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Global Warming Said Threat to World Heritage
November 7, 2006 12:00 AM - Alister Doyle, Reuters
Global warming is threatening archaeological sites from Peru to Egypt as well as natural wonders such as the Caribbean's largest coral reef, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.
Nairobi Talks to Seek Wider Fight on Warming
November 6, 2006 12:00 AM - Alister Doyle, Reuters
European nations will try to push the United States and developing countries to get more involved in a U.N.-led fight against global warming beyond 2012 at 189-nation talks opening in Nairobi on Monday.
Study Predicts Hotter, Drier Australia
November 6, 2006 12:00 AM - Michael Perry, Reuters
Australia's climate is now permanently hotter and drier, and the country faces major temperature rises and significantly less rainfall by 2070, scientists said on Monday.
Dutch Rescuers Try to Save Horse Herd Threatened by High Water
November 3, 2006 12:00 AM - Toby Sterling, Reuters
Rescue workers struggled Thursday to save a herd of 100 horses stranded for days on a tiny knoll after a fierce storm turned their pasture into an angry sea.
U.S. Pesticide Stockpile Under Scrutiny at World Ozone Meeting in India
November 3, 2006 12:00 AM - Rita Beamish, Associated Press
President George W. Bush's administration is seeking world permission to produce thousands of tons of a pesticide that an international treaty banned nearly two years ago, even though U.S. companies already have huge stockpiles of the chemical.
Australia Rejects British Climate Report
October 31, 2006 12:00 AM - Rob Taylor, Reuters
Australia said on Tuesday it would not let down workers and accept a hard-hitting British report on climate change as critics branded the country an environmental "renegade".
A Snapshot of Changes Global Warming Could Cause
October 31, 2006 12:00 AM - Associated Press
Here's a look at some of the changes a British government report on global warming warned could occur: Melting glaciers will increase flood risks and reduce fresh water supplies, threatening one-sixth of the world's population.
Report Warns About Global Warming Impact
October 30, 2006 12:00 AM - Associated Press
Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a major British report said Monday.
Climate Negotiators Eye 2008 Elections
October 30, 2006 12:00 AM - Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press
Delegates flying to Kenya next week for a global conference on climate are watching the turn of U.S. election seasons as much as the rise in temperatures in their effort to cool planetary warming.
Plane Sensors Offering Better Forecasts
October 30, 2006 12:00 AM - Ted Bridis, Associated Press
Just after dawn in an open field, Calvin Meadows tugs a cotton tether to send aloft a 6-foot helium balloon that will carry weather instruments more than 19 miles into the sky. About the same time, technicians and scientists across the world do the same.