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Concentrations of Earth-warming greenhouse gases hit record high in 2014

Geneva - Arab Today

Concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new high in 2014, the UN said Monday, calling for urgent action to rein in climate change. "Every year we report a new record in greenhouse gas concentrations. Every year we say that the time is running out. We have to act now to slash greenhouse gas

Megacities hit hard by surging sea levels even at 2C rise

Paris - Arab Today

Large swathes of Shanghai, Mumbai, New York and other cities will slip under the waves even if an upcoming climate summit limits global warming to two degrees Celsius, scientists reported Sunday. 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) -- humanity's current

Strong 6.8-magnitude quake rocks Chile

Santiago - Arab Today

A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday but there was no tsunami alert, seismologists said. The quake hit the central Coquimbo region at a depth of 36 kilometers (22 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue an alert.

UN fund approves its first climate aid for poor nations

Paris - Arab Today

The UN's Green Climate Fund has approved its first financing of projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three weeks before a summit opens in Paris to ink a climate rescue pact. Finance is a divisive issue for rich and developing nations negotiating a global agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, and conference host France has said firm money

China, France agree on need for compliance checks on climate deal

Beijing - Arab Today

China and France agreed that a deal to tackle climate change expected to be negotiated in Paris should include checks on whether countries were complying with their commitments, they said in a joint statement Monday. Each signatory's progress should be reviewed every five years, said the statement, issued as visiting President Francois Hollande met his counterpart Xi Jinping, to "reinforce

UN: Climate pledges keep door open to warming under 2C

Berlin - Arab Today

Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations for a universal climate rescue pact leave the "door open" to capping global warming below the danger threshold, the United Nations said Friday. But even if these 10-to-15 year plans are fulfilled, humanity will have used up three-quarters of its carbon "budget" by 2030 and must slash greenhouse gas output even more to avoid devastating

Discovery of oxygen on comet 'big surprise'

Paris - Arab TodayStunned scientists announced Wednesday the unexpected discovery of large quantities of oxygen on a comet which streaked past the Sun in August with a European spacecraft in tow. The find came as a "big surprise", and challenges mainstre

Stunned scientists announced Wednesday the unexpected discovery of large quantities of oxygen on a comet which streaked past the Sun in August with a European spacecraft in tow. The find came as a "big surprise", and challenges mainstream theories on the formation of our Solar System, said scientist Andre Bieler of the University of Michigan.

VW skids into red in wake of pollution scandal

Frankfurt - Arab Today

German auto giant Volkswagen said Wednesday that the global pollution-cheating scam it is currently embroiled in pushed it deeply into the red in the third quarter and would hurt earnings for the whole of 2015. VW said in a statement that it booked a net loss of 1.673 billion euros ($1.85 billion) in the period from July to September, compared

France: Obama, Xi, Modi among 80 leaders for Paris climate summit

Paris - Arab Today

At least 80 world leaders, including Barack Obama, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, will attend a summit due to ink a global climate pact in Paris in December, France's foreign minister said Tuesday. For the opening day on November 30, "we have already received 80 confirmations, including from the presidents of the United States and China, and the Indian prime

7.5 magnitude quake rocks South Asia, epicentre in north Afghanistan

Kabul - Arab Today

A powerful 7.5 magnitude quake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region Monday and was felt throughout much of South Asia. The US Geological Survey put the epicentre near Jarm in the country's northeast, 250 kilometres (160 miles) from the capital Kabul and at a depth of 213.5 km. It previously estimated the magnitude at 7.7. The quake, which lasted at least

Strong quake felt in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan

New Delhi - Arab Today

Tremors were also felt as far away as Islamabad in Pakistan and the Afghan capital Kabul, but not in neighbouring Nepal which was hit by a major quake in April. Hundreds of people raced from buildings onto the streets in Delhi while the quake was also felt in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, according to an AFP reporter.

Patricia weakens to tropical storm over Mexico

Mexico City - Arab Today

Patricia weakened to a tropical storm over north-central Mexico on Saturday, US forecasters said, one day after it became the strongest hurricane on record. The storm packed maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour and continued to produce heavy rain as it churned some 55 kilometers northeast of Zacatecas, the US National Hurricane Center said.

Mexico leader: Hurricane Patricia causes less damage than feared so far

Mexico City - Arab Today

Hurricane Patricia caused less damage than feared so far after making landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast, President Enrique Pena Nieto said, warning that it still posed a threat. "With the information available up to now and taking into account that the (weather) phenomenon is ongoing, the first reports confirm that the damages have been smaller than those corresponding to a

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Paris - Arab TodayStunned scientists announced Wednesday the unexpected discovery of large quantities of oxygen on a comet which streaked past the Sun in August with a European spacecraft in tow. The find came as a "big surprise", and challenges mainstre

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