Earth within whisker of hottest climate in million years: NASA
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The Earth's rapid warming has pushed temperatures to their hottest level in nearly 12,000 years and within a hairbreadth of a million years, a study by the US space agency showed.
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This year is set to be the sixth warmest  worldwide since records began, stoked by global warming linked  to human activities, the British Meteorological Office and the  University of East Anglia said on Thursday.
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Climatic change is "very likely" down to human activities, the global body on climate science will say.
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Global warming (news - web sites) is melting the Arctic ice faster than expected, and the world&#39;s oceans could rise by about a meter (3 feet
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The Arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet due to global warming, according to an eight-nation report compiled by 250 scientists.
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The head of NASA said he was not sure global warming was a problem and added that it would be âarrogantâ to assume the worldâs climate should not change in the future.
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This year is set to be the sixth warmest worldwide since records began, stoked by global warming linked to human activities, the British Meteorological Office and the University of East Anglia said on Thursday.
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Blog: Some wet areas of Earth will get wetter with climate change.
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NASA and Columbia University Earth Institute research finds that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earthâs climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet.
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Remarkable new images of Earth's highest clouds have been captured by a Nasa spacecraft.
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Science & environment: Britain is on course for its second warmest year since records began, according to climate scientists
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Locked away in fossils is evidence of a sudden solar cooling. Kate Ravilious meets the experts who say it could explain a 3,000-year-old mass migration - and today&#39;s global warming.
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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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The year 2004, punctuated by four powerful hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly typhoons lashing Asia, was the fourth-hottest on record, extending a trend since 1990 that has registered the 10 warmest years, a U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
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The year 2004 was the fourth hottest ever recorded and the past decade was the warmest since measurements began in 1861, the World Meteorological Organisation said Wednesday.
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A new look at climate conditions 55 million years ago shows that the Earth is more sensitive to small changes than previously believed.
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The Earth's climate is out of balance and warming as a result of human activities, a leading science body warns.