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Global warming: even cacti can't take the heat
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» PARIS - Sixty percent of cactus species will wind up in less hospitable climates over the coming decades as global warming sets in, according to new research challenging the long-held assumption the iconic desert plants will thrive with more heat.
Study: 96% of humans have 'felt' global warming
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» PARIS: Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people — 96%t of humanity — felt global warming's impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said.
Global warming and the burning issue of money
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/11/2024
» It's hard to imagine a less plausible venue for the annual UN-sponsored conference on climate than the dictatorial petrostate of Azerbaijan. Baku, the capital, has a walled medieval centre that's worth a day or two, but offshore the shallow Caspian Sea is littered with a century's worth of old and new oil wells.
Health savings outweigh costs of limiting global warming: study
AFP, Published on 03/03/2018
» PARIS - The estimated cost of measures to limit Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions can be more than offset by reductions in deaths and disease from air pollution, researchers said on Saturday.
Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail
AFP, Published on 02/04/2018
» PARIS - Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in a score of scientific studies released Monday.
Global warming will make veggies harder to find: study
AFP, Published on 12/06/2018
» TAMPA - Global warming is expected to make vegetables significantly scarcer around the world, unless new growing practices and resilient crop varieties are adopted, researchers warned on Monday.
1.5 C cap on warming could save global economy trillions
AFP, Published on 24/05/2018
» PARIS - Failing to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius or less could cost the world economy tens of trillions of dollars over the next 80 years, researchers warned Wednesday.
Last 2 years crossed 1.5C global warming limit: EU monitor
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» PARIS — The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an agency of the European Union (EU) reported on Friday.
Global warming to blame for hottest day in Argentine Antarctica
AFP, Published on 08/02/2020
» BUENOS AIRES - Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday.
Extreme heat caused by urbanization, global warming threatening cities: study
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» NEW YORK - Rapid population growth and global warming are increasing exposure to extreme heat in cities, aggravating health problems and making moving to urban areas less beneficial for the world's poor, according to a study released Monday.