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Fracking boom will increase global carbon emissions, scientists warn
2014-10-16 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A global fracking boom will not help prevent climate change, as cheap shale gas would displace cleaner renewable energy and actually increase carbon emissions, according to a new study. Because the burning of shale gas, extracted through the controversial process of fracking, releases around 50% less carbon than conventional fossil fuels such as coal, proponents have suggested it could act as a bridge fuel. While investment in renewables is scaled up to meet demand, shale gas could fill in...
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Worsening ocean acidification threatens humans and marine life, UK scientists warn
2014-10-09 10:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Rising carbon dioxide emissions are altering the pH levels of the ocean, with dramatic consequences for the marine environment and the people who depend on it, a group of British scientists has said. Experts from the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have warned, in a new report published by the UNs Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), that the current rate of ocean acidification is a grave threat to both humans and natural ecosystems. Acidification is already underway, scientists found,...
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Kerry to warn of global threat of climate change
2014-10-09 02:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Secretary of State John Kerry is planning to discuss the global threat of climate change after touring a Boston wind technology testing center with his British counterpart, Philip Hammond. Kerry also plans to deliver remarks Thursday on the importance of investing in renewable energy sources. The Wind Technology Testing Center on the city's waterfront is the first facility in the country capable of testing large-scale wind turbine blades up to 90 meters in length. The facility acts as independent...
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US east coast cities to be severely affected by climate change, scientists warn
2014-10-08 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Union of Concerned Scientists has said that over the next 15 to 30 years, Mid-Atlantic communities and some of the most important cities on the US east coast will experience severe floods and high tides, as worsening climate change raises sea levels and causes more extreme weather. In a new report, Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities over the Next 30 Years, experts suggest that in the next 15 years cities including Miami Beach...
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Ebola threat in U.S., and we're not prepared to contain it, experts warn
2014-10-05 17:16:40| Biotech - Topix.net
Mistakes and missteps in the handling of the first Ebola case in the United States trouble lawmakers, international organizations and some public health experts who say the government needs to step up its strategy to contain the virus. "Where is the 1-800-Ebola hotline?" asked Gavin MacGregor-Skinner, an assistant professor of public health at Penn State University who helped set up an Ebola treatment clinic in Nigeria a few weeks ago.
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