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WARMING

ENVIRONMENT
Jun 12, 2013
Planet on course for 5 C warming at current rate
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose 1.4 percent to 31.6 gigatons in 2012, setting a record and putting the planet on course for temperature increases well above international climate goals, the International Energy Agency said in a report issued Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 10, 2013
University of Tokyo study warns of increased flood risk due to global warming
The unchecked progress of global warming would increase the risk of flooding at the end of this century in 42 percent of the Earth's land surface, mainly in Asia and Africa, according to a study published Sunday by British science journal Nature Climate Change.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2013
Sunny spin to an oily Earth
Politicians seem to be the last people in the world understanding clean energy or what kind of planet they will bequeath to their grandchildren.
WORLD
May 16, 2013
Fish moving to cooler waters for decades: study
Research shows that fish and other sea life have been heading toward the Earth's poles for more than three decades.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2013
Third option for global disaster and recession
Unfortunately a there is third option regarding the world's fate. It piggybacks civilizational collapse because of global warming with the Mother of Recessions.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2013
CO₂ forecast to boost flood risks
The risk of river flooding might grow fourfold by the end of the century if global warming reaches its maximum estimate, according to a government report summarizing a study on the impact of climate change on Japan.
EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 2013
Beware the hockey stick
Findings from a new study suggest that average temperatures on Earth are likely to surpass levels not seen since the beginning of the last ice age.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2013
Nonsensical doomsday scenario for the West
The world's center of economic gravity may have shifted to Asia, but it'll take more than China to eat Westerners' lunch. A coherent bloc is not there.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2013
Ground conditions favor a conservative revival
The agenda of Barack Obama, whose approval rating scores lower than that of the National Rifle Association, will stimulate a conservative revival.
JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 20, 2008
Consensus elusive ahead of climate meet
Time is running out for Japanese diplomacy — and possibly for the future of the Earth, too.

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