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Report Ties Climate to Extreme Events, But Shows Hurdles
2013-09-06 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Climate scientists examining a dozen extreme weather events from 2012 found that manmade global warming likely contributed to at least half of them, including a record-breaking deadly heat wave in the U.S. The international report released on Thursday offers a demonstration of the new capabilities that scientists are developing in an emerging, complex area of climate science known as "extreme event attribution.' On the whole, the scientists found that, as suspected, climate change has already...
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Leaked Climate Report Implies the Need for Improved Technologies
2013-08-22 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MIT Technology Review: Scientists are more certain than ever that human-caused climate change is happening, according to on a leaked draft of an upcoming report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. To be precise, the group says its extremely likely, judging from a review of the scientific literature, that more than half of the temperature rise observed in the last 59 years is due to factors such as greenhouse-gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. But the scientists also acknowledge a large degree...
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Climate change in NJ: State report details what's happened, what's coming
2013-08-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Philadelphia Inqurier: How is the climate already changing in New Jersey? Higher temperatures in both summer and winter. Different rainfall patterns. Sea level rise. More "extreme events' such as storms, floods and hot spells. On Monday, the New Jersey Sierra Club drew attention to a state climate change report updated and posted on the state website in June. Jeff Tittel, director of the environmental organization, suggested that since the state posted it without fanfare, officials were trying to hide it. Folks at the...
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Report: Climate change already having major impacts on California
2013-08-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KQED: Climate change poses an "immediate and growing threat" to California's water, vegetation and wildlife according to a report released Thursday by the state's Environmental Protection Agency. The report outlines the current effects, which include increased wildfires, rising sea levels along the California coasts and migration of plants and animals to higher elevations. We discuss the study, and examine state efforts to address the climate challenge. Host: Penny Nelson Guests: Christopher Field,...
California Report Highlights Observable Effects of Climate Change
2013-08-08 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A new report by the California Environmental Protection Agency details the effects of climate change already being seen in the state, including the effects of higher temperatures, declining snowmelt runoff, more frequent and intense wildfires. The report tracks 36 climate change indicators and how California is being impacted by each of them. A key element of the report highlights the effects of increasing temperatures on the state's water, vegetation and wildlife. Throughout California, from the...
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