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VIDEO: Snow missing from European mountains, so skiers hit the rocks

In Europe, there's a shortage of snow this winter.That's meant people in Austria have had to come up with another way to get in their skiing fix. They turned to rocks."At the moment we're having...

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Hope, doubts on whether an agreement on climate change can be reached

After a week's worth of meetings at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, over the weekend sign emerged that a deal could be reached to reduce global emission of Greenhouse...

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Hope dwindles for binding climate change treaty in Durban

Efforts to reach a new deal on reducing global warming are at a critical phase.Europe's top negotiator said the United States, China and India could kill the last chance that exists for a deal before...

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Urban farming an emerging trend as Kenya lives on edge of climate change

Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is a bustling business city, but it’s also on the bleeding edge of climate change.Rainfall disruptions and drought have led to a mass migration from rural areas of the...

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Negotiators reach stunning, sudden agreement at Durban summit on climate change

Going into the weekend, there was little hope that negotiators at the U.N. summit on climate change in Durban, South Africa, would be able to reach any sort of agreement on a treaty to replace the...

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Himalayan mountain glaciers show signs of global warming

See more photos of disappearing glaciers at hereandnow.org.In the last 30 years, glaciers in the Himalayas have shrunk by as much as 20 percent, according to the latest research.The International...

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North Pole reindeer in danger of extinction

Without his reindeer, Santa's sleigh would be stuck in park tonight.There's a very real possibility, however, that the world's reindeer population could disappear, says Jeff Flocken, head of U.S....

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As temperatures rise, humans and nature will both have to adapt

 Many scientists think there's no longer a question how much the Earth's temperature will rise, but rather, a question of by how much.Frank Lowenstein, climate adaptation strategy leader for The Nature...

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Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated; Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight

Another Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed in an assassination and Iranian officials are pointing fingers at Israel and perhaps the United States.Gordon Corera, security correspondent for our...

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Valdez, Alaska, turns to outside help to dig out from 10+ foot snow drifts

If you're in the parts of the United States still looking for the first big snow of the season, Alaska would most likely be happy to send you some.Valdez, Alaska, usually the snowiest places in the...

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Too hot to handle? Public schools struggle with controversy

A ban on ethnic studies in Tucson, Ariz., and a resistance to teaching climate change as an accepted body of knowledge in certain school districts around the country raise a broader question.Are their...

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Maldives working to be carbon-neutral by 2020

The tiny Indian Ocean country of the Maldives is working on a very big experiment: It’s aiming to be carbon neutral by the year 2020.The Maldives is ground zero when it comes to climate change. It’s...

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Farmers in Mozambique trying to adapt farming to climate change

Over the past two decades, Mozambique has suffered more than its fair share of weather disasters.The east African nation has seen more devastating cyclones, droughts and floods than any country on the...

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Norway's musk oxen provide warning of climate change consequences

Norway's musk oxen are perfectly adapted to the bitter cold they've typically encountered.Tord Bretten, a park ranger in Dovrefjell, Norway, is looking for the large, furry brown creatures. The oxen...

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Australian scientist proposes importing elephants, rhinos to combat wildfires

Australia's Northern Territory is a vast region that has experienced an unusually high number of wildfires in recent years.One cause is an exotic grass that is a major fuel for fires. Global warming...

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University professor developing environmentally conscious cement

About two tons of concrete are poured for every person in the world — each year.After water, it's the most used material on the planet. But it's also a major source of pollution. Making concrete leads...

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Texas town that's run out of water was shipping it out just weeks before well...

Spicewood Beach, Texas, has been enduring a drought so bad they've had to start trucking in drinking water on a regular basis.Spicewood is the first place in what is a drought-stricken state to deplete...

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Climate change a political hot potato for presidential candidates

If you visit the Mitt Romney for president website, it lists his positions on a range of issues: taxes, trade, healthcare and foreign policy to name a few.But you won’t find his position on climate...

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Thieves try to steal thousands of dollars in glacial ice

A new study finds the world’s glaciers are shedding 150 billion tons of ice annually; melted, that’s enough freshwater to fill Lake Erie eight times over.Climate change is responsible for most of the...

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In Korea, trees planted in Mongolia bring hopes for fewer dust storms

While a downpour pounded Seoul on a recent morning, Kwon Byong Hyon had a different sort of storm on his mind.It was fourteen years earlier, on the day he first landed in Beijing, as Korea’s ambassador...

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