Climate change ‘will affect number of common species’
Without mitigation measures, climate change will reduce the habitats of common flora and fauna by more than half by 2080.
31 May 2013 | ES
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Without mitigation measures, climate change will reduce the habitats of common flora and fauna by more than half by 2080.
31 May 2013 | ES
Helping the world's poorest communities adapt to climate change threats is a major ethical concern as well as a practical one, says a UN body.
30 May 2013 | EN
A fish survey of the coral reefs of East Africa will provide the region with its first data baseline for future conservation work.
Scientists must do more to show policymakers how research can help to minimise the risk of disasters, says a report.
28 May 2013 | EN
Researchers are calling for regulation of groundwater use in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula to prevent a future crisis.
24 May 2013 | EN
The tsunami that hit the Chilean coast in 2010 left behind a ‘natural laboratory’ for studying the impact of sea level rise due to climate change, a study says.
1 May 2013 | ES
The science of community-based adaptation is just emerging, and a new network will aim to share and scale up knowledge.
29 April 2013 | EN
By putting energy efficiency measures, greenhouse gas reduction and territorial organisation in place, Cuba seeks to mitigate climate change.
25 April 2013 | ES
A new ground study confirms a trend in tiny polluting particles rising over India.
18 April 2013 | EN
Climate change will make some parts of Saudi Arabia hotter and drier, with other parts seeing increased surface run-off, say scientists.
9 April 2013 | EN
Food security in Burundi could be improved by new hybrid maize seeds, but only if the seeds are affordable to farmers, say researchers.
9 April 2013 | EN
With a new study predicting temperature increases of three times the global average by 2050, farmers and fishermen could see outputs plunge.
2 April 2013 | EN
Scientists have revealed strong variations between long-term and short-term climate change impacts on agriculture, and local variation.
Cropping systems with sowing dates adapted to climate change will result in increased future crop yields, a study indicates
16 March 2013 | EN
The impact of disease on fish farming could hit food security and damage the economies of many tropical nations, a study reveals.
14 March 2013 | EN
Scientists fear the spread of a devastating coffee pest to new species could threaten food security and livelihoods in East Africa.
12 March 2013 | EN
Datasets relating to national climate change vulnerability in 2010 and predictions for 2030 are now available freely via an online portal.
Combating climate change in India calls for gathering scientific data at the district and village levels, say experts.
7 March 2013 | EN
A review calls for more research on how climate change affects plant diseases in Africa.
6 March 2013 | EN
Seawater expansion and gravitational effects are likely to increase the scale of sea-level rises, says a study.