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Rush for new oil & gas sources pushing us towards extreme actions
2014-03-27 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For almost all our lives, many in North America have lived in a culture that affirmed a belief in the limitless and uncomplicated production of oil and gas. In the US, the land of plenty, and Canada, the land of vast reserves, oil lay under the ground waiting to be discovered. Network television shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies reinforced a naive confidence that our birthright as North Americans included ready access to cheap, plentiful oil and gas. Like Jed Clampett, the hillbilly who got...
Philippines: UN: Yolanda tops extreme events 2013
2014-03-26 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquirer: Rather than an act of nature, the devastation of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) in central Philippines last year is consistent with human-induced climate change, according to the Annual Statement on the Status of the Climate of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WMO, the United Nations authoritative voice on the state and behavior of the Earths atmosphere, oceans and climate, placed Yolanda at the top of its list of key climate events in 2013. The WMO report...
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UN: 2013 extreme events due to warming Earth
2014-03-24 13:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The head of the U.N. weather agency said Monday that recent extreme weather patterns are "consistent" with human-induced climate change, citing key events that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe, the U.S. and Pacific region last year. Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, said his agency's annual assessment of the global climate shows how dramatically people and lands everywhere felt the impacts of extreme weather such as droughts, heat waves, floods and tropical...
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U.N. blames warming earth for extreme weather in 2013
2014-03-24 06:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Much of the extreme weather that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe and the Pacific region last year can be blamed on human-induced climate change, the U.N. weather agency says. The World Meteorological Organization's annual assessment Monday said 2013 was the sixth-warmest year on record. Thirteen of the 14 warmest years have occurred in the 21st century. A rise in sea levels is leading to increasing damage from storm surges and coastal flooding, as demonstrated by Typhoon Haiyan, the agency's...
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Extreme weather: More to come
2014-03-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury: Last year tied with 2003 as the fourth-hottest year the world has experienced since records began in 1880, according to data released by the National Climatic Data Centre in the US. This made it the 37th consecutive year that the global temperature was above average contrary to some reports that global warming has slowed. The combined land and sea surface temperature last year was 0.62C higher than the 20th century average, while the land surface temperature was 0.99C warmer. Nine of the 10...
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