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Raging Australian wildfires raise questions about climate change
2013-10-18 08:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The worst fires to hit Australias east coast in more than a decade have raised questions about what if any lessons have been learned from previous bushfire tragedies and stoked controversy over the federal governments climate change credentials. Firefighters in New South Wales admitted they were unprepared for the hot and windy conditions that led to Thursdays inferno, which turned hundreds of houses into smoldering ruins and left at least one person dead. At the height of the emergency, 97...
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Spate of Australian wildfires destroys at least 30 homes
2013-10-17 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A spate of wildfires has destroyed at least 30 homes west of Sydney, prompting evacuations, blanketing Australia's biggest city in choking yellow smoke and closing highways. Fuelled by unseasonably high temperatures and strong winds, dozens of fires were burning in the Blue Mountains region and other parts of New South Wales state on Thursday, threatening more properties, the Rural Fire Service said. There were no immediate reports of deaths. "If we get through with less than 100 homes destroyed...
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Australian scientists plan to relocate wildlife threatened by climate change
2013-10-17 02:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australian researchers have developed the "first rigorous framework' on how to relocate animals displaced due to climate change. The study, conducted by academics from four Australian universities and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), devised a formula on how to decide whether to relocate a species, which species to prioritise for reintroduction and where and how to move them. The work follows a request by the International Union for Conservation of Nature...
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Australian climate change researchers look to penguin poo
2013-10-16 00:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PBS NewsHour: If you're going to study the effects of climate change on a food chain, you have to look at how that food, ahem, ends up. Researchers from the Australian government's Antarctic Division will study the Antarctic food chain, specifically, the historical feeding habits of Adelie penguins and impacts of ocean acidification on phytoplankton and bacteria, the smallest building blocks of the southern continent's ecosystem, according to a report from AFP. Seabird expert Barbara Wienecke will lead the survey...
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Australian PM Abbott Publishes Draft Legislation to Abolish Carbon Pricing
2013-10-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbotts government published draft legislation to abolish carbon pricing and called on the opposition Labor party not to block the bill in parliament. Labor must listen to the clear message that the Australian people sent at the last election, Abbott, whose Liberal-National coalition won the Sept. 7 ballot, said in a statement. The Carbon Price Mechanism passed by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2011 requires more than 300 of Australias largest emitters to...
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