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Rising sea levels are real. A trip to the Sunderbans, in the Bay of Bengal, shows how devastating it can be in tandem with insidious tidal erosion. One inhabited island has gone under and 7,000 people displaced in the past 30 years. This is just the tip o

On December 13, 2006, scientists warned that the Arctic ice is melting at a rate faster than was estimated. The ice has been shrinking steadily over the past 30 years, but now scientists say there's a possibility of an ice-free Arctic in the next few decades.

• China has successfully launched its second geostationary orbit meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2D (FY-2D), to provide better weather forecasting services for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. is engaging in industry talks on possible US greenhouse gas emissions regulations, a move experts said could indicate a change in stance from the long-time foe of limits

Europe, the richest and most fertile continent and the model for the modern world, will be devastated by climate change, the European Union predicted on Wednesday. The force of today's report lies in

A study conducted in two 500-bed hospitals, which have a mercury management policy in place and use digital thermometers instead of the mercury one, has found exceptionally high level of the

President George W. Bush of the United States and a lot of US government scientists have said it. The statement came in a release that said 2006 was the warmest year in the United States since

Europe must embrace a low-carbon economy and lead the world into a "post-industrial revolution,' European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday as the EU unveiled an

The European Union will put climate change at the heart of a broad new energy policy on Wednesday as it moves to boost renewable fuels, cut consumption and curb its dependence on foreign suppliers of

A group of four experts from the United Kingdom will address a special session of the "International Workshop on R&D Challenges in Carbon Capture and Storage Technology (CCS) for Sustainable Energy

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