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Insurance Firms Warn of the Uninsurable Future of Climate Change

2013-06-28 22:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Ocean warming from climate change could make some parts of the world "uninsurable," according to a new report from global insurance trade body, the Geneva Association. It warns that the speed at which global oceans are warming is threatening the industrys ability to sell affordable policies around the world, with parts of the United Kingdom (UK) and the U.S. state of Florida already facing a risk environment that is uninsurable. And these areas are unlikely to be the last that will experience...

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As Calgary floods, scientists warn of rising risks

2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: The normally tame Bow and Elbow Rivers that course their way through downtown Calgary, Alberta, have taken over the city, transforming Canada's fourth-largest city into North America's Venice. A slow-moving storm system, coming on top of an unusually wet spring, has produced massive flooding across southern Alberta, prompting tens of thousands to hastily evacuate sections of Calgary, and producing surreal images of the city's landmarks, such as the Calgary Stampede grounds, under several feet of...

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Pakistan can expect worse heatwaves to come, meteorologists warn

2013-06-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Near-record temperatures in Pakistan have claimed hundreds of lives and devastated crops in the third major heatwave in four years. But as temperatures on Friday dipped to under 38C (100F), signalling the end of nearly four weeks of blistering heat, leading meteorologists warned that the country could expect longer, more intense and more frequent events in future. Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, a vice-president of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and former director of Pakistan's Met Office,...

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Scientists warn earth cooling proposals are no climate silver bullet.

2013-06-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RTCC: If Bill Gates was so inclined, he could reduce the worlds temperature by one degree. All it would takes is a fleet of high altitude planes, releasing millions of tonnes of sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere, deflecting the suns rays from planet earth. The start-up costs of this technique, called Solar Radiation Management (SRM) are around $10 billion, with running costs of around $5 billion a year. Thats peanuts compared to current climate mitigation and adaptation estimates. Solutions...

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