GERMANY:  Warming Climate Helps Some Species, Kills Others
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BERLIN, Jun 23 (IPS) - The weather conditions in the heart of Europe were  abnormal last year -- the summer too hot, too dry, and too long,  and the winter too warm. But they were excellent for some foreign  species, which, benefiting from the changed weather, settled in  Germany, and have become a headache -- or worse -- for farmers  and just about everybody else.
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Global warming poses a serious threat to Alpine ski resorts and the regional economies that depend on them, especially in Germany.
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Climate change will force some UK species of wildlife to find new habitats, the Wildlife Trusts warn.
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According to the first global assessment of amphibians, disease, climate change and habitat loss are threatening one-third of the world&#39;s fragile species of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders.
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Global warming over the coming century   could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the   dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all   species, a scientist said on Thursday.
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Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
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North American wildlife species ranging from butterflies to red fox are scrambling to adapt to Earth's rising temperatures and may not survive, according to a study released on Monday.
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North American wildlife species  ranging from butterflies to red fox are scrambling to adapt to  Earth's rising temperatures and may not survive, according to a  study released on Monday.
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PARIS, Feb 1 (IPS) - Environmental and scientific experts agree that  degradation of biological diversity has reached historical  dimensions, but a North-South divide is emerging over action to  counter this crisis.
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WASHINGTON - Hunters may not be to blame for the decline in bison populations, according to a new study that points the finger at climate change.
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Rich countries meeting in Germany this week will agree that they need to confront climate change, but unpleasant tradeoffs are already emerging.
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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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A new report has found that more than 40 per cent of all European bird species are threatened and may disappear soon due to intensive agriculture and climate change.
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A rise in deaths owing to global warming heatwaves will not be offset by milder winters, research claims.
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Global warming caused by human activity has more than doubled the risk of summers as hot as in 2003, when thousands of people in Europe died of heat-related causes, according to a UK study published in the journal Nature.
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The planet isn't the only thing heating up because of climate change. Some renewable-energy stocks have been pretty hot, too.
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threatened that they may disappear soon due to intensive agriculture and climate change, scientists say. &quot;The number of bird species in trouble across Europe is rising,&quot; said BirdLife, a British-based conservation group.