical climate change, and our ability to simulate it with numerical models.
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Heatwave deaths in New York city could rise by up to 22%, study shows 19.5.2013 Guardian: Environment
New temperature norms under climate change will increase weather-related deaths in metropolitan areas in coming decades New York city could experience up to 22% more deaths from extreme summertime heat in the coming decade under global warming, according to a study of the impact of climate trends. The higher deaths will be partially offset by a reduction in deaths due to the milder winters predicted in Manhattan. Overall, however, the net effect of the new temperature norms under climate change would be to increase weather-related deaths in New York city by up to 6.2% a year by the 2020s, according to the scientists. The study, published in Nature Climate Change , predicted oppressive summer temperatures would exact an increasingly heavy toll on people living in metropolitan areas such as Manhattan in the coming decades. The numbers would not be significantly offset by milder winters, the study found, and deaths due to extreme temperatures would rise more dramatically in the later ...
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UN: Experts weigh strategies to halt climate change (Cached) 17.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New York, May 17 : With dire warnings likely to match or exceed the worst fears about the effects of global warming, environment and development experts gathered on Thursday at United Nations Headquarters to debate the twin challenge of curbing climate change while sustaining economic growth.
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Act now to save melting Himalayan glaciers 17.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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China gains observer status on the Arctic Council 16.5.2013 New Scientist: Being Human
China gains observer status on the Arctic Council
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Mount Everest shedding its frozen cloak 16.5.2013 Deccan Chronicle: Lifestyle
Researchers led by an Indian origin have found abundant evidence showing decline of snow and ice in Mount Everest region. The scientists have also been studying temperature and precipitation trends in the area and found that the Everest region has been warming while snowfall has been declining
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North Pole drifts east due to climate change 16.5.2013 Hindu: S & T
Atmospheric and terrestrial water storage changes have made only a “minor” contribution
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World's fish are migrating to escape global warming 15.5.2013 New Scientist: Health
World's fish are migrating to escape global warming
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Today on New Scientist 15.5.2013 New Scientist: Health
Today on New Scientist
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Arctic’s whistle-blower (Cached) 15.5.2013 Down to Earth

imageENVIRONMENTAL group Greenpeace has launched a website seeking to attract whistle-blowers from within oil companies to reveal risks with drilling in the Arctic. Greenpeace wants governments to ban oil and gas firms from the fragile Arctic environment. It urged employees of oil firms and sub-contractors to submit information to the website if they knew about risks that were in the public interest.

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Move to safer ground is going too slowly 15.5.2013 Guardian: Environment

Tensions are running high in an Alaskan village immediately threatened by climate change


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Mount Everest shedding its frozen cloak (Cached) 15.5.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Mount Everest shedding its frozen cloak
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Mount Everest shedding its frozen cloak (Cached) 15.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
Washington, May 15 : Researchers led by an Indian origin have found abundant evidence showing decline of snow and ice in Mount Everest region.
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Mount Everest glaciers melting rapidly, says study (Cached) 15.5.2013 Down to Earth
Everest region has undergone a 0.6°C increase in temperature since 1992 Since the glaciers are melting faster than they are replenished by ice and snow, they are revealing rocks and debris that were previously hidden deep under the ice (photograph by Pavel Novak, courtesy the American Geophysical Union) Glaciers on Mount Everest, the world"s tallest peak, are melting. Scientists say climate change could be a possible reason. ...
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Mount Everest losing its cloak of ice and snow (Cached) 15.5.2013 Zee News : Science and Technology
Mount Everest is shedding its frozen cloak as its glaciers have shrunk at an alarming rate of 13% over the last 50 years due to global warming.
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Warming eats up Everest ice by 13% in 50 years (Cached) 15.5.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Warming eats up Everest ice by 13% in 50 years
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