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Climate change makes a comeback with the help of social media
2016-06-14 07:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation AU: In what has been shaping up as the election that forgot climate change, there are signs emerging in the Coalitions election campaign that it is starting to listen to polls, its own focus groups and social media chat on climate. So far it is the Great Barrier Reef that has drawn out the biggest campaign fight on climate. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that A$1 billion of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) fund would be directed towards a Reef Fund. 10% of the money from...
Study: Climate change makes our food more poisonous
2016-06-01 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: Extreme weather is increasing toxins in our food - which can be fatal. As temperatures keep rising, it seems the problem will only get worse. DW interviews a chief scientist at UNEP. Extreme weather is increasing the levels of toxins in our food, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). With global temperatures set to rise by more 3 degrees Celsius, scientists warn the problem will only get worse. DW spoke with UNEP chief scientist Jacqueline McGlade out...
Leonardo DiCaprio Makes Climate Change Speech UN Gala: No More Excuses
2016-04-25 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inqusitr: During the United Nations gala celebrating the signing of the climate change treaty, Leonardo DiCaprio took it upon himself to speak a few more words addressing the dire need for action against climate threats. "Adding Hollywood stardust to the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement on counteracting global warming, the Oscar-winning actor, who has previously spoken at the UN on climate change, gave an impassioned five-minute address first quoting Abraham Lincoln and then giving real examples...
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Bernie Absolutely Right: Climate Change Makes Terrorism Worse
2015-11-15 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: At Saturday night's second Democratic presidential debate, just a day after ISIS launched horrific coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, moderator and Slate political columnist John Dickerson asked Bernie Sanders a straightforward question: "Sen. Sanders, you said you want to rid the planet of ISIS. In the previous debate you said the greatest threat to national security was climate change. Do you still believe that?' Sanders didn't hesitate: "Absolutely.' On Twitter, David Axelrodthe architect...
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Study finds climate change makes California's drought worse
2015-08-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate change has aggravated California's devastating drought, causing between 8 and 27 percent of the dry conditions afflicting the nation's most populous state, a study released on Thursday has found. The study, published this week in Geophysical Research Letters, is the first paper to estimate how much climate change has exacerbated the state's drought by sending moisture from plants and soils into the air, according to Columbia University, where the lead author works. Researchers examined...
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