Climate warning raises long-term flood fears
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Plans to protect Britain do not heed the risk of rising river levels caused by global warming, finds study.
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COPENHAGEN -- Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps, and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europe's environmental agency warned yesterday.
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Scientists warned Tuesday that a long-term increase in global temperature of 3.5 degrees could threaten Latin American water supplies, reduce
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Fears mounted on Monday that downpours  which have killed dozens in Africa, uprooted hundreds of  thousands and devastated crops could continue past the end of  the rainy season and hit areas that have so far escaped floods.
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There are warnings of further flooding in central and southern England as river levels continue to rise.
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Australia could expect more frequent droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and strong winds because of greenhouse gas-induced climate change, the country's main science research body warned on Monday.
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Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.
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Further severe weather could bring fresh problems for areas already battered by heavy rain and gales, the Environment Agency warns.
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More severe tropical cyclones, heatwaves and a dramatic shift in rainfall patterns could batter Asia by the end of the century as its factories boom, a leading climate expert told Asian chief executives on Friday.
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The head of the nation's weather and climate research agency says the biggest challenge facing the world is population growth and people's desire to live in coastal areas where they can be endangered by storms.
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LONDON, Oct 12 (IPS) - New fears have arisen over global warming after   some measurements pointed to an unusual rise in carbon dioxide  levels  over the past two years.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON - The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium.
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Parts of the UK could face flooding as severe gales meet this year's highest tides, weather forecasters warn.
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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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Britain's foreign secretary   warned at the United Nations on Friday that climate change was   a growing threat to international security and the world   economy, saying the next 10 years would be crucial.
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The deadly hurricanes that have battered the Southeast and the Caribbean this year may be a sign of things to come as climate change heats up the tropical oceans where such storms are born, scientists warned Thursday.
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Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries could trigger a mass extinction, warn scientists.