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Extreme Weather is a Silver Lining for Climate Action
2014-03-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Devastating extreme weather including recent flooding in England, Australia's hottest year on record and the U.S. being hit by a polar vortex have a "silver lining" of boosting climate change to the highest level of politics and reminding politicians that climate change is not a partisan issue, according to the U.N.'s climate chief. Christiana Figueres said that it was amoral for people to look at climate change from a politically partisan perspective, because of its impact on future generations....
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Images damage from extreme weather may lower political support climate action
2014-02-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A picture might be worth a thousand words -- and still not convince people that climate change is happening. Recent research suggests that images of devastating floods, cracked fields of earth and roaring hurricanes might be less effective at conveying the emotional impacts of extreme weather than media outlets think. They can be too scary, or of places too far away. Others might cause a yawn. Either way, it's likely that many pictures of disasters are tossed in the psychological trash can,...
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Extreme Weather Prep: How To Help Your Cowherd Weather A Natural Disaster
2014-02-20 12:00:00| Beef
By Jennifer Ryan Veterinarians, cattlemen and extension experts on the front lines of natural disasters share common experiences and techniques that helped cattle weather storms. read more
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'Extreme weather' no longer is rare
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Delaware Onlines: Every now and then the government's timing is just right. The U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee was on the spot with a Wednesday hearing: "Extreme Weather Events: The Costs of Not Being Prepared." All we have to do is look out the window to get an understanding of the problem. You would think by now, in these post-Katrina, post-Irene and post-Sandy years, we would be better prepared for "Extreme Weather Events." They are no longer rare and they seem to be growing more extreme. As Delaware's...
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Extreme weather in California forces farmers to take drastic measures
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: While most of the East is buried under ice and snow, the West is having a heat wave. It topped 80 degrees in Los Angeles Friday. President Obama is meeting with farmers in California's Central Valley who are struggling through one of the driest years in memory. The White House is providing some help: $160 million in disaster relief. Nearly all of California is in a drought. In 61 percent of the state, it is extreme or exceptional. Farmers have been forced to take drastic steps. Farmer Joe...
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