Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2396 Climate Change en-us Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:58:04 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2396 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/sc_afp/indonesiausunenvironmentdeforestation afp/20070901/indonesiausunenvironmentdeforestation Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:58:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/sc_afp/indonesiausunenvironmentdeforestation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pyb67.010907065759.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=xBG3HssUFmk7Ym4gbm1G1A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prays during a ceremony in Jakarta, on 17 Aug. By President&#39;s initiative, Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world&#39;s tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world&#39;s tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns, a senior official said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/sc_afp/indonesiausunenvironmentdeforestation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pyb67.010907065759.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=xBG3HssUFmk7Ym4gbm1G1A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prays during a ceremony in Jakarta, on 17 Aug. By President&#39;s initiative, Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world&#39;s tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_re_eu/norway_green_africa ap/20070901/norway_green_africa Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:25:42 GMT AP - Climate change could worsen Africa's struggle to feed itself, but simple steps &#151; a cistern to catch rainwater, a solar panel, or hardier seeds for crops &#151; could help the continent's subsistence farms, specialists and activists said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/ts_nm/climate_dc nm/20070831/climate_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:26:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/ts_nm/climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t162356_450x290_us_climate.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=FXt5uRtOMmEIx9vWztNdlg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An iceberg in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland, August 16, 2007. Industrial nations agreed to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Industrial nations agreed on Friday to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a small step towards a new long-term pact to fight climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/ts_nm/climate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t162356_450x290_us_climate.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=FXt5uRtOMmEIx9vWztNdlg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="An iceberg in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland, August 16, 2007. Industrial nations agreed to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingend afp/20070831/unclimatewarmingend Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:16:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwp33.310807201556.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=dbH9HUwb46DOk7uRmjOrlw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN&#39;s Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Parties to the UN&#39;s Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwp33.310807201556.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=dbH9HUwb46DOk7uRmjOrlw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN&#39;s Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_eu/un_climate_conference ap/20070831/un_climate_conference Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:48:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_eu/un_climate_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pyb55.010907065649.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=FV7GkKxsGXDu62NJYQSHRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prays during a ceremony in Jakarta, on 17 Aug. By President&#39;s initiative, Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world&#39;s tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AP - Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement Friday on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world's biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_eu/un_climate_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pyb55.010907065649.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=FV7GkKxsGXDu62NJYQSHRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prays during a ceremony in Jakarta, on 17 Aug. By President&#39;s initiative, Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world&#39;s tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarming afp/20070831/unclimatewarming Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:11:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pvj19.310807170005.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=7ChdSj_eXLwDzFwLTTvM1w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN&#39;s Kyoto Protocol struggled here Friday to reach even a broad agreement on future cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions that are driving dangerous climate change.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Parties to the UN&#39;s Kyoto Protocol struggled here Friday to reach even a broad agreement on future cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions that are driving dangerous climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/unclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pvj19.310807170005.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=7ChdSj_eXLwDzFwLTTvM1w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN&#39;s Kyoto Protocol struggled here Friday to reach even a broad agreement on future cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions that are driving dangerous climate change.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife afp/20070831/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:23:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pux28.310807161314.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=9O1xi4YkKE9t7SGoT0_XDg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This 23 August 2007 photo shows a view of the Esmark glacier on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The glacier has shrunk by 3.5 Kms since 1966 though researchers are unable to say whether the change is due to global warming or the glacier&#39;s normal cycle.(AFP/File/Pierre-Henry Deshayes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Svalbard archipelago near the North Pole is already seeing the dramatic effects of global warming: the mercury is rising twice as fast as elsewhere on the planet, posing a serious threat to the ecosystem.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/norwayarcticwarmingenvironmentwildlife"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pux28.310807161314.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=9O1xi4YkKE9t7SGoT0_XDg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="This 23 August 2007 photo shows a view of the Esmark glacier on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The glacier has shrunk by 3.5 Kms since 1966 though researchers are unable to say whether the change is due to global warming or the glacier&#39;s normal cycle.(AFP/File/Pierre-Henry Deshayes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/japangermanyclimate afp/20070831/japangermanyclimate Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:17:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/japangermanyclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pux00.310807161211.photo00.photo.default-360x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=VNk9a23m_dCct_6pDWR69g--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at a symposium in the ancient capital of Kyoto in western Japan. Merkel called Friday for China and other emerging economies to set clear targets on reducing carbon emissions to stop global warming.(AFP/POOL/Yuriko Nakao)" border="0" /></a>AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Friday for China and other emerging economies to set clear targets on reducing carbon emissions to stop global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/japangermanyclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pux00.310807161211.photo00.photo.default-360x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=VNk9a23m_dCct_6pDWR69g--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at a symposium in the ancient capital of Kyoto in western Japan. Merkel called Friday for China and other emerging economies to set clear targets on reducing carbon emissions to stop global warming.(AFP/POOL/Yuriko Nakao)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/sc_nm/food_dc nm/20070831/food_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:04:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/sc_nm/food_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t151211_450x301_us_food.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=6sCnC_rmlgIXTlGGaMeE4Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Laborers water the soil for planting trees during a sandstorm in northwest China's Gansu province, April 12, 2007. Spreading deserts and degradation of farm land due to climate change will pose a serious threat to food supplies for the world's surging population in coming years, a senior United Nations scientist warned on Friday. (Ge Gong/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Spreading deserts and degradation of farm land due to climate change will pose a serious threat to food supplies for the world&#39;s surging population in coming years, a senior United Nations scientist warned on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/sc_nm/food_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t151211_450x301_us_food.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=6sCnC_rmlgIXTlGGaMeE4Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Laborers water the soil for planting trees during a sandstorm in northwest China's Gansu province, April 12, 2007. Spreading deserts and degradation of farm land due to climate change will pose a serious threat to food supplies for the world's surging population in coming years, a senior United Nations scientist warned on Friday. (Ge Gong/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/indiaclimatewarmingusgore afp/20070831/indiaclimatewarmingusgore Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:32:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/indiaclimatewarmingusgore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.ppo21.310807072827.photo00.photo.default-413x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=JxCoGQRAoQtQ_YZ_.H0aGg--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Former US vice president Al Gore leaves the ballroom after speaking at a forum in Singapore, on 07 Aug. Three thousand Indian tribal chiefs in one of the world&#39;s wettest regions have invited Gore to pick up an award for creating awareness about climate change.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Three thousand Indian tribal chiefs in one of the world&#39;s wettest regions have invited ex-US vice president Al Gore to pick up an award for creating awareness about climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/sc_afp/indiaclimatewarmingusgore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.ppo21.310807072827.photo00.photo.default-413x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=JxCoGQRAoQtQ_YZ_.H0aGg--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="Former US vice president Al Gore leaves the ballroom after speaking at a forum in Singapore, on 07 Aug. Three thousand Indian tribal chiefs in one of the world&#39;s wettest regions have invited Gore to pick up an award for creating awareness about climate change.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/japangermanyclimatewarming afp/20070831/japangermanyclimatewarming Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:20:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/japangermanyclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pto53.310807140917.photo00.photo.default-360x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=23boUd91hOEIa33W7Y.Pow--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at a symposium in the ancient capital of Kyoto in western Japan. Merkel called Friday for China and other emerging economies to set clear targets on reducing carbon emissions to stop global warming.(AFP/POOL/Yuriko Nakao)" border="0" /></a>AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday headed to Kyoto to mark 10 years since the landmark treaty on fighting global warming was reached in the ancient Japanese city.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/japangermanyclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pto53.310807140917.photo00.photo.default-360x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=23boUd91hOEIa33W7Y.Pow--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at a symposium in the ancient capital of Kyoto in western Japan. Merkel called Friday for China and other emerging economies to set clear targets on reducing carbon emissions to stop global warming.(AFP/POOL/Yuriko Nakao)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_sc/storms_climate_change ap/20070830/storms_climate_change Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:58:51 GMT AP - As the world warms, the United States will face more severe thunderstorms with deadly lightning, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes, a trailblazing study by NASA scientists suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070830/sc_livescience/globalwarmingmightspurearthquakesandvolcanoes livescience/20070830/globalwarmingmightspurearthquakesandvolcanoes Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:40:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070830/sc_livescience/globalwarmingmightspurearthquakesandvolcanoes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pyb55.010907065649.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=FV7GkKxsGXDu62NJYQSHRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prays during a ceremony in Jakarta, on 17 Aug. By President&#39;s initiative, Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world&#39;s tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070830/sc_livescience/globalwarmingmightspurearthquakesandvolcanoes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pyb55.010907065649.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=FV7GkKxsGXDu62NJYQSHRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prays during a ceremony in Jakarta, on 17 Aug. By President&#39;s initiative, Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world&#39;s tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/climate_population_dc nm/20070830/climate_population_dc Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:27:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/climate_population_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t083257_310x450_us_climate_population.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=LMnnWA3I2Ppt6mD0IKHsAA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="A boy looks at the portrait of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing October 16, 2006. China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/climate_population_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t083257_310x450_us_climate_population.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=LMnnWA3I2Ppt6mD0IKHsAA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="A boy looks at the portrait of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing October 16, 2006. China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/climate_population_correction_dc nm/20070830/climate_population_correction_dc Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:16:45 GMT Reuters - China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_re_as/india_gore ap/20070830/india_gore Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:18:14 GMT AP - Tribal kings and chieftains in a remote corner of India that is one of the rainiest places on Earth chose former Vice President Al Gore for their first "global award" for bringing attention to the dangers of climate change. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/sc_nm/climate_soils_dc nm/20070830/climate_soils_dc Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:12:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/sc_nm/climate_soils_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t150927_450x301_us_climate_soils.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=9MmDaETRVtSPOnUGmYJkMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A farmer runs her hand through dry dirt in a wheat field near Griffith, 400km (249miles) north of Melbourne, August 22, 2007. World food demand will surge this century with a leap in population, highlighting a need to protect soils under strain from climate change, experts said on Thursday. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - World food demand will surge this century with a leap in population, highlighting a need to protect soils under strain from climate change, experts said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/sc_nm/climate_soils_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t150927_450x301_us_climate_soils.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=9MmDaETRVtSPOnUGmYJkMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A farmer runs her hand through dry dirt in a wheat field near Griffith, 400km (249miles) north of Melbourne, August 22, 2007. World food demand will surge this century with a leap in population, highlighting a need to protect soils under strain from climate change, experts said on Thursday. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/chinaclimatewarming afp/20070830/chinaclimatewarming Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:52:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/chinaclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.plp39.300807173705.photo00.photo.default-512x336.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=feWvQWgQZ6t9T9pxaa4n1A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A sand barge makes its way past residential buildings in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in 2003. Over 1,100 square kilometres (440 square miles) of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising sea-levels by 2050 due to global warming, state press said Thursday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Over 1,100 square kilometres (440 square miles) of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising sea-levels by 2050 due to global warming, state press said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/chinaclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.plp39.300807173705.photo00.photo.default-512x336.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=feWvQWgQZ6t9T9pxaa4n1A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A sand barge makes its way past residential buildings in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in 2003. Over 1,100 square kilometres (440 square miles) of land in economically booming southern China will be inundated by rising sea-levels by 2050 due to global warming, state press said Thursday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/usclimatewarming afp/20070830/usclimatewarming Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:46:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/usclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.plo66.300807173408.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=n4Ii_avZCuIKzvz4GL1FzQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This NOAA color enhanced satellite image shows Tropical Depression Dean on 23 August 2007. Violent storms and tornadoes may become more common as the earth&#39;s climate warms, a study by NASA scientists showed Thursday.(AFP/NOAA/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Violent storms and tornadoes may become more common as the earth&#39;s climate warms, a study by NASA scientists showed Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/usclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.plo66.300807173408.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=n4Ii_avZCuIKzvz4GL1FzQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This NOAA color enhanced satellite image shows Tropical Depression Dean on 23 August 2007. Violent storms and tornadoes may become more common as the earth&#39;s climate warms, a study by NASA scientists showed Thursday.(AFP/NOAA/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/japangermanyusclimate afp/20070830/japangermanyusclimate Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:42:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/japangermanyusclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.plo23.300807173146.photo00.photo.default-399x512.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=XGIqH.z13hNc0sjlDBqs_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a symposium in Toyko. The United States has become more involved in the fight against global warming since Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans two years ago, Merkel said Thursday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States has become more involved in the fight against global warming since Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans two years ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/sc_afp/japangermanyusclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.plo23.300807173146.photo00.photo.default-399x512.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=XGIqH.z13hNc0sjlDBqs_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="photo" title="German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a symposium in Toyko. The United States has become more involved in the fight against global warming since Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans two years ago, Merkel said Thursday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)