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Extreme weather in California forces farmers to take drastic measures
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: While most of the East is buried under ice and snow, the West is having a heat wave. It topped 80 degrees in Los Angeles Friday. President Obama is meeting with farmers in California's Central Valley who are struggling through one of the driest years in memory. The White House is providing some help: $160 million in disaster relief. Nearly all of California is in a drought. In 61 percent of the state, it is extreme or exceptional. Farmers have been forced to take drastic steps. Farmer Joe...
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Arctic Biome Under Extreme Threat From A Changing Climate
2014-02-14 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: The Arctic as we know it may not exist as climate change is threatening the polar biomes unique biodiversity and landscape, according to a new report from a large international team of scientists. Conducted by the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) under the Arctic Council, an international forum of Arctic nations, the new study found that climate change could shrink Arctic ecosystems, as advancing changes move north and butt up against the perimeter of the Arctic Ocean, a phenomenon...
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Extreme weather comes to Congress and the nation
2014-02-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: As the second Arctic blast in two weeks began to cover the South with a blanket of ice and snow, more politicians were beginning to wonder what governments can't do to better protect citizens against unusual weather. Yesterday morning at a Washington, D.C., hearing, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) indicated he might not believe in climate change. But that didn't stop him from supporting efforts to cool down the construction of coastal homes in a period when more of them are at risk from storms and rising...
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Climate central meteorologist talks extreme weather
2014-02-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Uncommon winter weather is striking the Deep South, and the Northeast is being buried in more than a foot of snow in some places. It seems like it's the winter that never quits. Yet at the same time, California is seeing record highs and the Sochi Winter Olympics are seeing warm weather that is turning snow there into slush. Climate Central Meteorologist Bernadette Woods-Placky appeared on Al Jazeera America and Baltimore TV station Fox 45 to talk about the connection between this unusual weather...
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Senator Warns Extreme Weather New Norm
2014-02-12 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: As another fierce winter storm swept through the Southeast and was set to engulf the nation`s capital later in the week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing Wednesday morning to discuss how to better prepare the nation for extreme weather events. Officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Government Accountability Office offered testimony on their departments' efforts to boost the resilience of critical infrastructure in the face of...
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