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A Nobel-winning U.N. panel of scientists released their highly-anticipated report on climate change Saturday, urging the world to adapt specific policies in order to avoid worst-case scenarios from developing
HEADLINE: New climate report urges global cooperation
CAPTION: A Nobel-winning U.N. panel of scientists released their highly-anticipated report on climate change Saturday, urging the world to adapt specific policies in order to avoid...
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Melting glaciers hit Bolivia's poorest
El Alto - recent (2008)
1. Wideshot from "El Alto" to (city above La Paz) La Paz
2. Various of family at communal tap filling buckets of water
3. Elsa Navidad and daughter walking back into hut
4. Various of mother using boiling water...
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USA: GALILEO SPACECRAFT MISSION UPDATE
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The unmanned Galileo spacecraft fired its engines Thursday to correct its collision course with Jupiter.
The course change came two weeks after Galileo released a probe intended to study the planet's atmosphere.
The probe is...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave opening remarks on the challenge of global warming at a hearing of the Science and Technology Committee Thursday.
HEADLINE: Pelosi takes on global warming
CAPTION: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave opening remarks on the challenge of global warming at a hearing of the Science and Technology Committee Thursday. (Feb. 8)
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Preview to start of climate science conference
Copenhagen, 9 March 2009
1. Various of Copenhagen city centre
2. Various of people cycling along street
3. Venue of climate conference
4. Various of sign welcoming scientists to conference
5. Courtyard outside Prof Katherine...
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Danish scientists are linking cosmic battles with the global climate change
HEADLINE: Debate over climate change heats up
CAPTION: There is a general consensus that mankind is largely to blame for rising temperatures, but scientists now think they have discovered another factor. (April 2)
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US and South Korea on a mission to fight pollution
LEAD IN:Scientists from South Korea and the United States are joining forces to look at ways of improving air quality around the world. Next week (May 2) they'll embark on a scientific mission that will collect air samples from different...
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Global carbon pollution rises, with most increase in China
Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn't go up at all, scientists reported on Monday.
Preliminary figures project that worldwide carbon dioxide emissions...
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UN Climate chief defends scientists over glaciers mistake
1. Wide of news conference
2. Close up of camera
3. Cutaway of media
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:
"It''s important to bear in mind that the...
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World's largest solar boat completes climate mission
The world's largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine in Paris, after completing a three-month voyage across the North Atlantic.
The voyage was part of a study of how the Gulf Stream is influencing climate...
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Campaigning groups comment on G8 declaration
Kuehlungsborn - 7 June 2007
1. Wide exterior of building
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Daniel Mittler, Chair and Climate Policy expert, Greenpeace International
"The G8 (Group of Eight) leaders have failed to do what is necessary which is to...
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NASA launches rocket to moon for atmosphere study
NASA's newest robotic explorer, the LADEE spacecraft, rocketed into space late on Friday in an unprecedented launch from Virginia on a mission to study the lunar atmosphere and dust.
LADEE soared into the night sky aboard an unmanned...
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4:3 Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated as cyclone sweeps through the Bay of Bengal
Indian authorities were evacuating hundreds of thousands of people on Saturday as a powerful cyclone swept through the Bay of Bengal and headed toward the country's east coast.
Officials were stockpiling emergency supplies and rescue...
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USA: NASA RELEASE LATEST IMAGES OF HOLE IN OZONE OVER THE ANTARCTIC
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NASA scientists in the United States have released the latest images of the hole in the ozone over the Antarctic.
The images show that during 1996 the hole covered an area the size of North America - similar to that of...
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Why rock rabbits might hold the key to climate change
Cape Town, South Africa - 31 July 2009
1. Wide tracking shot of the mountain
2. Medium shot of researchers in cable car
3. Mid shot of Dr Chase looking at rock hyrax
4. Mid shot of rock hyrax on mountain ledge
5. Over the shoulder shot...
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USA: HURRICANE SEASON PLANNING
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It's going to be a busy season for hurricanes.
That's from scientists at the U-S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who are giving their first season-opening outlook.
Hurricanes are the deadliest and costliest of...
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Techies Rally Against Donald Trump in Palo Alto
A group of so-called "techies" demonstrated their disdain for President Trump at a rally on "Pi Day," a day celebrating science on 3-14, the number in math representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.The...
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US Doomsday apocalypse clock moves forward
The Doomsday Clock was moved 30 seconds closer to midnight on Thursday, as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said reckless language over nuclear weapons and a growing disregard of scientific expertise on climate change put humanity...
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Jordan warned it is getting hotter and drier than anticipated
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Studies suggest parched Jordan is being hit hard by climate change, getting hotter and drier than previously anticipated.
In the world's most water-poor region, warning signs abound of what a failure...
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Jordan warned it is getting hotter and drier than anticipated
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Studies suggest parched Jordan is being hit hard by climate change, getting hotter and drier than previously anticipated.
In the world's most water-poor region, warning signs abound of what a failure...
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45 year long study tracks effects of climate change
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Ecologists in Colorado have been counting 4 million flowers and tracking 120 species of plants over the last 45 years.
Their data is now providing valuable insight into the effects of climate change....
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MEXICO: POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SMOG IN MEXICO CITY CAUSES HEATED DEBATE
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A new study suggests Mexico City's notorious smog may be caused by gas used for cooking and heating, not car and factory emissions.
The report from the University of California is raising a heated debate amongst prominent...
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NASA launches robotic explorer to Mars to study planet's upper atmosphere
NASA's newest robotic explorer, Maven, rocketed toward Mars on Monday on a quest to unravel the ancient mystery of the red planet's radical climate change.
The Maven spacecraft is due at Mars next Autumn following a journey of more than...
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WHO Rep, EU Environment Commissioner speak at Climate Change meeting
1. Wide of exterior of EU building where meeting is being held
2. Wide of interior of meeting room
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bettina Menne, World Health Organisation delegate and one of the report authors:
"First of all I think the IPCC...