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Risk from extreme weather rises
2014-11-27 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Climate change and population growth will hugely increase the risk to people from extreme weather, a report says. The Royal Society warns that the risk of heatwaves to an ageing population will rise about ten-fold by 2090 if greenhouse gases continue to rise. They estimate the risk to individuals from floods will rise more than four-fold and the drought risk will treble. The report's lead author Prof Georgina Mace said: "This problem is not just about to come" it's here already." She...
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New MSA PrimaX IR Combustible Gas Monitor for Reliable Performance in Extreme Conditions
2014-11-25 15:53:00| Offshore Technology
MSA's SIL 2-certified PrimaX IR Combustible Gas Monitor withstands the most challenging environmental conditions.
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Is Extreme Weather a Sign of the Apocalypse?
2014-11-24 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: While 62 percent of Americans say that they believe climate change is a factor driving recent natural disasters and extreme weatherprobably a higher percentage than in Congress49 percent also believe they are caused by Biblical end times, with an especially high number of white evangelicals holding that belief. Thats according to a new survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute, which queried people on the intersection of their religious faith and their beliefs about climate change....
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Pacific Island Countries Face El Nio Extreme Weather
2014-11-24 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: An abnormal warming of surface ocean waters, known as the El Nio effect, forecast for the coming six months is threatening extreme weather conditions for Pacific island states` industry and infrastructure, the United Nations warned Friday. A joint warning issued by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) says the Pacific region`s wet season during the next six months will...
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Extreme Weather Will Be New Climate Normal Without Immediate Action, Warns World Bank
2014-11-24 16:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said this weekend that the organizations investment focus will be on clean energy and that it will back coal-fired and other fossil fuel projects only when there is extreme need. Flying in the face of a popular climate denier narrative that says phasing out fossil fuels and addressing extreme poverty cant be done at the same time, Kim said climate change threatened efforts to tackle poverty. His remarks followed the release of the World Banks new report, Turn...
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