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Climate Change: South Africa has much to lose (AP)

AP – Imagine the savannas of South Africa’s flagship Kruger Park so choked with brush, viewing what game is left is nearly impossible. The Cape of Good Hope without penguins. The Karoo desert’s seasonal symphony of wildflowers silenced.

Himalayan Nations Plan for Climate Change Without China (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Bhutan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh have started to create plans to handle climate change. The Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas reached its conclusion on Nov. 19, and materials from the summit became public on Nov…

What Are Climate Change Skeptics Still Skeptical About? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Richard Muller used to be a global warming skeptic. A prominent physicist at the University of California, Berkeley, Muller didn’t trust the level of rigor — or the results — of past climate studies. As he explained in edi…

China urges progress on climate change fund (AP)

AP – China is worried the financial crisis is draining contributions to a multibillion-dollar global warming fund but hopes basic financing to help developing countries deal with climate change can be hammered out this month.

Greenhouse gases soar; no signs warming is slowed (AP)

AP – Heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are building up so high, so fast, that some scientists now think the world can no longer limit global warming to the level world leaders have agreed upon as safe.

UN: Concentrations of greenhouse gases hit record (AP)

AP – Global warming gases have hit record levels in the world’s atmosphere, with concentrations of carbon dioxide up 39 percent since the start of the industrial era in 1750, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.

Himalayan nations agree on climate adaptation plan (AP)

AP – Four Himalayan nations facing the threat of weather changes have agreed to collaborate on ways to adapt to climate change after a two-day summit in Bhutan.

Fierce Heat Waves & Stronger Storms Coming, Climate Report Warns (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Humans’ activities appear to have brought on more extreme weather — including more hot days, heat waves and heavy precipitation — and we can expect this to worsen in decades to come, according to a report being prepared by…

Science panel: Get ready for extreme weather (AP)

AP – Think of the Texas drought, floods in Thailand and Russia’s devastating heat waves as coming attractions in a warming world. That’s the warning from top international climate scientists and disaster experts after meeting in Africa.

Why the World May Be Running Out of Clean Water (Time.com)

Time.com – From Tuvalu to Texas, the combination of climate change, bad weather and poor resource management has made people realize how vital access to clean water really is

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