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Climate change could cost U.S. coasts $1 trillion by 2100

Posted in Business on 23rd Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Climate change will cost U.S. coastal areas twice what analysts had predicted, according to a new study.

UN members agree to a deal at the Lima climate talks

Posted in Business on 15th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Delegates have approved a framework for setting national pledges to be submitted next year. Differences over the draft text caused the two-week talks Peru to overrun by two days.

Arctic sea ice volume holds up in 2014

Posted in Science on 15th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Arctic sea ice may be more resilient than many observers recognize.

California's drought is the worst in 1,200 years

Posted in Featured, Science on 9th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists warn that more hot droughts are assured as the planet continues to warm.

UN climate talks begin as global temperatures break records

Posted in Business, Featured on 1st Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

A key UN climate meeting in Peru has opened with negotiators attempting to advance a new global agreement.