Global warming, war, development threaten historic sites
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Bombs in Iraq, better commutes in Ireland and melting ice caps are threatening the world's architectural and cultural gems, a nonprofit group said on Wednesday as it named 100 endangered monuments.
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Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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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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THE worldâs highest peak should be put on a danger list because of the threat posed to it by climate change, campaigners urged today.
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Energy poses one of the greatest threats facing humanity this century, the world's leading academies of science warned Monday, highlighting the peril of oil wars and climate change driven by addiction to fossil fuels.
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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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California will become hotter and  drier by the end of the century, menacing the valuable wine and  dairy industries, even if dramatic steps are taken to curb  global warming, researchers said on Monday.
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Imagine a world where Scandinavia produces wines to rival Italy's fabled Chianti region. It could come to just that by the end of the century, experts in Italy warn, if global warming continues unchecked.
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Science & environment: Rising global temperatures could trigger a huge extinction of plants and animals, according to a  study.
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LONDON, Oct 20 (IPS) - Environmental and development groups have come   together to warn that global warming threatens the Millennium  Development  Goals.
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The European Environment Agency reported global climate change, including frequent floods, droughts and heat waves, are severe and will continue to worsen.
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Global warming could cut a swathe through the planet's species over the coming centuries, warns a study released Wednesday that shows a link between rising temperatures and mass extinctions reaching back half a billion years.
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Rising seas, spreading deserts, intensifying weather and other harbingers of climate change are threatening cultural landmarks from Canada to Antarctica, the World Monuments Fund said Wednesday.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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The Giant's Causeway, the spectacular rock formation on the Northern Irish coast, could soon become difficult to access due to climate change, a report warned Tuesday.
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Even as the world's urban population explodes, many cities face potential extinction.
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Anxious about dwindling crowds and shorter attention spans, museums and historical sites are turning to special effects to tell their stories