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Global warming to heighten risk of Southwestern megadroughts
2014-09-03 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Exceptional drought, the most severe category, afflicts over 58 percent of California. The current drought may be a mere sneak preview of longer lasting and more devastating drought in the coming century, according to a study published in the Journal of Climate. The study -- by Cornell University, University of Arizona and U.S. Geological Survey researchers -- examines the likelihood of so-called "megadroughts" and how they may change as the climate warms. Megadroughts are distinguished by their...
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Maine lobster and Cape cod under threat from rapidly warming seas
2014-09-03 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Imagine Cape Cod without cod. Maine without lobster. The regions famous rocky beaches invisible, obscured by constant high waters. Its already starting to happen. The culprit is the warming seas and in particular the Gulf of Maine, whose waters are heating up faster than 99% of the worlds oceans, scientists say. Long-established species of commercial fish, like cod, herring and northern shrimp, are departing for colder waters. Black sea bass, blue crabs and new species of squid all highly...
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Global warming: How rising alpine vegetation could hit California water supply
2014-09-03 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A warming-climate-induced march of alpine vegetation up a large river basin on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada could slash by one-fourth the annual flow of water the basin delivers to Californias thirsty Central Valley by the last two decades of this century, a new study says. The results of the Kings River Basin study imply that the same type of risk holds for another 10 major river basins along the western Sierra, although to varying degrees, say the researchers involved in the study....
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U.N. Climate Chief Says 'Door Closing' Warming Fix
2014-09-02 05:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Naharnet: U.N. climate change chief Christiana Figueres on Tuesday warned time was running out for meaningful action on global warming, citing the plight of low-lying Pacific nations facing ever rising seas. Figueres, in Samoa for a U.N. conference on small island states, said the impact of climate change was greatest on Pacific nations, even though they had contributed little to the problem. "Climate change is the greatest threat these islands face and they are recognized as the bellwether of global...
Global Warming Causing 'Irreversible Damage': UN Report
2014-08-27 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Global warming is here, and "severe, widespread and irreversible" damage may be inevitable unless faster action is taken to reduce fossil fuel emissions, a newly leaked UN report has warned. The 127-page report states that further pollution - caused by the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas - will contribute to problems like rising sea levels and extreme weather, such as heat waves, flooding and droughts. "Without additional mitigation, and even with adaptation, warming by the...
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