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global temperature stories: 5 news summaries

 Climate Change 
 Doom Looms for 
 85% of Amazon 

Death of much of the rainforest is inevitable even under most optimistic scenario

Mar 12, 09 1:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change may be a bigger threat to the Amazon rainforest than all the chainsaws in the world, the Guardian reports. New research predicts a global temperature rise of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit—widely believed to be the best-case scenario even if carbon emissions are slashed—would kill off up... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • rainforest • global temperature • Amazon rainforest

Global Warming Changes Thoreau's Walden

27% of species have disappeared from Mass. pond author made famous

Oct 28, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - While living at Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau collected detailed data on the plant species native to Concord, Mass. Scientists studying climate change have compared those records to present-day biodiversity—and found chilling evidence of global warming’s effects, the Boston Globe reports. 27% of the species Thoreau documented are... More »

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climate change • global warming • plants • global temperature • biodiversity • pollen • Henry David Thoreau • Walden Pond

Sun Sets on Solar Global Warming Theory

Greenhouse gases the culprit, not sun's heat, experts say

Jul 11, 07 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A theory that global warming is caused by increased solar output is bunk, according to climate-change scientists. Although the world has grown hotter over the last 20 years, solar activity has actually dropped, the BBC reports, and an international panel concluded that greenhouse gases are 13 times more responsible for... More »

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climate change • global warming • science • global temperature • sun

At G8, Bush Hangs Tough on Greenhouse Gas Goals

Bush meets with German chancellor, stances remain divided

Jun 6, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The G8 summit convened today, with President Bush still holding out on long-term greenhouse gas emissions goals. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's proposal includes hard targets which would cut emissions in half by 2050 and limit global temperature change to an increase of 3.6 degrees F. The plan also includes... More »

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climate change • energy • Angela Merkel • greenhouse gases • G8 summit • global temperature • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Winter Sets Warmth Record

Mar 18, 07 11:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - This winter was the warmest ever recorded, bumping the previous high of 2004 in a crowded field: The ten warmest winters all fell within the past thirteen years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which calculates this average global temperature from land and ocean readings, concludes that the worldwide climate... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration • temperature • global temperature

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