Climate change scientists look back 3 million years to look to the future

Climate change scientists look back 3 million years to look to the future

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To figure out what global warming could bring to Earth, scientists are looking 3 million years into the past. They have concluded that it is Pliocene Epoch, a warm and wet period between 3.15 million and 2.85 million years ago, the slice of time in which the world probably looked...

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Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Tropical Andes

Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Tropical Andes

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The threats to the unique biodiversity of the Tropical Andes, from global climate change and human population growth lead to a new publication, “Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Tropical Andes”, edited by Sebastian K. Herzog, Rodney Martinez, Peter M. Jørgensen, Holm Tiessen. The volume, a product of the project...

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Matterhorn disintegrating in the face of global warming

Matterhorn disintegrating in the face of global warming

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The University of Zurich reported the negative effects climate change is having on the Matterhorn in the Geophysical Research journal. The 14,690 foot high Matterhorn sits on the border between Switzerland and Italy and is one of the most majestic and best known and most inspirational mountains in the world....

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Indo-French project to study effects of climate change on farming

Indo-French project to study effects of climate change on farming

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On 9 April, the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) launched a multi-disciplinary Indo-French research project titled ‘Adaptation of Irrigated Agriculture to Climate Change (AICHA). The study aims at developing an integrated model for analysing the impact of climate change on ground water-irrigated agriculture and for identifying...

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10,000 simulations show warming range of 1.4-3 degrees by 2050

10,000 simulations show warming range of 1.4-3 degrees by 2050

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A study project running almost 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers’ home computers, using a complex atmosphere-ocean climate model, has found that a global warming of 3 degrees Celsius by 2050 is ‘equally plausible’ as a rise of 1.4 degrees, if emissions continue unabated. The forecast range is derived from models...

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International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change

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International Conference of Mountain Countries (5-6 April 2012, Nepal)
Climate science 'needs greater social science input'

"The climate isn't the only thing changing," said Michael Glantz, director of the Consortium of Capacity Building at the University of Colorado, at the International Conference of Mountain Countries held from 5 to...

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