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Climate report: Global warmings impact on humans far more immediate

2014-03-24 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Top climate scientists are gathering in Japan this week to finish up a report on the impact of global warming. And they say if you think climate change is only faced by some far-off polar bear decades from now, well, you're mistaken. In fact, they will say, the dangers of a warming Earth are immediate and very human. "The polar bear is us," says Patricia Romero Lankao of the federally financed National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, referring to the first species to be...

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Leaked IPCC report warns of social and economic impact of climate change

2014-03-18 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: A leaked draft of a new study by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reportedly outlines a worrying scenario of conflicts, food crises and economic losses caused by climate change by the end of the century. The draft, seen by the Independent, is said to reveal that the effects of climate change will put enormous pressure on millions of people in vulnerable areas, such as some parts of Asia, causing mass migration, social unrest and huge economic losses. The report the...

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