Scientists assess climate dangers
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Averting the worst impacts of a warming world is the theme of a high-level UK scientific conference starting on 1 February.
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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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A rise of 1 degree Celsius could be enough to trigger 'dangerous' warming, scientists warn.
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Climate experts rank most fragile world regions and warn of collapse before end of century
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A decade after the world pledged to prevent "dangerous" global warming, 194 nations meet next week to review whether rare heatwaves and a fast Arctic thaw may signal that the planet is nearing the brink.
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An international panel of climate scientists said yesterday that there is an overwhelming probability that human activities are warming the planet at a dangerous rate, with consequences that could soon take decades or centuries to reverse.
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Even a small-scale nuclear war would have far-reaching consequences for the global climate, say US scientists.
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Few consequences of global warming pose as severe a threat to human society as sea-level rise. But scientists have yet to figure out how to predict it.
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LONDON - The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain&#39;s chief scientist said yesterday.
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Mankind is to blame for global warming, the world's top climate scientists said on Friday, sending governments a "crystal clear" warning they must take urgent action to avert severe and irreversible damage.
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Latin America and the Caribbean face the risk of more climate-related disasters, a report warns.
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The world's largest general scientific society on Sunday joined the concern over global climate change, calling it a "growing threat to society."
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Just days after the Nobel prize was awarded for global warming work, an alarming new study finds that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing faster than expected.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: Synthetic biologists say their technology could tackle climate change and feed the hungry, but its dangers are terrifying.
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Science & environment: The effects of climate change will be felt sooner than scientists realised and the world must learn to live with the effects, experts said yesterday.
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Australia could expect more frequent droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and strong winds because of greenhouse gas-induced climate change, the country's main science research body warned on Monday.
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Billionaire Richard Branson hopes to entice researchers to seek methods to contain climate damage. By the Associated Press.