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CHILEAN PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF CHINA, ASIA-PACIFIC TO GLOBAL FUTURE
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet highlighted on Tuesday the important role that China and the Asia-Pacific will play in the geopolitical future of the world... READ MORE›
SEBASTIAN PINERA TO FACE ALEJANDRO GUILLER IN RUN-OFF
Chile's presidential election will go to a December run-off vote, after conservative Sebastian Pinera won the first round but fell short of an outright victory... READ MORE›
PINERA TAKES LEAD IN CHILE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is leading the presidential election on Sunday, with 53.05 percent of votes counted, the Electoral Service of Chile Servel said... READ MORE›
PINERA TAKES LEAD IN CHILE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is leading the presidential election on Sunday, with 53.05 percent of votes counted, the Electoral Service of Chile Servel said... READ MORE›
CHILE VOTES IN ELECTION LIKELY TO USHER PINERA BACK TO POWER
The latest opinion poll by the Centro de Estudios Publicos showed Pinera with 44.4 percent support in the first round, more than double any other candidate... READ MORE›
CHILE: OUTGOING LEADER BACHELET LEAVES UNCERTAIN LEGACY
In turbulent Latin America, Chile is admired for its political and economic stability, with low unemployment and inflation even lower... READ MORE›
PINERA HOLDS LEAD IN CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE
A Pinera win would please Chile's business community, which blames outgoing President Michelle Bachelet for sluggish economic growth in the world's top copper exporter... READ MORE›
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EARTH'S OCEANS ARE WARMING 13% FASTER THAN THOUGHT, AND ACCELERATING
Over 90 percent of the extra heat ends up in the ocean and hence perhaps the most important measurements of global warming are made in the oceans... READ MORE›
'NO CORPORATION HAS EVER DONE ANYTHING THIS BIG OR BAD'
Greenhouse gases are rising due to the burning of fossil fuels, a key Exxon researcher told an audience of engineers at a conference in 1991... READ MORE›
NEW STUDY CONFIRMS THE OCEANS ARE WARMING RAPIDLY
The most important measurement of global warming is in the oceans... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC SEA ICE SHRINKS TO SMALLEST EVER EXTENT
People sceptical of mainstream findings by climate scientists have often pointed to Antarctic sea ice as evidence against global warming... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS SHATTERED AS CLIMATE CHANGE 'PLAYS OUT BEFORE US'
Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international 'state of the climate' report finds... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN HAILED AS US'S STRONGEST EVER CLIMATE ACTION
The final rules propose a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030 on 2005 levels, up from the initial proposal of 30 percent ... READ MORE›
MARINE FOOD CHAINS AT RISK OF COLLAPSE, EXTENSIVE STUDY OF WORLD'S OCEANS FINDS
Meanwhile, warming of the oceans is causing water to thermally expand, fuelling sea level rises caused by melting land ice... READ MORE›
STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN
In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE›
'WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ON THIS SCALE'
About 42 percent of the forest fires are in plantation forests, which are like matchboxes, said Mary Kalin Arroyo of the University of Chile... READ MORE›
MARCH TEMPERATURE SMASHES 100-YEAR GLOBAL RECORD
This means that there is a high risk of record global temperatures over the next few months, Scaife said... READ MORE›
'THE ATMOSPHERE IS BEING RADICALIZED' BY CLIMATE CHANGE
Its record-breaking rainfall and storm surge caused historic flooding and destructive winds along the coasts of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia... READ MORE›
CHILE'S BACHELET SENDS GAY MARRIAGE BILL TO CONGRESS
-- Michelle Bachelet mbachelet August 28, 2017 In March, Bachelet, a centre-left politician, pledged to send a full marriage bill to legislators before the end of the year... READ MORE›
WEAK SUN COULD OFFSET SOME GLOBAL WARMING IN EUROPE AND US STUDY
Regional impact of a weaker solar cycle likely to be larger than global effect, with only minimal impact on worldwide temperature rises caused by climate change... READ MORE›
THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD STING REVEALS THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA'S ABORTION BUSINESS
The White House has indicated that Barack Obama will veto any bill to defund Planned Parenthood... READ MORE›
CHILE TAKES STEPS TO LEGALIZE ABORTION IN CERTAIN CASES
Chile is one of only a handful of countries worldwide where abortion is illegal without exception... READ MORE›
U.S. TOP COURT BACKS OBAMACARE, PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S HERE TO STAY
The Obama administration said 16.4 million previously uninsured people have gained health insurance since the law was enacted... READ MORE›
OBAMA DEFENDS ARCTIC DRILLING DECISION ON EVE OF ALASKA CLIMATE CHANGE TRIP
Obama in his weekly address on Saturday insisted there was no clash between his climate change agenda and Arctic drilling... READ MORE›
CHILE PROPOSES TO END ABORTION BAN
Related Stories Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced plans to end a total ban on abortions in the predominantly Roman Catholic country... READ MORE›
14 OF THE 15 HOTTEST YEARS ON RECORD HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2000 UN SAYS
The WMO said it was notable that 2014's record temperatures occurred without a fully-developed El Ni o event... READ MORE›
CHILE FLOODS LEAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT DRINKING WATER IN SANTIAGO
Emergency teams are working on the ground to connect with isolated persons and re-establish the water supply wherever possible, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet wrote on Twitter... READ MORE›
HOTTEST EVER JUNE MARKS 14TH MONTH OF RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES
Nasa's Walt Meir said the global temperatures have been exacerbated by extreme temperatures over the Arctic... READ MORE›
AFRICAN COURT CONVICTS CAPTAIN OF RENEGADE SHIP IN ILLEGAL FISHING CASE
Prosecutors from Sao Tome and Principe and Sea Shepherd officials speculated that the Thunder's captain had sunk the ship on purpose to dispose of evidence... READ MORE›
STORM AND DROUGHT: WHAT EUROPE HAS TO FEAR FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
But climate change could transform this landscape and erase the cultivation of Andalucian olives... READ MORE›
CHILEAN TV STAR WANTS TO SHAKE UP POLITICS, BUT DON'T CALL HIM CHILE'S TRUMP
First-term senator Alejandro Guillier seems to be enjoying a Trump-like political ascent, but his policies have more in common with the center-left... READ MORE›
IS IT OK FOR SCIENTISTS TO WEEP OVER CLIMATE CHANGE?
As the professor spoke about the future of the oceans for Radio 4's World Tonight I noticed the tears in her eyes... READ MORE›
POPE TO URGE SWIFT ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
Pope Francis will call for swift action to protect the Earth and fight global warming according to a leaked draft of the pontiff's encyclical... READ MORE›
NATIONS STRIKE HISTORIC DEAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
It seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels through the year 2100... READ MORE›
CHILE MOVES TO EASE STRICT ABORTION LAWS
Against abortion pill Chilean conservatives have rallied against the abortion bill ever since Bachelet introduced it in January 2015... READ MORE›
HOW OUR MEGACITIES WILL 'SLIP UNDER THE WAVES' WITH TWO DEGREE RISE IN TEMPERATURES
A 2 C 3.6 Fahrenheit spike in Earth's temperature would submerge land currently occupied by 280 million people, while an increase of 4 C 7.2 F... READ MORE›
CLIMATE STANCE OF AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS 'DISTURBING' US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHIEF
A senior US government official has decried a disturbing rejection of climate science by Australian politicians... READ MORE›