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High resolution global maps show increasing forest loss tropics
2013-11-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The first fine-scale mapping of global forest cover shows the rate of forest loss in the tropics has increased over the past 12 years. The use of remote sensing satellite data to chronicle changes in global land cover is not new. But in a paper published online this week in the journal Science, researchers provide an exceptionally detailed accounting of gains and loses in global forest cover from 2000 to 2012. Matthew Hansen, a geographical sciences professor at the University of Maryland,...
Unprecedented shift in temperature will begin to hit tropics in less than decade
2013-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Tropical regions will experience the greatest shifts in climate this century with some equatorial areas experiencing unprecedented changes as early as the next few decades, a study has found. Scientists discovered that the tropics, which are home to the highest densities of wildlife as well as some of the most vulnerable human populations on the planet, will be hit hardest and earliest by climate extremes. A meta-analysis of future climate predictions culled from 39 global computer models...
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Record temperatures set to reach tropics first
2013-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Tropical regions will be the first to experience unprecedented climate change, leading to significant upheaval for biodiversity and communities, according to a study published in Nature today. Regions near the equator will be subject to mean temperatures hotter than anything experienced on record an average of 15 years before the rest of the world, putting a strain on their rich biodiversity, which is adapted to stable climate conditions, finds the study. "Species living at the poles are already...
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Extreme Climate Conditions Could Hit Tropics Within The Next Decade
2013-10-10 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Unless greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized, the average location on Earth will experience a radically different climate by the year 2047, experts from the University of Hawaii, Manoa claim in research published in Thursdays edition of the journal Nature. In the study, lead author Camilo Mora and colleagues from the universitys Department of Geography report that ecological and societal disruptions by modern global warming are determined by the time frame over which climates shift. They...
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Forget Polar Bears Warming Will Hit the Tropics First
2013-10-09 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Amber-eyed jaguars could soon boot out polar bears as king of adorable, furry species nearing extinction because of global warming. In the next 10 years, the tropics will suffer "unprecedented" climate change effects, long before the Arctic and its polar bears see big shifts, according to an analysis of global warming trends published today (Oct. 9) in the journal Nature. But the study goes far beyond simply highlighting the plight of tropical plants and animals. For the first time, researchers...
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