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Climate Change Means Wildfire Seasons May Continue: Professor

The drought-plagued western U.S. has had more than its share of fires this year – but this may not be the last year that the nation sees so many wildfires gone wild. A Yale University professor looking back over the …

Lloyd’s: Drought Caused Subsidence Costliest Natural Hazard in Parts of Europe

An article on the Lloyd’s web site notes that “news reports on climate change have focused on dire predictions of more hurricanes and increasing flooding due to rising sea levels. But subsidence caused by drought, which has already become a …

West, Russia Divided on U.N. Security Council Climate Role

Western nations clashed with Russia and developing countries Wednesday over whether climate change was a security matter meriting the attention of the Security Council, the most powerful U.N. body. Diplomats said Russia initially blocked the adoption of a statement on …