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Study Says 2014 Climate Melted Records
Global sea levels swelled to a high, tropical cyclones continued to multiply and the world's thermometer set a record in 2014, according to a new report tracking the Earth's climate. The report, an ...
Earth’s Surface Rising; Scientists Trace Cause to Ice Age
In the U.S., this past year has had more than enough reminders of how weather can affect our lives. California is heading into its fourth year of drought because it didn't get enough snow. Boston is ...
Climate Change Bottom-Line Talk Grows, S&P Director Says
Companies and governments worldwide are changing their behaviors and examining their risks in the face of climate change, a managing director for Standard & Poor's said as he held up the ...
IPCC Japan Meeting Aims for ‘Comprehensive Assessment’ on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced that government representatives and scientists opened a five-day meeting Tuesday that aims to "finalize a report assessing the impacts ...Extreme Weather in 2013 Due to Climate Change: UN
Much of the extreme weather that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe and the Pacific region last year can be blamed on human-induced climate change, the U.N. weather agency says. The World Meteorological ...
Climate Scientists Highlight Human Cost of Global Warming
Top climate scientists who are gathering in Japan this week to finish up a report on the impact of global warming say that if you think climate change is only faced by some far-off polar bear decades ...
Water Supplies Strained by Rising Energy Demand: UN
Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies that are already under strain from climate change, the United Nations said in a report on Friday. It urged ...
Verisk Analytics Forms Verisk Climate Division
Verisk Analytics announced last week that the firm has formed Verisk Climate, a division to respond to customers' needs for new solutions to manage enterprise climate and environmental risks. Verisk ...