Climate Change

BRISTOL, England, Nov. 16 (UPI) — A British study suggests Earth’s ecosystems and oceans have a much greater capacity to absorb carbon dioxide than has been previously estimated.
The study, led by researcher Wolfgang Knorr at the University of Bristol, found the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of carbon dioxide has stayed [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) — U.S. officials are considering an interim climate change pact before next month’s summit in Denmark, tackling a more ambitious plan next year, officials said.
The two-pronged, scaled-back strategy is being driven by lack of action on climate legislation in Congress, hampering the Obama administration’s efforts to strike an international deal this [...]

BEIJING, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Climate change is damaging the Yangtze River basin, scientists say.
The Yangtze River Basin Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Report released Tuesday by the World Wildlife Fund said temperatures in the basin, a lifeline for one-third of China’s population, have been rising since the 1990s.
The report’s lead researcher, Xu Ming of [...]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 11 (UPI) — Leaders of 11 nations vulnerable to climate change called on the developed world Tuesday to pledge 1.5 percent of their gross national product annually for climate action in the developed world.
The new 11-nation group — referred to as V11 — adopted a declaration for a low-carbon future [...]

LONDON, Nov. 10 (UPI) — Each year the world delays implementing a global climate-protection deal will add $500 billion to the costs related to greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
In its new World Energy Outlook 2010, the Paris-based IEA urged the world’s nations to work together to limit global warming to [...]