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Hawaii canoe hits halfway mark in round-the-world voyage
2015-11-17 00:13:40| Airlines - Topix.net
In this April 29, 2014 file photo, the Hokulea sailing canoe is seen off Honolulu. The Polynesian voyaging canoe, guided solely by nature on a three-year circumnavigation of the globe has reached its halfway point.
Paris Climate Summit may get world at least halfway toward global warming target
2015-10-30 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Climate change news tends to come in two forms -- depressing and downright dire. However, two new reports released Friday morning offer reason for optimism concerning the potential outcome of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit that begins Nov. 29. A U.N. report analyzing the 119 separate emissions reduction pledges from 146 countries shows that, if implemented to their fullest extent, the emissions cuts would limit the forecast temperature rise to around 2.7 degrees Celsius, or about 4.8 degrees...
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Halfway to Hell: Global Temperatures Hit Critical Point, Warn Scientists
2015-07-31 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As 2015 shapes up to be the hottest year on record, scientists warn the world could be halfway towards surpassing countries self-set red line of 2C temperature rise. New research commissioned by the New Scientist shows that four out of the five major surface temperature records are set to pass the 1C point this year, measured from the 1850-1899 average. At 1C climate change is already affecting the worlds poorest and most vulnerable populations as warming brings escalating sea level rise...
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Earth now halfway to UN global warming limit
2015-07-30 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: IT`S the outcome the world wants to avoid, but we are already halfway there. All but one of the main trackers of global surface temperature are now passing more than 1 °C of warming relative to the second half of the 19th century, according to an exclusive analysis done for New Scientist. We could also be seeing the end of the much-discussed slowdown in surface warming since 1998, meaning this is just the start of a period of rapid warming. "There`s a good chance the hiatus is over," says Kevin...
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Low and Slow: Halfway There, An Updated Route Map
2015-05-28 22:34:46| ENR.com: Headline News
An updated itinerary for the Low and Slow tour.