climate change

With no specific goals, Japan set to attend U.N....
Japan "wins" a Fossil of the Day award at a climate change meeting in Doha on Nov. 27, 2012. International organizations present the award to countries with a less-than-enthusiastic approach to fight global warming. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
April 22, 2013
Japan is expected to take a back seat at a United Nations meeting on climate change in Germany later this month as the Abe administration lacks a specific goal on reducing the...
Scientists: Corals could disappear from Japan if...
Corals off Ishigakijima island, Okinawa Prefecture (Provided by the National Institute for Environment Studies)
January 10, 2013
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture—Corals could become extinct in the waters around Japan within 60 years if carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise at their current rates, the...
Doha climate talks throw lifeline to Kyoto Protocol
The plenary meeting of the U.N. Climate Conference in Doha, Qatar on Dec. 8 (AP photo)
December 09, 2012
DOHA--Almost 200 nations extended a weakened United Nations plan for combating global warming until 2020 on Dec. 8 with a modest set of measures that would do nothing to halt...
UPDATE: Qatar seeks to extend Kyoto to break...
Local and international activists march inside a conference center under a giant statue of a spider to demand urgent action to address climate change at the U.N. climate talks in Doha on Dec. 7. (AP photo)
December 08, 2012
DOHA--Qatar proposed keeping an existing U.N. plan for fighting climate change in place until 2020 on Dec. 8 in an attempt to break a deadlock at talks over a new deal to curb...
EU climate aid promises fail to unlock U.N. deal in ...
An NGO members hold flags of Japan and the United States as they present the Fossile of the Day award to the two countries on Dec. 6 in Doha. (The Asahi Shimbun)
December 06, 2012
DOHA--European Union promises of rising aid to help developing countries tackle climate change on Dec. 6 failed to ease a stand-off at U.N. talks in Doha that green groups said ...
Research intensifies over rapidly melting Arctic ice
A melting glacier creates a torrent heading out to sea near Qaanaaq, Greenland, on July 18. The surface of the ice is stained with microbes that grow in snow and ice. (Yumi Nakayama)
September 28, 2012
The roar of rushing water emanates from rivers slicing through the blue ice in Greenland. Tons and tons of water gush into the sea each day after carving ever wider gashes in...
Arctic Ocean ice shrinks to record low
The distribution of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, shown in white, as of Sept. 16, 2012. No data is available in the black circle. (Provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
September 21, 2012
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean covered only 3.49 million square kilometers as of Sept. 16, the smallest area on record, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Sept. 20.
JAXA: Arctic Ocean ice shrinks to record low this...
The distribution of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, shown in white, as of Aug. 18 (Provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
August 21, 2012
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is expected to shrink to a record level this summer, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Aug. 20.
China emissions study suggests climate change could ...
A farmer cultivates his farm as a factory complex looms through polluted air in Shanxi province, China, in this photo taken in 2007. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
June 12, 2012
SINGAPORE/BEIJING--China's carbon emissions could be nearly 20 percent higher than previously thought, a new analysis of official Chinese data showed on June 10, suggesting the ...
Fall leaf colors arrive latest ever in some spots
Photos of Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto taken on Nov. 20, 2011, top, and on Nov. 18, 2002, bottom, show how leaves are turning red later by the year. (Provided by Keiko Masuda)
December 10, 2011
For fall leaf watchers, it was another long wait, as maple and ginkgo leaves finally reached their maximum colors this week, due to high temperatures across the country during...
Global warming hitting Africa especially hard
The foundation of this house in Grand Bassa, Liberia, has been weakened by erosion caused by waves. (Tadashi Sugiyama)
December 02, 2011
Africa, with its hodgepodge of nations, emits only about 4 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. Yet, global warming is making its presence felt in a big way across the...
POINT OF VIEW/ Norichika Kanie: Time to reform...
October 12, 2011
The government recently decided to establish a nuclear safety agency under the Ministry of Environment (MOE). Although its effects remain unclear with the subsequent change in...
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