It said the global community needed to be as serious about committing resources "on the same scale" to combating global warming as countries were during the the rescue of global economies during the financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

But climate change skeptics have seized on the recent theft of thousands of private e-mail messages from computer servers at a British climate research center to cast doubt on whether global warming is as serious as it has been made out to be.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Instead of remaining in Paris, as many American writers did, Faulkner returned to Mississippi and began his serious writing.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

He resigned because he saw his resignation as the only way of solving a serious problem Jackson faced.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

They were not charged with the more serious crime of espionage, so the extent of their success as spies is not clear.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Uncle Sam is pictured as a serious old man with white hair who is dressed in America's colors of red, white and blue.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Cobain had a serious case of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine,as a child.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

He started as a serious musician, before he discovered he could make people laugh.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

The organization was successful in making women's golf recognized as a serious professional sport.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

It occurs as a result of something underlying which can be potentially serious."

VOA: special.2009.09.02

He also described the nuclear goal of Iran as a serious international threat.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

They refused to treat him as a serious candidate.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Clark sees traffic congestion as one of the most serious problems of our time - for a variety of reasons.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Experts here in Seoul generally view the short-range launches as routine, and say there is no serious cause for alarm.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

He has described the attacks, as the "biggest,most complicated and most serious series of murders in the history of Hungarian criminology."

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

U.N.officials described it as a very serious incident and urged both sides to exercise caution and restraint.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"Definitely with something as relevant in our world as genetic research, there are serious moral and ethical concerns and responsibility that is necessary.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Many Israelis and Palestinians interpreted Mr.Obama's speech,last week, as a sign that the United States is serious about moving the peace process along.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

But as he had little serious competition, the bigger question in this election was how many of Algeria's 20-million registered voters would show up.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

A physician in Morocco familiar with the situation describes the captain's condition as "not serious."

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The Bush Administration refused to participate as an active member, claiming the panel was overly influenced by countries with serious human-rights problems of its own.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14