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Climate change turning seas acid

June 1, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Climate change is turning the oceans more acid in a trend that could endanger everything from clams to coral and be irreversible for thousands of years, national science academies said on Monday. Seventy academies from around the world urged governments meeting in Bonn for climate talks from June 1-12 to take more account of risks to the oceans in a new U.N

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U.S. says rich nations likely to miss carbon targets, but may come close.

May 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

At a meeting in Oslow, the top U.S. climate envoy said rich nations as a group are unlikely to reach the deep 2020 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions urged by developing nations as part of a new U.N. climate treaty

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