Indonesia Peat Fires May Fuel Global Warming, Experts Say
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Indonesia's vast tropical peatlands, a bog of plant debris undisturbed for centuries until they were drained for cultivation, have become a perennial fire hazard and, a new study says, possibly a significant contributor to global warming.
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Greece's huge forest fires have been blamed by some on global warming, but satellite images of smoke plumes drifting as far as Africa prompt the question: are forests a major source of greenhouse gas?
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Science & environment: Using biofuels could have a greater environmental impact than fossil fuels, according to experts
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Southeast Asian nations are gearing up for a palm oil boom as interest in biofuels soars, but activists warn the crop may not satisfy a global thirst for energy that is both clean and green.
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Greenhouse gas emissions could cause global temperatures to rise by up to 19.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to first results from the world's largest climate modeling experiment.
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Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming
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By Steve Bloomfield  Climate change has become a major security issue that could lead to "a world going up in flames", the United Nations' top environment official has warned.
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In Siberia the world's largest peatlands absorb greenhouse gasses. But could global warming thaw and dry the bogs, turning them into greenhouse gas faucets?
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Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming faster than anyone had feared, climate experts said on Thursday.
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Greenhouse gases have hit a new record in the atmosphere and the build-up is accelerating, apparently because of industrial growth in Asia, a researcher said on Friday.
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Massive fires that ravaged Indonesia's vast tropical rain forests over the last decade are remaking one of the richest biological landscapes on the planet.
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Ability of forests to soak up man-made carbon dioxide is weakening as world warms, according to analysis
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Global warming is likely to produce a significant increase in the intensity and rainfall of hurricanes in coming decades, according to an analysis.
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A rise in global temperatures could result in devastating effects in just over 20 years time, a study warns.
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Visibility plunged to 50 metres in parts of Borneo island on Saturday and Singapore recorded its highest pollution reading in nearly a decade as fires in Indonesia sent acrid smoke across Southeast Asia.
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Asia's greenhouse gas emissions will treble over 25 years, a report commissioned by  the Asian Development Bank warns.
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Burning of the Amazon and other forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil&#39;s greenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of the world&#39;s leading polluters