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Climate change shifting Arctic landscape: Hagel
2013-11-24 10:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Climate change is shifting the landscape in the Arctic more rapidly than anywhere else in the world, US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has said. "Climate change is shifting the landscape in the Arctic more rapidly than anywhere else in the world," Hagel said in his address at Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada yesterday. "While the Arctic temperature rise is relatively small in absolute terms, its effect are significant, transforming what is a frozen desert into an evolving,...
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Climate change threatens big-game populations
2013-11-24 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bellingham Herald: Big-game populations are suffering the effects of climate change, and their declining numbers threaten the nation's $730 billion outdoor recreation economy. So says "Nowhere to Run: Big Game Wildlife in a Warming World,' a report released Nov. 13 by the National Wildlife Federation. The report cites the efforts of sportsmen in the 20th century to rebuild populations of animals such as elk, deer, black bear, moose, bighorn sheep and pronghorn. Those efforts have been aided by an infusion...
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Amidst Typhoons & Climate Change, U.S. Spying Network Shows Contempt for Environment
2013-11-23 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Despite mounting evidence that global warming is leading to devastating environmental disasters in the Pacific region, the U.S. and its partners are suspicious of climate change advocates. Rather brazenly, Washington and its Pacific allies spy on those who are intent on reining in global warming. Indeed, according to the Guardian newspaper, which wrote a report based on Edward Snowden's recent disclosures, the National Security Agency or N.S.A. spied on Ban Ki-moon and obtained the United Nations...
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Hagel, citing climate change, rolls out Arctic strategy
2013-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Defense Department on Friday unveiled a first-time strategy for protecting U.S. security interests and fostering international cooperation in the Arctic, where climate change is bringing new commercial activity and potential for conflict. The Arctic is at a strategic inflection point as its ice cap is diminishing more rapidly than projected and human activity, driven by economic opportunity -- ranging from oil, gas, and mineral exploration to fishing, shipping, and tourism -- is increasing...
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Expert claims climate change making tornadoes weaker
2013-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News.com.au: CLIMATE change may be altering our weather but it may not necessarily be for the worse, with one leading climate scientist claiming tornadoes may actually be getting weaker. While we may have experienced a week of wild weather - with everything from Sydney's own travelling tornado to record-setting twisters in the US and a massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia, all following hard on the heels of the devastating Philippines typhoon - US weather expert Professor Richard A. Muller says there...
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