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Climate change report warns frantic future for Florida
2014-05-07 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Lehigh Acres News Star: A federal report released Tuesday shows much of South Florida could experience dramatic, damaging effects of climate change and rising sea levels within just a few decades. The Third National Climate Assessment, compiled by more than 300 national experts over the last three years, says climate change threatens Florida's tourism industry, water supply and public health. Sea levels will rise between 1 to 4 feet by 2100. Part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, the report says Florida is...
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The Future Is Evaporating: Climate Change Could Dry Out 30 Percent of the Earth
2014-04-15 11:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Scientists expect the changing climate to bring on more drought; there's going to be less rainfall in the already arid regions. That alone would be bad news for denizens of the planet's dry zones--in some places in North Africa, the American Southwest, India, and the Middle East, water shortages could well become an existential threat to societies built there. But new research shows that in addition to less rain, the rate of evaporation is likely to rise, too. Combined, the two forces could dry out...
Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels
2014-04-05 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, will meet next week in Berlin to chart ways in which the world can curb the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet. It is also trying to give estimates on what it would cost. In the third report of...
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IPCC report warns future climate change risks, but is spun by contrarians
2014-03-31 02:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just published its latest Working Group II report detailing impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability associated with climate change. The picture it paints with respect to the consequences of continued climate change is rather bleak. For example, the report discusses the risk associated with food insecurity due to more intense droughts, floods, and heat waves in a warmer world, especially for poorer countries. This contradicts the claims of climate...
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Dry future climate could reduce orchid bee habitat
2014-03-20 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: During Pleistocene era climate changes, neotropical orchid bees that relied on year-round warmth and wet weather found their habitats reduced by 30 to 50 percent, according to a Cornell University study that used computer models and genetic data to understand bee distributions during past climate changes. In previous studies, researchers have tracked male and female orchid bees and found that while females stay near their nests, male orchid bees travel, with one study concluding they roam as far...
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