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Smaller mammals adapting better to climate change than bigger counterparts

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:43

A new research has shed light on the differences in mammal responses to climate change.

At Davos, push for clean energy as climate weapon

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 12:08

Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos are pushing for nations worldwide to shift to cleaner energy sources as the best way to contain global warming and re-energize the global economy.

Europe`s 2030 climate plan draws mixed response

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 07:24

Environment watchdogs rejected Europe`s 2030 greenhouse gas-curbing plan as inadequate today but the UN climate chief hailed it as a "positive" step towards a new international pact against global warming.

European Commission seeks 2030 CO2 reduction target of 40%

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 21:37

EU member states should cut their carbon dioxide emissions, widely blamed for global warming, by 40 per cent by 2030, the European Commission said today.

Air pollution from Asia affecting global weather

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 21:29

Asia`s growing air pollution - much of it coming from China - is affecting the world`s weather and climate patterns, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have warned.

2013 another unusually warm year across globe: NASA

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:22

Last year was among a handful of the warmest on record since 1880, according to US government figures out Tuesday that provide more evidence that the planet is heating up.

Air pollution boosts NW Pacific cyclones: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:39

Surging air pollution from China and other fast-growing Asian economies has intensified winter cyclones in the northwest Pacific, scientists said Tuesday.

Violence, epidemic and climate change led to end of Indus civilization

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 15:19

Researchers have discovered that violence, infectious diseases and changes in climate were responsible for the collapse of the ancient Indus city of Harappa almost 4,000 years ago.

Extreme El Nino events set to double as Earth warms

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 11:58

Researchers have revealed that extreme weather events fuelled by unusually strong El Ninos are likely to double in number as Earth warms.

NASA to use unmanned aircraft to scan for signs of climate change

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:37

NASA`s unmanned Global Hawk research aircraft is in the western Pacific region, aiming to track changes in the upper atmosphere and help researchers understand how these changes affect Earth`s climate.

UN warns against delayed action on global warming

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:37

Delaying action on global warming will only increase the costs and reduce the options for dealing with the worst effects of climate change, according to a draft report by UN experts.

Climate change can become irreversible in 15 years, if not addressed immediately

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:30

A United Nations ( UN) panel has warned of climate change becoming a great problem nearly impossible to solve in another 15 years, if not seriously addressed.