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Smoke from 2015 Indonesian fires may have caused 100,000 premature deaths
2016-09-20 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: In the fall of 2015, hazardous levels of smoke from agricultural fires blanketed much of Equatorial Asia. Schools and businesses closed, planes were grounded and tens of thousands sought medical treatment for respiratory illness. In a new study, Harvard University researchers and their colleagues estimate that the 2015 smoke event caused upwards of 100,000 deaths across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. To mitigate the impact of future smoke events, the team developed a model framework which...
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US Intelligence Chief: Climate Change Caused the Rise of Terror Groups
2016-09-11 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sputnik: Speaking about global threats on intelligence summit in Washington, Clapper explained that decrease in the resources like food and water caused by climate change will lead to mounting socio-economical tensions worldwide with people resorting to arms to get crucial life supplies. This would put additional pressure on governments, which will have to struggle to control national borders, respond to inner and outer threats. "I think climate change is going to be an underpinning for a lot of national...
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Japans lurch away from nuclear hasnt caused fossil fuels to boom
2016-09-10 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: In the wake of the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, Japan shut down its entire nuclear fleet in order to develop more rigorous safety standards and inspect the remaining plants. As of now, plants are only beginning to come back online. Given that Japan had recently relied on nuclear for over a quarter of its electricity, the expectation is that emissions would rise dramatically. But that hasn't turned out to be the case. While coal use has gone up, it hasn't risen by more than...
Flooding of coast, caused by global warming, has already begun
2016-09-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Huge vertical rulers are sprouting beside low spots in the streets here, so people can judge if the tidal floods that increasingly inundate their roads are too deep to drive through. Five hundred miles down the Atlantic Coast, the only road to Tybee Island, Ga., is disappearing beneath the sea several times a year, cutting the town off from the mainland. And another 500 miles on, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., increased tidal flooding is forcing the city to spend millions fixing battered roads and...
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Samarco dam failure in Brazil 'caused by design flaws'
2016-08-30 10:59:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The deadly collapse of a dam at the Samarco mine in Brazil was due to design and drainage flaws, according to a report by joint owners BHP Billiton and Vale.
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