Gorillas, tigers at risk due to climate change-report
Reuters
* Animals most at risk on islands, mountains, and coasts
* Global warming threatens 20-30 pct of plant, animal species Climate change hotspots in Africa
Reuters
* Animals most at risk on islands, mountains, and coasts
* Global warming threatens 20-30 pct of plant, animal species Climate change hotspots in Africa
U.S. sets record with a dozen billion-dollar weather disasters in one year
Associated Press
The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide has jumped by a record amount, according to the US department of energy, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming.
Fiona Harvey
If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly changed, the world will 'lose for ever' the chance to avoid dangerous climate change
PRETORIA, 14 November 2011 (IRIN) - Soaring temperatures and erratic rains brought on by a changing climate may radically alter water flows in the world’s major river basins, including the Limpopo in southern Africa, forcing people to give up farming in some areas, says a new study.
alertnet // Katie Murray
Failures of urban planning are putting lives, infrastructure and businesses at risk as weather shocks – like the floods now surging through Bangkok – become more frequent as a result of climate change, urban planning and climate experts say.
Damian Carrington
Droughts and rising sea levels could reverse efforts to improve living conditions of world's poorest people, report warns
BRYAN WALSH
Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an international panel of experts said on Thursday.
Nina Chestney
Global temperature rise could exceed "safe" levels of two degrees Celsius in some parts of the world in many of our lifetimes if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, two research papers published in the journal Nature warned.