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Report Analyzes Impact Of Climate Change On Great Lakes, US Midwest
2013-01-19 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Because of global warming, heat waves will become harsher and intense rainstorms will become more common in the US Midwest over the next couple of decades, claims a new report released by the federal government last week. The Midwest chapter of the over 1,100 page National Climate Assessment also revealed that the region would be subject to degrading air and water quality, an increased frequency of flooding, and potential public health risks, the University of Michigan announced on Friday. Three...
Report: Climate Change Causes Plants to Flower Historically Early
2013-01-17 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News and World Report: Dozens of flowering plants have gradually begun blooming earlier as average temperatures rise. Spring has, well, sprung, earlier than ever in the past few years. A new study suggests global warming is causing dozens of flower species to bloom more than a month earlier than they did in the past. According to the study, published in the journal PLOS ONE Wednesday, dozens of flowering plants in Massachusetts and Wisconsin have gradually begun blooming earlier as average temperatures creep up....
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Climate change report sends warning to Minnesota
2013-01-15 23:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KARE: Minnesota could look and be very different in as little as 40 years, according to a draft report on climate change. The National Climate Assessment could hit President Barack Obama's desk later this year. "It is not a policy document," insisted Rolf Nordstrom, Executive Director of the Minneapolis-based Great Plains Institute. "It is information, scientific information, gathering process." Nordstrom is one of the 240 authors of the draft report. He is one of eight tasked with the Midwest...
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Virginia Waters Down Report On Impacts Of Climate Change After Tea Party Complaints
2013-01-15 17:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Earlier this year, Virginias legislature commissioned a study to determine the impacts of climate change on the states shores. After Tea Party complaints, lawmakers approved the report on condition it strike the words "climate change" and "sea level rise" from the title. This week, Virginia released its analysis, under the title "Recurrent Flooding Study for Tidewater Virginia." The report discusses the threat of flooding and rising sea levels to coastal Virginia, but gives less notice to the...
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Major report warns climate change could raise temperatures by 10 degrees
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: A major draft federal report concludes that climate change is already affecting U.S. residents through heat waves, droughts and other changes, and warns that temperatures could increase as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit if global carbon emissions keep soaring. The third National Climate Assessment, released Friday, said theres unambiguous evidence that earth is warming, and that climate change over the past 50 years is driven primarily by human activity, especially from burning fossil fuels....
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