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More than 60% of Maldives' coral reefs hit by bleaching

2016-08-08 04:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Press Association: More than 60% of coral in reefs in the Maldives has been hit by bleaching as the world is gripped by record temperatures in 2016, a scientific survey suggests. Bleaching happens when algae that lives in the coral is expelled due to stress caused by extreme and sustained changes in temperatures, turning the coral white and putting it at risk of dying if conditions do not return to normal. Unusually warm ocean temperatures due to climate change and a strong El Nino phenomenon that pushes...

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Maldives Pressure First-World Countries to Ratify Climate Change Agreement

2016-06-27 07:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: The Maldives, known worldwide for pristine waters and exotic white sand beaches, are also one of the most at-risk nations to the effects of climate change such as stronger storms and sea level rise. (Photo : Giulio Di Sturco/Getty Images) The Maldives, one of the countries most prone and vulnerable to the effects of climate change such as sea level rise and super storms, urged industrialized countries to affirm their commitment to the Paris climate change agreement by ratifying it. It has been...

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Maldives is trashing climate legacy, says ousted president Nasheed

2016-01-25 19:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News: Days after being freed early from a 13-year prison sentence, Mohamed Nasheed said the country was regarded an ecological villain, pursuing dirtier energy policies since his ousting in 2012. In response to a question by Climate Home, he said Male should no longer lead the Alliance of Small Island States, which negotiates at UN talks. Its very sad again that Maldives has lot the moral high ground, and with that small islands are losing the moral high ground, the country`s first democratically...

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Fortress Maldives: Protecting islands against climate change comes at a price

2015-11-02 11:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Home: This week, government ministers meeting in Paris will try to resolve a number of contentious issues that threaten to derail UN negotiations less than a month before a once-in-a-generation climate change summit convenes in the French capital. Much progress has been made toward an agreement with some 150 countries, large and small, now having submitted national plans to reduce the greenhouse emissions responsible for the crisis. But significant differences remain and a deal is by no means a foregone...

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