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Warmer Seas May Impact Antarctic Clams Reproduction
2013-04-28 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Antarctic clams (Laternula elliptica) play a vital role in the ocean ecosystem, drawing down carbon into sea-bed sediments and circulating ocean nutrients. Now a new study has found that the reproductive capacity of this long-lived and abundant species -- existing in the cold, oxygen-rich waters of the Antarctic -- could be seriously affected by rising ocean temperatures. The study, by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and from the University of Kiel and the Alfred Wegener Institute...
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EPA finds Keystone environmental impact statement insufficient
2013-04-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LOE: The EPA has written to the State Department, criticizing its draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. UCLA law professor Ann Carlson joins host Steve Curwood to discuss the criticisms in detail and explain how this might impact the Keystone decision. Transcript CURWOOD: From the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios in Boston, this is Living on Earth. I'm Steve Curwood. Some say the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to bring tar sands crude from Canada would unleash climate...
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U.S. EPA Weighs In: Keystone XL Climate Impact Not Adequately Addressed
2013-04-24 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has challenged the State Department on its draft environmental impact statement on the Keystone XL pipeline, objecting to its conclusion that the Keystone XL presents no significant climate change impact or environment risk. This criticism raises an important hurdle in the overall executive review process for its approval, and gives the pipelines opponents additional support in their fight against the project. The U.S. EPAs challenge comes alongside...
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Climate change will have impact on Pennsylvania vineyards
2013-04-24 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Patriot-News: Visitors at Allegro Winery and Vineyards in Brogue, York County always ask owner Carl Helrich what he thinks about the crazy shifts in weather. "I will say the forecasts have not been as reliable as they used to be, and I live by forecasts," he said. For example, he said that in 2002 the earliest the buds on the grape vines broke -- an indicator of the grape growing season -- on April 17. Last year, it occurred March 30. As Helrich points out, that is about an18-day difference in a matter of...
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Views Differ on Frackings Impact
2013-04-24 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PBS: The practice of hydraulic fracturing is under debate across the country in areas impacted by America`s ongoing natural gas boom. In the town of Findlay, Ohio, an increase in manufacturing in recent years has been accompanied by expanded natural gas drilling. That has Greg Auburn, professor of International Business at the University of Findlay feeling optimistic about Ohios future employment prospects. The estimates (for jobs in the natural gas industry) range anywhere from 20,000 to 200,000 over...
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