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Greenlands Ice Melt Breaks Record, Starting Nearly Two Months Early
2016-04-13 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Greenlands melt season kicked off a month and a half early this year, scientists at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) reported. Greenlands melt season typically runs from June until September, but almost 12 percent of Greenlands ice sheet was melting as of Monday, which scientists say is unprecedented. We had to check that our models were still working properly, said Peter Langen, a climate scientist at DMI. Areas of Greenland recorded temperatures this month that would have...
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Skoda sees record start to the year
2016-04-11 17:45:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Czech carmaker Skoda posts its best first quarter to date as it shrugs off the emissions scandal hanging over parent company Volkswagen.
Organic market continues record growth
2016-04-11 15:04:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. According to USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service there are now 21,781 certified organic farms in the United States and 31,160 around the world. read more
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Countries inking Paris climate treaty to break 34-year UN record
2016-04-08 11:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: A record haul of nations will put pen to paper on the first day a new global warming accord opens for signature, the UN predicts. The 130 expected at its New York headquarters will beat the 119 that signed the Law of the Sea in 1982 in Jamaica, it said in a Thursday statement. The UN did not release a guest list. But major powers, including China, the European Union, India and the United States, have confirmed their presence at the event, which is aimed to spotlight ambitious commitments to...
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Record number of countries expected to sign historic Paris climate accord
2016-04-08 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: A record number of countries are expected to sign a historic climate agreement at a signing ceremony on April 22, the deputy UN spokesman said here Thursday. More than 130 countries have confirmed that they will sign the Paris Agreement on that day, the first day that the accord adopted in December in Paris is open for signature, Farhan Haq said at a daily news briefing here. "This is expected to surpass the previous record of 119 signatures for an opening day signing for an international agreement,...
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