Global Warming May Spur Fiercer Hurricanes - Experts
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As Hurricane Ivan and its powerful winds churned through the Gulf of Mexico, scientists told Congress on Wednesday that global warming could produce stronger and more destructive hurricanes in the future.
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Scientists are warning that the earth&#39;s climate could be changing more rapidly than anyone thought because of a sudden and unexplained rise in the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
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The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth&#39;s atmosphere has increased faster than expected in the last two years, renewing concern that global warming may accelerate.
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Global sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists had predicted, a study suggests.
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The year 2004, punctuated by four powerful hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly typhoons lashing Asia, was the fourth-hottest on record, extending a trend since 1990 that has registered the 10 warmest years, a U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
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The world's governments must dramatically cut emissions of heat-trapping gases or learn to live with more droughts, heat waves, powerful rainstorms, and rising sea levels that will affect millions, leading climate scientists said after the release of a landmark global warming report yesterday.
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Experts warn the risk of a deadly heatwave in the UK is high - but global warming may actually save lives.
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A lively and sometimes scrappy debate on whether global warming is fueling bigger and nastier hurricanes like Katrina is adding an edge to a gathering of forecasters here.
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NEW YORK  - An increase in summertime heat waves from global warming could mean more deaths among Americans each year, a study by Harvard researchers suggests.
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World temperatures could surge in just two decades to a threshold likely to trigger dangerous disruptions to the earth's climate, the WWF environmental group said on Sunday.
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Global warming could lead to a big chill in the North Atlantic, at least if history is anything to go by, researchers reported on Friday.
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A sharp rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere raises fears global warming is speeding up, reports say.
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Hurricanes feed on warm water, and a   study released on Monday shows a link between warmer ocean   temperatures and human use of fossil fuels, challenging   skeptics who blame them on natural climate cycles.
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Global warming could cause dramatically hotter summers and a depleted snow pack in California, leading to a sharp increase in heat-related deaths and jeopardizing the water supply, according to a study released Monday.
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Natural disasters will cost insurers a record &#36;35 billion this year, after hurricanes lashed the Caribbean and southeastern United States and a record 10 typhoons soaked Japan in events seen as linked to global warming, climate experts said on Wednesday.
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A creeping rise in sea levels tied to global warming, pollution and damage to coral reefs may make coastlines even more vulnerable to disasters like tsunamis or storms in future, experts said Monday.
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Latin America and the Caribbean face the risk of more climate-related disasters, a report warns.