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Report: Extreme weather events more likely, more often
2013-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
West Deptford Patch: On an interactive map of the United States that records the number of extreme weather events that have taken place over the last several years, New Jersey might as well be the black eye. The red, purples and magentas that color each of New Jerseys 21 counties make up the wrong end of the weather-related disaster spectrum, marking the entire state as a recurring extreme weather target. Should nothing be done to curb pollution and carbon emissions, a recent report from Environment New Jersey Research...
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Report: More extreme weather in store for Iowa
2013-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sioux City Journal: An emergency disaster proclamation for Northwest Iowa issued this week by Gov. Terry Branstad represents the latest in a series of weather-related disasters that have touched every part of the state. An Environment Iowa Research & Policy Center report released Friday said every Iowa county has been hit by at least one federally declared weather-related disaster since 2007. This week, it was 10 Northwest Iowa counties that received damaging winds, heavy rains, thunderstorms and freezing rain...
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Report: Extreme weather events more common
2013-04-12 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CT Post: That's the cold assessment from a major new report, "In the Path of the Storm," conducted by Environment America Research and Policy Center. The report says much of the country's extreme weather over the past decade has been caused by an increasingly hotter planet. From wildfires in California to thirsty cattle in Texas to wave-smashed homes in Connecticut, the nation is seeing an epidemic of costly weather disasters that have upended the lives of millions of Americans. The report states that...
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Extreme weather to hit community sector
2013-04-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: COMMUNITY organisations are not well prepared to deal with the impact of climate change and extreme weather, new research reveals. The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has commissioned research finding small and medium-sized organisations are at risk of permanent closure as a result of major damage to physical infrastructure caused by events like heatwaves, drought, bushfires and floods. "To date the community sector has been overlooked in the climate change adaptation policy settings,"...
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Extreme weather boosts poverty in Sri Lanka - report
2013-04-08 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Without fail, Somadasa Gamage has prayed for one thing every year before he plants his crops. "Rain,' says the 47-year-old vegetable farmer, who has farmed for three and a half decades in Sri Lanka's remote south eastern Tanamalvilla area, a dry area where rain can be frustratingly scarce. Last year, for almost six months, Gamage did not plant any crops because a severe drought had dried out the river from which he draws water. When the drought ended, Gamage was relieved -- but not for long....
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