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NOAA report says California drought mostly due to natural causes, not global warming
2014-12-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere may worsen western droughts in the future, but it is not the principal driver of historic drought afflicting the entire state of California right now, says a major NOAA report released today. Natural oceanic and atmospheric patterns are to blame for the drought, the 42-page report says. Specifically, it highlights a persistent area of high pressure off the West Coast that has blocked rain-bearing storms from coming ashore which some have...
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Stranded assets: Will efforts to counter warming render energy reserves worthless?
2014-12-06 16:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A major threat to fossil fuel companies has suddenly moved from the fringe to center stage with a dramatic announcement by Germanys biggest power company and an intriguing letter from the Bank of England. A growing minority of investors and regulators are probing the possibility that untapped deposits of oil, gas and coal -- valued at trillions of dollars globally -- could become stranded assets as governments adopt more rigorous climate-change policies. The concept gaining traction from Wall...
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Rising seas make living with global warming a UN priority
2014-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: From the rising seas in the Seychelles to the melting glaciers of Switzerland and Peru, governments are learning to cope with damaging changes to the climate that threaten food and water supplies, and even the very survival of the most low-lying nations. Having failed to prevent global warming from taking hold after two decades of discussions, more countries are focusing on how to live with its effects. The idea is rising to the top of the agenda at two weeks of United Nations climate talks that...
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Ignoring indigenous rights Amazon fuels global warming study
2014-12-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than half the carbon in the Amazon region could be released into the atmosphere unless indigenous land rights are protected, a new study said on Tuesday, as a UN climate conference got under way in Peru. Indigenous territories and protected natural areas across nine South American countries account for more than half the carbon stored in the Amazon, the study published in the journal Carbon Management reported. If this land is exploited for logging, mining or commercial farming, much of...
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Warming climate can be slowed in a decade
2014-12-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Discovery: In a bit of good news on the climate, a new study finds that any reductions in carbon emissions today will help the planets atmosphere only 10 years from now, rather than the 30- to 50-year scenario that's been understood by scientists and policymakers up until now. It also means that we -- not our grandchildren -- are the ones who will benefit, or suffer, the consequences of actions taken now, the researchers said. The study by Katharine Ricke, a postdoctoral fellow in global ecology at the...
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