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6 April 2002 |
The nomination follows an ExxonMobil memo to the White House ... that demands their candidates replace scientists with "aggressive agendas" |
Oil giant bids to replace climate expert |
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29 March 2002 |
"... the government must act to tackle these rising emissions now" |
Greenhouse gases rise in UK |
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28 March 2002 |
"... seven billion people live on Earth now and many migration corridors for species are blocked" |
Global warming hits species all over world-study |
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27 March 2002 |
"The north-east passage across the top of Siberia is already close to becoming commercially viable" |
Arctic ice 'melting from below' |
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26 March 2002 |
... the sea is swallowing up about 750 acres of Ireland each year |
'Ireland is shrinking because of global warming' |
| ... t he polar ice in the summer months now averages just nine feet in thickness compared to 16 feet 20 years ago |
Melting ice cap could make Polar Bear extinct |
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23 March 2002 |
1,000 years ago the Northern Hemisphere may have been as warm as today |
Tree rings may point to earlier global warming |
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22 March 2002 |
... ragweed grown in an atmosphere with double the current carbon dioxide levels produced 61 percent more pollen |
Pollen count rising due to global warming, more CO2 |
| The UK's target is to cut emissions by 23 percent on 1990 levels by 2010 |
BP will cut UK emissions by 350,000 T in 5 yrs |
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| "we speculate that the intensively grazed grassland site that we are now examining may very well sequester about 10 tonnes of CO 2 per hectare per year" |
Irish grassland could sink carbon commitment |
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21 March 2002 |
The risk of flooding in parts of Scotland is expected to double over the next 80 years |
Climate change doubles flooding risk |
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20 March 2002 |
200-meter thick Larsen B ice shelf, with a surface area of 3,250 square kilometers, has broken apart in less than a month |
Antarctic ice shelf loss warns against inaction on global warming |
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18 March 2002 |
In England, aphids are emerging so early in spring that the migrating birds that feed on them are still in Africa |
The human cost of global warming |
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16 March 2002 |
Geochemists have linked this anomaly to a massive release of methane gas from the ocean |
Global warming episode between Paleocene and Eocene |
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14 March 2002 |
... participating companies have pledged to reduce their annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 4 mln tonnes of carbon dioxide |
UK Govt signs 34 organisations to scheme to cut emissions |
| "If we were covered by the IPPC then we could gain exemptions of up to 80pc from the levy for promising to meet targets on reducing pollution" |
Global warming levy jeopardises 500 jobs |
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13 March 2002 |
"The announcement confirms Northern Ireland’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions" |
Northern Ireland to reduce greenhouse gases |
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9 March 2002 |
... ongoing and future ozone depletion could affect microbial communities below ground |
Arctic research reveals unexpected effect of ozone depletion |
| Global warming might not deplete the Antarctic population of shrimp-like krill |
Global warming may not harm marine food |
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| ... it may one day be able to pump out fresh ozone at altitude |
Plane plan to plug ozone hole |
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| The U.S., the world's number one polluter, pulled out of the pact last year |
UK calls for US to rejoin Kyoto climate treaty |
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8 March 2002 |
The sample shows a clear record of four glacial and four interglacial periods before the present day |
Ancient ice holds clues to climate |
| "Much deeper cuts in emissions will be needed if we are to avoid dangerous climate change" |
UK to sign climate change pact within weeks |
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7 March 2002 |
... it will make the ozone layer over Europe and North America thinnest just when the most ultraviolet radiation is hitting the atmosphere |
Ozone layer will thin even as holes heal |
| In general, scientists feel that nature is ahead of itself by about three weeks |
Springing some early surprises |
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6 March 2002 |
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Volcanoes threaten Arctic ozone layer |
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