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World news about “global warming” published by euronews.

  • Chasing Ice

    Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski’s new documentary “Chasing Ice” shows the edge of the massive Ilulissat glacier in Greenland collapsing — or “calving” — and violently… 20/11/2012

  • Spanish firefighters battle persistent forest fires – nocomment

    Fires in the Leon region of Spain continued to burn fiercely overnight on Tuesday (August 21) as a group of fire-fighters were surrounded by the blaze. The… 22/08/2012

  • EU’s global warming battle takes to the skies

    The European Union may be risking a trade war over plans to charge all airlines for their CO2 emissions that have doubled in the past 20 years. China is… 05/07/2012

  • Greenland’s water mystery

    “Definitely, the glaciers in Greenland are retreating,” that’s the view of Bo Vinther, Glaciologist, Centre for Ice and Climate, University of Copenhagen… 28/06/2012

  • Heatwave hits New York as summer starts – nocomment

    The first day of summer was met with the first heat wave of the season in the north-east US, with temperatures reaching 92 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees… 22/06/2012

  • Meryl Streep narrates polar bear documentary

    Double Oscar-nominated director Greg MacGillivray’s ‘To The Arctic’ documents the struggle for survival for polar bears, amid rising temperatures and a… 24/04/2012

  • A life underwater

    Jo Harmelin started diving in 1956. As a scientist he has noticed how the Mediterranean sea has evolved and he remains optimistic.    “Hello I’m Jo Harmelin… 07/04/2011

  • Heat stroke in wetlands

    Fabrizio Sergio is a Biological Researcher at the Donana National Park in Spain.     “I’m Fabrizio Sergio. I’m a researcher at a biological station in Donana… 07/04/2011

  • Climb-it change: a mountaineer’s tale

    Simon Yates, Mountaineer ‘‘I started climbing when I was 14, and the last 25 years I’ve been climbing mountains uninterruptedly. “I’ve been to India, to… 29/03/2011

  • ‘Be keen on Green’

    ‘Be keen on green’ is the message being taught in homes and schools around the world as the health of the planet becomes an ever greater concern. Schools and… 18/03/2011

  • Satellites, swamps and solutions

    Wetlands, marshes and mangrove forests might seem simple expanses of muddy water, but are really complex eco-systems teeming with life. But the demands of… 16/02/2011

  • Global warming: the big picture

    Our planet is warming up. But to what degree will the climate change in the future? In order to find out, scientists are focussing on 50 so-called Essential… 26/11/2010

  • Bangladesh still waiting for climate relief

    The road from the Copenhagen to Cancun climate talks later this month has been a long and potholed one. Money promised for the most vulnerable countries like… 19/11/2010

  • BONUS: Trisha Kehaulani Watson

    Here are some more thoughts from Trisha Kehaulani Watson. 22/07/2010

  • Hurting Hawaii – the pain in Paradise

    “Every time the stream was high, above-my- head-high, my grandfather used to bring me here because it was so novel. He’d say: “Lets’ go and look at the… 22/07/2010

  • Bonus: Eric Charamel

    Here are some more thoughts from Alpine guide, Eric Charamel 09/07/2010

  • High level climate change in the Alps

    Eric Charamel, Alpine mountain guide “We’re at the foot of the Grand Motte glacier. The glacier itself is above the really white area up there where the… 09/07/2010

  • Talk Planet – The Concept

    In Talk Planet we hear about climate change from those who are witnessing its effects first hand. Our interviewees might not be climate scientists, but that… 01/07/2010

  • Talk Planet promo

    As the globe warms up, Talk Planet hears how millions of people are coping with the change. Those who rely on the oceans, the mountains and lowland terrain… 01/07/2010

  • Biofuels: The Cellulose Barrier

    In congested, polluted central London they are researching the possibilities of making biofuels from trees. They hope that soon, the poplar will become a… 30/06/2010

  • The Earth is hot, and getting hotter

    2012 was one of the 10 warmest years since 1880, according to US scientists. NASA researchers said it was the ninth warmest year while experts from another… 16/01/2013

  • Western Antartica melting faster than thought

    Western Antarctica is warming almost twice as fast as previously believed. Figures show temperatures in the area have risen by an average 2.4 celsius since… 24/12/2012

  • It’s hotter than ever hears climate change talks

    Arctic ice is melting at an, “alarming rate”. That’s at the core of a report by the World Meteorological Organisation. Its findings were presented to the… 28/11/2012

  • City-sized iceberg breaks from Greenland glacier

    An iceberg said to be twice the size of Manhattan has broken free from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. NASA satellite images have helped scientists to… 19/07/2012

  • Prince backs carbon ‘survival’ policies

    To stiffen European resolve in grappling with climate change, the heir to the British throne has been attending the Low Carbon summit, in Brussels. Speaking… 09/02/2011

  • Cancun summit: no climate of change

    The world climate summit in Cancun ends with the debate far from over. Jo Leinen has followed it closely in Mexico, as head of the European Parliament’s… 10/12/2010

  • EU climate commissioner says donors need to prove good faith

    Adrian Lancashire, euronews: Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, the UN conference has got under way in Mexico today… You said last week the… 29/11/2010

  • UN climate talks begin in Cancun

    The opening ceremony was stirring but the prospects for progress are stark. A new round of UN climate talks has begun in Mexico with almost 200 nations… 29/11/2010

  • Extreme weather-climate warming links not proven

    Natural disasters have blanketed the world’s news media in recent weeks, with their incalculable impact on the people in several countries. In Pakistan… 10/08/2010

  • Giant ice-sheet breaks from Greenland glacier

    An iceberg almost four times times the size of Manhattan island has broken off the Petermann Glacier in Northern Greenland. Scientists are carefully… 08/08/2010

  • Mountain blanket protects French glacial ice

    A French mountain is being covered by a giant white blanket. The aim is to stop the glacier at one of Europe’s most famous ski resorts from melting. Even… 23/07/2010

  • Lighten up: car makers work on weight loss

    Car makers are getting to grips with ways of meeting the European Union’s directive on CO2 emissions. One way to meet the new target may be to make vehicles… 29/06/2010

  • ‘Carbon future: ‘peak oil?‘

    In the past few years, petrol price increases have so angered consumers, such as truckers and fishermen, that they blockaded petroleum refineries — in Britain… 24/06/2010

  • Hedegaard insists EU still leading climate efforts

    The latest UN summit on climate change, held in Bonn, Germany, produced no grounbreaking results. Euronews asked the EU’s Commission for climate matters… 24/06/2010

  • Carbon future: agreement hurdles are global

    The latest giant United Nations meeting on climate change failed to get closer to a binding international deal to limit carbon pollution, leaving a great many… 24/06/2010

  • Interview with Franny Armstrong

    Independent film maker and climate activist Franny Armstrong, whose most recent documentary is called The Age of Stupid, about climate change, is also at the… 24/06/2010

  • Agriculture vs global warming

    All the economic sectors of the EU are engaged in the bloc’s goal to reduce carbon emissions by 20% by the year 2020. What role can agriculture play in… 11/05/2010

  • Meat-less McCartney campaigns for climate

    Vegetarian superstar Sir Paul McCartney has repeated his call for everyone to cut back on eating meat to fight global warming. Sir Paul told the European… 03/12/2009

  • British MPs hear cold facts about global warming

    As British politicians returned to parliament after the summer break there was a stark message on climate change from without and within Westminster. The… 12/10/2009

  • The landmark ‘lights-out’ to highlight climate change

    The most famous landmarks in the world have been plunged into darkness, to throw the spotlight on climate change. “Earth Hour” began two years ago as a sole… 29/03/2009

  • Lights go out in worldwide switch off

    People around the globe have been urged to switch off their lights for an hour as part of a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change… 28/03/2009

  • Climate horizon ‘worse’?

    The European Commission has warned that the effects of global warming may have been underestimated. Brussels said that aviation and shipping must be taken… 28/01/2009

  • Japanese satellite sniffs out greenhouse gas

    The Japanese Space Agency has developed a satellite to help scientists keep a closer eye on the level of gases which contribute to global warming. It is… 21/01/2009

  • Mighty Mites give clues to Antarctic warming

    Scientists in Antarctica are noticing life-changes in microscopic creatures, and they are putting it down to global warming. At only one millimetre across the… 21/01/2009

  • Carbon capture shows promise in Europe

    Bargaining between countries over how to reduce global warming is far from over, but, in the meantime, technical solutions are being explored. Europe is… 09/01/2009


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