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Study Shows Climate Change Rapidly Warming World's Lakes
2015-12-21 02:29:53| pollutiononline Home Page
Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, according to a new NASA and National Science Foundation-funded study of more than half of the world's freshwater supply
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Limiting Global Warming Will be Hard, But Hardly Impossible
2015-12-19 11:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: For decades, researchers have been sounding the alarm on climate change: its happening, were causing it, its bad. The message from IPCC and elsewhere has long been that solving the climate challenge is technically feasible, and whats missing is political will. With the adoption of the Paris Agreement last weekend, the world finally has its mandate of political will. In total, 196 nations confirmed that climate change is a common concern of humankind and adopted the target to limit warming...
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Climate change rapidly warming world's fresh water supply, study warns
2015-12-18 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily News: The ripple effect of climate change seems to be reaching for the worlds drinking water. Lakes are warming at a faster average rate than oceans and the atmosphere, a new study funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation found. In the largest study of its kind, scientists compiled over 25 years of satellite and ground temperature data on 235 lakes in six continents half of the earth's fresh water supply. "Water from rivers and lakes are really supporting our societies worldwide,"...
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Study Finds Lake Tahoe Warming Due To Climate Change
2015-12-18 16:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Lake Tahoe is among hundreds of lakes worldwide that researchers say are warming due to climate change. The study funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation was presented this week at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. The study used 25 years of satellite and on-scene measurements of 235 lakes representing more than half of the worlds freshwater supply. It found that lakes are warming an average of 0.61 degree each decade, raising concerns about freshwater supplies...
Globally, lakes warming at an alarming rate, study finds
2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OPB: It's not in your head. Seattle`s Lake Washington is getting warmer and more comfortable to swim in every year. And it's not the only lake experiencing a rapid rise in temperature. For the first time, scientists have brought together a comprehensive data set from 235 lakes around the world, containing more than half of the world's fresh water. The study, which was published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that globally, lake temperatures are rising more rapidly than ocean or air...
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