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Climate change is moving mountains, research says
2015-11-05 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] For millions of years global climate change has altered the structure and internal movement of mountain ranges, but the resulting glacial development and erosion can in turn change a mountain's local climate. The degree of this cause-and-effect relationship has never been clearly observed, until now. Based on research led by University of Cincinnati geologist Eva Enkelmann in the St. Elias Mountain Range - located along the Pacific coastal region of North America - the way…
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Human-caused climate change increased severity of many extreme events in 2014
2015-11-05 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Blog: Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe, drought in East Africa, and stifling heat waves in Australia, Asia, and South America, according to a new report released today. The report, Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, addresses the natural and...
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Climate Change Threatens Flavour of Argentine Wine
2015-11-05 05:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Purple garlic that is losing its color? More translucent wine? Climate change will also affect the flavours of our food in the absence of measures to mitigate the impacts of global warming, which are already being felt in crops that are basic to local economies, such as in the Argentine province of Mendoza. An exposition by the National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), during the Climate Change Forum held in October in Mendoza, the capital of the province of the same name, organised jointly with the...
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Climate change among new Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau priorities
2015-11-05 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Justin Trudeau, who was sworn in as Canada`s 23rd prime minister Wednesday, faces immediate challenges on issues including climate change, taxes, refugees and the fight against Islamic State militants. During the unusually long 11-week election campaign that propelled the Liberal Party he leads to a majority government, Trudeau promised to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by year`s end and establish "a pan-Canadian strategy" to tackle climate change within 90 days of the United Nations`...
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Australian companies sign on for climate change action ahead of Paris conference
2015-11-04 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Twelve Australian companies including energy suppliers, banks and a major telecommunications business have committed to climate change action at a summit ahead of the UN's climate change conference in Paris at the end of November. The Australian Climate Leadership Summit is backed by the French government and focuses on seven key climate commitments by action group We Mean Business, including carbon emission reduction targets, carbon pricing, renewable sources and climate policy. The conference...
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