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Carbon dioxide’s effect on global warming ‘understimated’
You may think the prospect of climate change is alarming, a call to action to slow down our emissions of...
read moreFirst shipment of Canadian tar sands heads towards EU shores
A shipment of oil from Canadian tar sands is due to arrive in Europe next week – the first time...
read morePanama rainforest tribes settle UN REDD dispute
The country’s US$5.8 million scheme to protect its forests can now resume, safeguarding one of the nation’s most valuable assets,...
read moreCongo deforestation could cause region to warm 3C by 2050
The Congo Basin will face disproportionately high levels of global warming by 2050 due to deforestation, researchers have warned. ...
read moreCentral African tropical forests becoming browner
Tropical forests in central Africa are turning browner, pointing to a water shortage and higher surface temperatures, concluded a study...
read moreWarming winters send Florida’s mangroves north
The discovery is in itself not a surprise – mangrove growth is limited by temperature – but once again it...
read moreGreener Australian outback is lowering atmospheric CO2
Plant growth in the Australian outback has taken an increasingly dominant global role in keeping atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in...
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