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Anthropogenic warming in west Pacific likely contributed to the 2014 drought in East Africa
2015-11-05 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: It comes as no surprise to geographer Chris Funk that East Africa has been particularly hard hit with back-to-back droughts this year and last. In fact, he and colleagues at the UC Santa Barbara /U.S. Geological Survey's Climate Hazards Group (CHG) predicted the area's 2014 event based the increasing differential between extremely warm sea surface temperatures in the west and central Pacific Ocean. Now with the same data set, CHG scientists have confirmed not only that this temperature differential...
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Scientists warned President about global warming 50 years ago today
2015-11-05 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Pollutants have altered on a global scale the carbon dioxide content of the air and the lead concentrations in ocean waters and human populations. The report included a section on atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change, written by prominent climate scientists Roger Revelle, Wallace Broecker, Charles Keeling, Harmon Craig, and J Smagorisnky. Reviewing the document today, one cant help but be struck by how well these scientists understood the mechanisms of Earths climate change 50 years...
Australia: Commonwealth Bank reveal 2 degree global warming plans
2015-11-04 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Commonwealth Bank will strengthen its green credentials by acknowledging it has a role to play in keeping global warming to no more than 2 degrees, ahead of climate talks in Paris next month. The bank is also considering how to operate its business in a way that is consistent with meeting the 2 degree target. But it is not clear if it will change its lending practices, for example funding coal projects. CBA is expected to announce its new position on Thursday, when it reveals its first quarter...
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When did ExxonMobil know about fossil fuels and global warming?
2015-11-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Four Congressmen asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate ExxonMobil, one of the worlds largest oil companies, suggesting the company knew about climate change and failed to disclose the associated risks associated with their business. In a Friday letter to SEC Chair Rep. Ted W. Lieu (D) of Calif.; Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D) of Mass.; Rep. Peter Welch (D), of Vt.; and Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D) of Penn., asked the committee to examine ExxonMobils knowledge of anthropogenic...
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Poll Americans Not Too Worried About Global Warming
2015-11-04 14:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming. Most Americans know the climate is changing, but they say they are just not that worried about it, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. And that is keeping the American public from demanding and getting the changes that are necessary to prevent global warming from reaching a crisis, according to climate and social scientists. As top-level international negotiations to try to limit greenhouse...
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