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No More Pauses as Global Warming Slips Out of Control
2014-09-12 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Earthweek: The door of opportunity to control global warming is closing, according to United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres. Her warning coincided with two independent studies that indicate the recent pause in surface warming may be the last for generations. Figueres made the comments at a conference on the effects of climate change on Pacific nations. Unless the world acts on climate change in a timely way, (Pacific islands) are going to be the hardest hit, she told Agence France-Presse....
Carbon intensity has to fall 6% each year if we want stop global warming. We're at 1%.
2014-09-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: The good news is that the world is steadily becoming less and less carbon-intensive. That is, we need to burn fewer fossil fuels to generate a dollar's worth of economic activity. Part of the reason for that is our cars, homes, power plants, and factories are all getting more efficient -- we can do far more with a given amount of coal, oil, or natural gas than we used to. But here's the bad news: Carbon intensity isn't falling fast enough. Between 2000 and 2013, carbon intensity fell by 0.9 percent...
Alabama town on front lines in partisan fight over global warming
2014-09-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Early explorers named this area Perdido, the Spanish word for "lost," because it was apparently so hard to find -- tucked away on a bay that stretches for miles. The eponym may be more appropriate today than ever, with the beachfront here disappearing at the rate of 2 feet per year in a number of spots. "I was gone in the Army for 10 years, and when I came back home, I couldn't believe how much had eroded," said Chris Engelman, who was enjoying what was left of one beach area with his family last...
Here's How Little Time We Have Until Global Warming Is Out Of Control
2014-09-12 14:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: The news is in: humans are totally failing in the global effort to stop climate change. And we dont have much time left. This is the conclusion of a report released this month by multinational accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Low Carbon Economy Index evaluates the progress of G-20 countries in keeping global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius of their pre-industrial levels the target agreed upon at the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and finds that...
How is a warming climate impacting coral reefs?
2014-09-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: How is a warming climate impacting life in the oceans? Fish can move to cooler areas, but coral reefs are anchored in place. Late-summer water temperatures near the Florida Keys were warmer by nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the last several decades compared to a century earlier, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Researchers indicate that the warmer water temperatures are stressing corals and increasing the number of bleaching events, where corals become white resulting from...
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