

Mechanical Tree Proposed for Global Warming (NPR: Mon, 03 Dec) Delegates to the Bali climate conference this week will try to agree on measures to limit carbon emissions, but many scientists believe that halting global warming will require more drastic action. Klaus Lackner of the Columbia University Earth Institute has been developing a carbon-capture machine called a "mechanical tree."
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Australia ratifies Kyoto global warming treaty (MSNBC: Mon, 03 Dec) CANBERRA, Australia - New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the paperwork Monday to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, making good on an election promise to overturn Australia's decade-long opposition to the international global warming pact.
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Expedition to highlight global warming (The West Australian: Mon, 03 Dec) Explorer Will Steger will lead an international team of young explorers on an expedition to the Canadian Arctic early next year in an effort to draw attention to signs of global warming, Steger announced.
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New Day Down Under On Global Warming (CBS News: Mon, 03 Dec) Australia's new prime minister, ushering in a new era after 11 years of conservative rule, says the nation will ratify the Kyoto anti-global warming agreement. The decision leaves the U.S. isolated among rich nations in resisting the pact.
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U.N. Kicks Off Global Warming Conference (CBS News: Mon, 03 Dec) Delegates and scientists from around the world opened the biggest-ever climate conference, aiming to build a new international pact by 2009 to combat global warming, or risk economic and environmental disaster caused by rising temperatures.
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