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Climate change is raising peat fire risk study
2016-07-08 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Scientists in Canada have confirmed an unexpected hazard in the world of climate change: the subterranean fire. Peat bogs massive stores of atmospheric carbon, held in partly-decomposed fibrous plant material could catch fire and smoulder below the surface as they dry out in a regime of global warming. It was dried peatlands that fuelled a blaze in Slave Lake, Alberta, in 2011, and the devastating forest fires around Fort McMurray this year also ignited peatland alongside the only highway...
Pacific?s Small Island States Adopt New Climate Change Strategy
2016-07-08 08:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EM TV PNG: Pacific island nations are among some of the most vulnerable islands that stand in the forefront of climate change, facing the challenges of sea level rises, compromising their land, health, social, economic aspects and their way of life, including threats to sustainable development. A recent meeting was held on June 24, 2016, between the Small Island States (SIS) from the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) to establish a new strategy to ensure their unique vulnerabilities are recognised and addressed...
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In China, Ban highlights country?s leadership on sustainable development, climate change
2016-07-08 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UN News: In China, Ban highlights countrys leadership on sustainable development, climate change Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses a joint press conference with Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China. In China today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the countrys relationship with the Organization, noting in particular its crucial role in improving tensions, building peace and promoting the agenda on climate change. As a permanent...
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100s of deaths in 2 cities in 2003 heatwave due to human-made climate change
2016-07-08 04:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Scientists have specified how many deaths can be attributed to human-made climate change during an extreme heatwave in two European cities in 2003. They calculate that in Paris, the hottest city in Europe during the heatwave in summer 2003, 506 out of 735 summer deaths recorded in the French capital were due to a heatwave made worse by human-made climate change. The impact of climate change was less severe in London, with an additional 64 deaths out of a total of 315 heat-related deaths, says the...
Gauging the impact of climate change on US agriculture
2016-07-07 23:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MIT News: To assess the likely impact of climate change on U.S. agriculture, researchers typically run a combination of climate and crop models that project how yields of maize, wheat, and other key crops will change over time. But the suite of models commonly used in these simulations, which account for a wide range of uncertainty, produces outcomes that can range from substantial crop losses to bountiful harvests. These mixed results often leave farmers and other agricultural stakeholders perplexed as to...
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