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Natural disasters forced 20 million from homes in 2014: report
2015-07-20 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased by better construction, a report said on Monday. Asia is particularly prone to natural disasters, accounting for almost 90 percent of the 19.3 million displaced in 2014, led by typhoons in China and the Philippines, and floods in India, the Norwegian Refugee Council said. "Disaster-related displacement is on the...
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Linking Disasters to Climate Makes Skeptics Less Likely to Donate, Study Says
2015-06-23 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Linking natural disasters to climate change makes global warming skeptics less likely to donate money to relief efforts, says a study by psychologists at the University of Massachusetts. They asked study participants to read an article about a drought-related famine; one version of the article attributed the droughts to climate change, and the other version made no mention of climate. The researchers then asked the participants why they would or would not donate money for relief, and about their...
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Obama says Texas storms a reminder to prepare for disasters
2015-05-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Thursday the deadly flooding in Texas should serve as a reminder of the need to make the nation more resilient to the impact of natural disasters, adding that climate change is affecting both the pace and intensity of storms. Making the first visit of his presidency to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Obama said that while the nation is better prepared than ever for the storms of today, "the best scientists in the world are telling us that extreme weather events,...
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Link between unseasonal rains, disasters & climate change: Is India playing ostrich?
2015-05-17 01:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Soon after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal in end-April , geologists based in Europe asserted that the tragedy was caused by climate change. These experts were of the opinion that the pressure that falls upon the underlying tectonic plates on account of excess rainfall and its ebb and flow in the river deltas of India and Bangladesh could have triggered the earthquake in the neighbouring country or at the least hastened its occurrence. Speaking to Newsweek, University College London's...
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Land Trust Alliance Pushes For Strategic Land Conservation On Deepwater Horizon Disaster's Fifth Anniversary
2015-04-21 02:41:11| oilandgasonline Home Page
The Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation, organized by the Land Trust Alliance, is marking the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster with a renewed push for strategic land conservation that preserves the Gulf of Mexico region’s ecological, economic and cultural resources.
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