Even Before Its Release, World Climate Report Is Criticized as Too Optimistic
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will moderate its gloom on sea level rise, lowering its worst-case estimate.
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Climatic change is "very likely" down to human activities, the global body on climate science will say in a major report.
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A new study claims to undermine the key argument used by people sceptical of climate change.
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By JOHN LEICESTER  PARIS - The bleak outlook of a major new report on climate change shifted the onus onto governments, even mankind, to take action, with dire warnings Friday from around the world that drastic, rapid change is needed - not least from the United States.
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The blogosphere erupted with arguments questioning global warming after an error was found in the annual estimate of the average temperature in the United States.
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Experts said the study provided a glimmer of optimism in the face of bleak scientific assessments of the vulnerability of ecosystems.
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In terms of climate change, the weather matters a lot less than how people respond to it.
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Northern ice cap is warming at twice the global rate and that will lead to serious consequences for the planet, according to the eight-nationâs scientific report.
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Global warming is set to accelerate in the Arctic and bring drastic change for people and wildlife in coming decades, according to a draft report that has opened cracks among nations in the region about how to slow the thaw.
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The weather predictions for Asia in  2050 read like a script from a doomsday movie.
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A prime piece of evidence linking human activity to climate change turns out to be an artifact of poor mathematics.
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The rate at which global warming gases are accumulating in the atmosphere has taken a sharp leap upwards, leading to fears that the devastating effects of climate change may hit the world sooner than predicted.
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Climate change could have global security implications on a par with nuclear war unless urgent action is taken, a report said on 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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Global biodiversity is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the prognosis given by one of the world&#39;s leading conservation bodies, at the opening of a major environment conference here, is alarming.
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Global warming is so severe that it will "continue for centuries," leading to a far different planet in 100 years, warned a grim landmark report from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials. Yet, many of the experts are hopeful that nations will now take action to avoid the worst scenarios.
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&quot;It does not look good. I&#39;m not predicting a disaster or anything like that, but it would be really miraculous if we didn&#39;t have some impacts,&quot; Department of Natural Resources