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Milestone Nears on Curve Charting the Human Imprint on the Atmosphere
2013-05-02 13:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: For hundreds of thousands of years preceding the industrial revolution, the concentration of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere didnt exceed 280 parts per million. Now it is poised to pass 400 parts per million, thanks to the burst of fossil fuel combustion and forest clearing thats accompanied humanitys recent growth spurt. That shift was noticed thanks to decades of work by Charles David Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and more recently his son Ralph. (Keelings...
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Sculpture carrying human DNA to be sent into the depths
2013-05-01 19:27:05| CNET News.com
"I want to brand eternity as an art piece," says a Danish artist who's sending human blood and hair to the bottom of the sea. [Read more]
Study: Robot Abuse Switches On Human Empathy
2013-04-24 21:43:00| TechNewsWorld
People feel uncomfortable when they see robots tortured, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Duisburg Essen in Germany. While the results may explain why some robots are popular characters in science fiction, they also have implications for robotics as more machines interact with humans in a wider range of situations.
UN must challenge Canada's complicity in mining's human rights abuses
2013-04-24 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Canada is scheduled for its universal periodic review (UPR) at the UN human rights council on 26 April. The UPR is an international mechanism established in 2006 to hold governments accountable for their human rights records. According to Ban Ki-moon, the review has the potential "to promote and protect human rights in the darkest corners of the world". When Canada stands before the UN to have its "darkest corners" examined, the international community must not turn a blind eye to its complicity...
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Athabaskan Council: Arctic Warming Violates Our Human Rights
2013-04-24 04:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Arctic Athabaskan Council today filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, requesting a declaration that Canada is undermining the human rights of Athabaskan peoples by allowing emissions of black carbon to warm the Arctic. The Arctic Athabaskan Council is an international treaty organization established to defend the rights and further the interests of American and Canadian Athabaskan First Nation governments in the eight-nation Arctic Council, of which it is an authorized...
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