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Global warming an Olympic worry, says Rogge

AFP - Yesterday, 03:05 am

VANCOUVER (AFP) - Global warming is starting to worry the International Olympic Committee, with concern mounting over how it might affect future Games. More »

Drought in SW Australia linked to snowfall in Antarctica
AFP - Sunday, February 7 06:09 pm
PARIS (AFP) - A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday. More »
U.N.defends climate panel after Himalaya blunder
Reuters - Friday, February 5 11:25 am
OSLO (Reuters) - The United Nations defended on Friday its panel of climate scientists from criticisms that an error about the thaw of Himalayan glaciers undermined its wider findings that global warming is man-made. More »
Companies feel threatened by climate fight: U.N. chief
Reuters - Thursday, February 4 02:20 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Certain countries and companies feel threatened by growing efforts against climate change, the U.N. climate chief said on Thursday, after other officials spoke of a campaign to undermine a consensus on global warming. More »
UN climate chief defends Pachauri over error
AFP - Thursday, February 4 12:35 pm
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The United Nations' top climate official on Thursday backed leading global warming scientist Rajendra Pachauri, saying he should ignore calls to resign over errors in a key 2007 report. More »
Global warming good for trees, bad for ducks: studies
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 05:23 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Global warming is good news for trees, which are thriving in higher temperatures and longer growing seasons, but bad news for ducks and other waterfowl, whose wetland habitat may dry up and disappear, two studies show. More »
Global warming good for trees: study
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 05:01 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Global warming is helping trees to grow faster as it brings higher temperatures, longer growing seasons and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a study by US researchers shows. More »
Glacier error 'cost us dear': UN climate panel chief
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 01:25 pm
LONDON (AFP) - The embattled chief of the UN climate change panel admitted Wednesday that a mistake in a landmark 2007 report had damaged the body's credibility, in an interview with a British newspaper. More »
Oslo reiterates pledge of at least 30 pct CO2 cut
Reuters - Thursday, January 28 10:52 am
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway reaffirmed on Thursday a unilateral pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent by 2020 as part of international efforts to combat global warming. More »