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Ecosystems need to shift a quarter mile each year to keep pace with global warming
A new study led by scientists at the Carnegie Institution in the US has determined that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile each year to keep pace with the changes associated with global warming. For some habitats, such as low-lying areas, climate belts are moving even faster, putting many species in jeopardy, especially where human development has blocked migration paths.
A new study led by scientists at the Carnegie Institution in the US has determined that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile each year to keep pace with the changes associated with global warming. For some habitats, such as low-lying areas, climate belts are moving even faster, putting many species in jeopardy, especially where human development has blocked migration paths.
Big freeze in Europe kills at least 80 people
Snowstorms and icy winds continued to sweep across UK and most of the European mainland as the freeze triggered transport chaos, cancellation of hundreds of flights in the continent ahead of Christmas
Snowstorms and icy winds continued to sweep across UK and most of the European mainland as the freeze triggered transport chaos, cancellation of hundreds of flights in the continent ahead of Christmas
Slow changes to Earth systems can amplify global warming
A new study has found that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse gases about 4.5 million years ago during the early Pliocene, which indicates
A new study has found that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse gases about 4.5 million years ago during the early Pliocene, which indicates
Devangshu Datta: Climate of change
One sidelight of the Climate Change Conference was the byplay between Copenhagen city authorities and the local sex-workers’ union (SIO). The Mayor’s office ran a postcard campaign exhorting
EU heads commit Rs 13,760 cr aid for LDCs
Struggling to bolster its claims of leadership in the fight against climate change, the European Union has announced a commitment of ¤2.4 billion (Rs 13,760 crore) annually between 2010 and
Cool head in Eden
As with all the bad news from Iraq and Af-Pak, sooner or later the bad news on the climate acquires a stultifying sameness. Only when a surge is in sight — troop surge, storm surge — does
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