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Pollen May Play Surprising Role in Climate and Cloud Formation
2015-05-05 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Grains of pollen may be seeding clouds and affecting the planet's climate in unexpected ways, University of Michigan researchers write in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Scientists had assumed that pollen particles were too large to remain in the atmosphere long enough to interact with the sun's radiation or trigger cloud formation. The study found, however, that pollen grains are capable of disintegrating into much smaller particles something that allergy researchers have known for quite...
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Womens role vital in fighting climate change, says minister
2015-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan on Sunday said that women, who constitute the majority of the world's poor, are among the most vulnerable to the detrimental impacts of climate change, particularly in developing countries, including Pakistan. Yet, their role is vital for solution to the impacts. He expressed these views in his statement released on Sunday in context of the "International Women's Day 2015'. The women's day is celebrated on March 8 every year. This year the...
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Pakistan: Women have role in fighting climate change: minister
2015-03-08 12:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pakistan Today: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan said on Sunday that women who constitute the majority of the worlds poor are among the most vulnerable to the detrimental impacts of climate change, particularly in developing countries including Pakistan. Yet, they are also vital to solutions to the impacts. He expressed these views in his statement issued from Islamabad on Sunday in context of the International Womens Day 2015. The womens day is celebrated on March 8 every year. This...
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What's role climate in sociopolitical disasters?
2014-12-10 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: It's not your imagination that heat waves, hurricanes, floods and droughts are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Global warming is at the root of the problem, but its impact goes beyond the environment. As the PBS special "Extreme Realities: Severe Weather, Climate Change, and Our National Security" explains, "severe weather is the new normal," and it is having catastrophic domino effect on the geopolitical landscape. Part of the "Journey to Planet Earth" series, the PBS program...
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Faith groups divided over God's role in climate change, natural disasters
2014-11-21 06:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Americans largely concur that God created the Earth. But when it comes to how he wants its environment treated, and how much hes willing to intercede -- the agreement ends. A new poll released Friday shows major differences between faith groups on topics including concern over climate change, whether natural disasters are a sign of biblical end times and how deeply connected they feel to nature. White evangelicals are the most skeptical of climate change and the most likely to say recent natural...
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