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Ancient marine sediments provide clues to future climate change
2016-04-25 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was the major driver behind the global climatic shifts that occurred between 53 and 34 million years ago, according to new research led by the University of Southampton. The study, which was published today in Nature, is the first to resolve the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) and climate during the period known as the 'Eocene epoch' when global temperatures were around 14 oC warmer than...
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How climate change threatens the future of Seattles power supply
2016-04-13 07:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MYNorthWest: Seattles power utility is already planning ahead to face the potential effects climate change will have on its ratepayers. In fact, Seattle City Light has already experienced a $30 million loss due to unusual weather -- weather that is expected to be the norm in the decades to come. A year ago it was significant how many days we did not have the high demand for heating (in winter), said Seattle City Light spokesperson Scott Thomsen. It was so much warmer that it added up to about $30 million...
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Thanks to climate change, the future looks awfully warm very itchy
2015-11-13 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the midst of dire headlines and global horror, sometimes the greatest, most devastating terror strikes you right in your home, right in your bedroom, in the middle of the night. I was awoken the other night by an unpleasant itch on the bridge of my nose. In my dizzy half-consciousness, I brought my hand up to investigate and was jerked into a state of alarm by the all-too familiar whining hum of mosquito wings cruising past my ear. Related: Wasps may have stung me in the testicles but...
"This is Future:" Gov. Brown Says Climate Change, Historic Drought Contributing Extreme Fires
2015-09-15 01:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: California Gov. Jerry Brown thanked firefighters for their courage Monday as they battled with nature to stop two fires raging in California that destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to evacuate. "This is the future,' Brown said at a press conference Monday, warning that fires are "scary stuff' that were aggravated by a historic four-year drought and climate change. The Valley Fire, which started Saturday and grew to 61,000 acres (95 square miles) Monday or about twice the...
Strong climate deal needed to combat future refugee crises
2015-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Climate change has been held responsible many of the social and economic woes affecting mainly the poorest in the global South and now many are seeing it as one of the root causes of refugee crises. In his State of the Union speech here Sep. 9 to the European Parliament, even European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said that an "ambitious, robust and binding" climate treaty is needed to prevent another refugee crisis.Climate change has been held responsible many of the social and economic...
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