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Kenya: Mombasa island threatened by climate change
2016-06-20 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hivisasa: Scientists in the country have put Mombasa residents on high alert over the possibility of the island submerging. Speaking during a scientific conference in Mombasa, the scientists said major islands in Kenya and across the globe are at a risk of submerging owing to the ever increasing temperatures that emanate from the Ozone layer. The scientists urged residents to plant more mangrove trees in wetlands and re-afforestate areas of utilization in a bid to reduce the effects of green house gases....
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Coral bright spots offer clues to protecting threatened reefs
2016-06-15 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Some coral reefs are thriving and scientists say they may guide efforts to curb threats such as over-fishing and climate change which are blamed for widespread global declines. A major study identified 15 "bright spots" among more than 2,500 coral reefs in 46 nations, including off Indonesia, the Solomon islands and Kiribati where given local stresses there were far more fish than predicted. And the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, the world's biggest, was performing in line with expectations...
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BHS hearing: Topp tells MPs 'Chappell threatened to kill me'
2016-06-08 12:44:01| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The chief executive of BHS, Darren Topp, has used a parliamentary committee hearing to accuse former owner Dominic Chappell of threatening to kill him.
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Energy superpower status threatened world shifts fossil fuel federal think-tank warn
2016-06-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: How Canada can move to 100% clean energy Could Bay of Fundy tides generate enough power for all of Atlantic Canada? Why green energy prospers as fossil fuel prices fall: Don Pittis Alberta resource revenue plunges to historic low, raising sales tax spectre Caught up in the dispute: How Alberta's economic future is tied to Iran and Saudi Arabia Walking on sunshine: How Okotoks banks heat for homes External Links Canada's status as an "energy superpower" is under threat because the global dominance...
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The Vulnerable 20 Group: coalition of 20 countries threatened by climate change
2016-05-31 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boing Boing: Reps from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Vietnam just gathered in Peru to announce the formation of the "Vulnerable 20" group, a coalition of 20 nations threatened by climate change. The group's major inaugural activity will be formalizing accounting principles for expressing the economic losses from climate change, and then to establish...
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