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U.N. climate change report details 'abrupt or drastic changes' worldwide
2014-03-23 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow world economic growth and may already be causing irreversible damage to nature, according to a U.N. report due this week that will put pressure on governments to act. A 29-page draft by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will also outline many ways to adapt to rising temperatures, more heatwaves, floods, and rising seas. "The scientific reasoning for reducing emissions and adapting to climate change is becoming far more compelling,"...
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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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The world cannot afford to delay drastic emissions cuts, studies show
2013-11-21 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The world cannot afford to wait any longer to make drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, two new studies have shown, as the United Nations climate change talks in Warsaw enter their final stage. The research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that delaying reductions in carbon dioxide output would result in faster global warming, and therefore be more difficult to counteract in future years. This contradicts the arguments that some climate sceptics have put forward that...
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Fukushima: Japan nuke regulator urges TEPCO to take 'drastic' measures
2013-10-28 08:00:45| Energy - Topix.net
Japan's top nuclear regulator has urged the utility to take "drastic" steps to improve working conditions and funding to resolve a spate of mishaps at the crippled nuclear plant that has triggered international concerns.
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Can Drastic New Anti-Pollution Rules Help Clean Up Beijings Air?
2013-09-05 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Atlantic Cities: The air quality in Beijing has grown so bad that it's begun to produce its own catch-22s. All that smog is starting to keep tourists away, but tourism is just the kind of less energy-intensive industry that China needs to develop. The city is hoping to ramp up its public bike-share system, in an effort to shift a majority of trips through the city center onto public transportation. But who would want to ride a bike in this atmosphere? At least one perverse consequence could be helping. The pollution...