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From nuclear to coal, power plants turn their turbines by heating and cooling water. When water starts out warm, this gets less efficient. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagalute/5127578547/in/photostream/">Bjoern Schwartz (Flickr)</a>

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Why warmer water will drive up poor people's electric bills

Impacts of energy use on climate change are widely discussed, but what about the other way around?

A new study claims that the cassava root will be able to withstand global climate changes. Photo: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanidov/2996193589/sizes/m/in/photostream/”>shanidov(Flickr)</a>

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Can this climate-proof ‘Rambo root’ ease the pains of global warming?

It’s not easy finding a silver lining in the burgeoning effects of global warming on agriculture, but a new scientific report claims that it might not be all gloom and doom.

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Research Shows Africa's Crops in Danger of Global Warming

Watch out for blanket statements about all of Africa - it's a huge continent and we've recently written quite a bit about sub-Saharan Africa being a potential breadbasket.

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Around 22 percent of the Brazilian Amazon is owned by various Indian tribes. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leoffreitas/1470195542/">leoffreitas (flickr)</a>

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Forest Fight

The fate of the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, hangs in the balance.

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Al Gore and UN Climate Body

The 2007 prize was awarded for extraordinary efforts to build awareness about man-made climate change and measures needed to counteract it.

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The Greening of New York

Plans are underway to create an environmentally sustainable New York City.

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Climate Change and Malaria

The resurgence of malaria in African cities and highland regions has become important in debates about health and climate change.

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Africa Faces Global Warming

African countries need more scientific data to create successful adaptation strategies to climate change.

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Water Scarcity - Real and Virtual Implications

Conservation efforts are required to manage the world's water supply in order to meet rising global demands.

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Our Environment

Interview with Jim Jarvie, Biologist and Mercy Corps' Director of Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resource Management.

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Mountain Communities in Nepal Fear Melting Glaciers

As a result of global warming, many Nepalese are at risk of losing their homes and lives.

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Who Should Foot the Bill on Climate Change?

Debate heats up over whether developing or developed nations should bear the costs.

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Inconvenient Truths

The Cato Institute's Patrick Michaels discusses climate change and questions the effectiveness of proposed policies for the future.

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Creating an E8 to Address Climate Change

Much like the G7 as originally conceived, the E8 would bring together heads of a small number of key countries with the aim of encouraging frank dialogue and clearing logjams.

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Brazil Faces Forecast of Heat and Dust

New climate change models predict a heavy impact from global warming on Brazil's biodiversity, agriculture and health.

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