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California Recycling Levels Fall Below 50%
2016-06-30 15:17:00| Waste Age
New data from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery showed that Californias overall recycling rate fell to 47 percent in 2015. read more
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People Near Wyoming Fracking Town Show Elevated Levels of Toxic Chemicals
2016-06-22 09:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: A new study brings researchers and environmental advocates closer than ever to tracing whether toxic chemicals spewing out of natural gas production sites are making their way into the bodies of people who live and work nearby. The research, published last week, brought together for the first time air monitoring at oil and gas sites with what's called biomonitoring--the tracking of what's in human tissues or fluids. The results indicate harmful compounds were emitted from certain gas sites near...
Sea levels rise, Rotterdam floats to the top as an example of how to live with water
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PRI: The Maeslant structure is the biggest mobile barrier in the world -- picture a pair of steel lattices twice the size of the Eiffel Tower, lying down on either side of the channel connecting the Netherlands second-biggest city to the North Sea. The Dutch built the massive gate in the 1990s to protect Rotterdam from a storm surge of up to three meters. Series: Living with Rising Seas The oceans are rising. Untold millions in coastal cities around the world are threatened. But the Dutch are proving...
Antarctica carbon dioxide levels breach red line
2016-06-19 00:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UK Progressive: In May 2013, the carbon dioxide monitoring station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, recorded a major milestone the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide had crossed the symbolic red line of 400 parts per million for the first time since record-keeping began. Now, three years and several record-breaking months later, the last station on Earth without a 400 ppm reading has finally reached it. In a statement released Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed that,...
Antarctic carbon dioxide reaches highest levels in 4 million years
2016-06-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monitor: Antarctica recently witnessed an event that last took place four million years ago: Carbon dioxide levels broke through the barrier of 400 parts per million (ppm). In fact, the frozen continent is a laggard in this respect. The announcement Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gave the date of this milestone as May 23. But the global annual mean concentration of carbon dioxide already surpassed 400 ppm last year, the first time that has happened in human history....
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