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Short term politics is hurting EU climate goals
2016-03-13 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: As European Heads of State meet in Brussels this week, theres one item no longer on the agenda the Paris climate agreement. With a burgeoning agenda on the refugee crisis, EU President Tusks team are keen to avoid another run in on the EUs climate action. That follows on from last weeks Environment ministers meeting where countries were clearly divided on the next steps as they gave their reaction to Commissions Paris Agreement assessment. What stood out, however, was that almost...
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PH leads the way in global fight vs climate change
2016-03-13 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rappler: The Philippines is one of the worlds most vulnerable countries to climate disasters. With more than 7,100 islands and an estimated 36,298 kilometers of coastline, more than 60% of the Filipino population resides within the coastal zone and are acutely impacted by climate change. Dangers include food and fresh water scarcity, damage to infrastructure, and devastating sea level rise. However, with an innate understanding of the acute impacts of climate change, the Philippines is one of the worlds...
Science and Politics Clash as Humanity Nears Climate Change Tipping Point
2016-03-13 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Despite having had a heart transplant three years before, Lonnie Thompson ascended to 22,000 feet and braved -35 degree F temperatures on a mountain peak in far western China in 2015 to do his job as an ice-core paleoclimatologist. The renowned professor from the Ohio State University has extracted and examined ice cores from around the world since 1974. He testified before the U.S. Senate about global warming in 1992, detailing the havoc climate change is wreaking on the planet. The testimony came...
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Anthropocene Science --Links Extreme Weather Human-Induced Climate Change
2016-03-13 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Galaxy: Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled researchers to confidently say that the increased intensity and frequency of some, but not all, of these extreme weather events is influenced by human-induced climate change, according to an international National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report released on March 11. "In the past, many scientists have been cautious of attributing...
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Climate change may boost toxic algae in Pacific: study
2016-03-13 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CTV: A recently published study suggests climate change may encourage longer and more frequent blooms of toxic algae along Canada's Pacific coast. The research on the presence of algae toxins in marine mammals along the Alaska coastline holds a warning for British Columbia, said study author Kathi Lefebvre. "It's the same coastline," said Lefebvre, a biologist with the U.S.-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Those regions are at risk in the same way as were Alaska and Washington."...
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