Maldives saves for new homeland amid flooding fears: report

LONDON (AFP) – The Maldives' newly-elected president said in an interview Monday that his government will begin saving to buy a new homeland in case global warming causes the country to disappear into the sea.

Current warming sharpest climate change in 5,000 years: study

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Research on Arctic and North Atlantic ecosystems shows the recent warming trend counts as the most dramatic climate change since the onset of human civilization 5,000 years ago, according to studies published Thursday.

This year's Antarctic ozone hole is 5th biggest

NEW YORK – This year's ozone hole over Antarctica was the fifth biggest on record, reaching a maximum area of 10.5 million square miles in September, NASA says.