Australian Pleistocene megafauna mass extinction - thylacoleo carnifex

Climate Change Caused Australian Megafauna Extinction, Not Aboriginal Humans

By Ashik Siddique | May 06, 2013 11:58 PM EDT

New analysis suggests that Australian megafauna were wiped out by climate change in the late Pleistocene era; Aboriginal human activity was not the primary cause of the massive animal extinction.

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Could Climate Change Mean Worse Flu Outbreaks?

By Makini Brice | Feb 05, 2013 07:16 PM EST

Though the worst of flu season seems to have already passed, this season was already much harsher one than the one from last year.

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Overpopulation, Climate Change, Nighttime Is Turning Lobsters Into Cannibals

By Makini Brice | Dec 06, 2012 11:10 AM EST

The study was the first time that lobsters were seen cannibalizing in the wild.

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Uh-Oh: Increased Ocean Acid Is Already Dissolving Animals

By Makini Brice | Nov 26, 2012 05:15 PM EST

Researchers sampled a small area of the Southern Ocean by Antarctica and found that increased ocean acidification has dissolved the shells of some creatures.

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Is Global Warming a Myth? Scientist Says We’re Entering Ice Age

By Makini Brice | Nov 08, 2012 04:29 PM EST

Some researchers believe that carbon dioxide emissions are helping the world from feeling the effects of our entering global Ice Age.

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Population, Climate Change Led to Fall of Mayans: Confirmed

By Makini Brice | Nov 08, 2012 02:00 PM EST

Researchers have created a model of the past 2,000 years that they believe explains how Mayan society collapsed. The reason, they say, is climate change.

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Bad Morning: Coffee Bean Could Go Extinct Within 70 Years

By Makini Brice | Nov 08, 2012 12:53 PM EST

Recent study has found that the Arabica coffee bean may go extinct by the end of the century.

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"Helmut" the Mammoth Hunted and Cut Up by Neanderthals Discovered Near Paris

By Christine Hsu | Nov 08, 2012 12:49 PM EST

An almost complete skeleton of a woolly mammoth believed to have lived between 200,000 to 500,000 years ago has been found near Paris.

UN says Climate and Health Atlas Will Help People Prepare for Natural Disasters

UN says Climate and Health Atlas Will Help People Prepare for Natural Disasters

By Amber Moore | Oct 30, 2012 08:24 PM EDT

Two UN agencies published a report-The Atlas of health and climate, on Monday that shows how climate affects people's health. The agencies said that knowing about climate and the effect that it has on health can help people prepare for worst-case-scenarios.

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Humans Have Been Responsible for Greenhouse Gases Since the Roman Empire

By Makini Brice | Oct 04, 2012 02:53 PM EDT

Researchers have found evidence that humans have played a role in the creation of greenhouse gas emissions since the time of the Roman Empire.

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If the Globe Doesn't Stop Climate Change, 100 Million People Could Die

By Makini Brice | Sep 27, 2012 12:26 PM EDT

More than 100 million people will die from climate change and carbon emissions, a dire report by humanitarian organization DARA says.

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Japanese Toilet Bike is Powered By (Ahem) Waste [VIDEO]

By Makini Brice | Aug 29, 2012 02:43 PM EDT

Japanese toilet-maker Toto is making a stink with its poo-powered toilet bike.

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Global Warming Could Increase Likelihood of Pandemic Bird Flu, Researchers Say

By Makini Brice | Aug 29, 2012 12:25 PM EDT

Climate change has been associated with everything from longer heat waves to foot shortages to the erosion of ice in Antarctica and Greenland. Now, researchers have pinpointed another ramification of climate change - an increase in the potential pandemic of bird flu.

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