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Under climate change conditions, our forests may fail to be resilient
2016-09-07 03:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald: Under conditions stirred up by climate change, its unclear how once resilient forests will fare. As indications of climate change become more apparent, a study led by a University of Wisconsin zoology professor looks to identify at what point rising temperatures and higher frequencies of natural disturbances like wildfires could potentially leave a forest unrecoverable. UW zoologist Monica Turner, who has been studying Yellowstone National Park for more than 25 years, has observed the full...
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Satellite data can help predict which of the worlds tropical forests are in trouble
2016-09-06 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Digital Trends: Satellites are great for communication, weather forecasting, and a number of other activities. Now there`s one application we havent previously come across - building up heat maps of the worlds tropical forests. When combined with some neat statistical tools, they can predict regions that might be in trouble. Thats the goal of a research project at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. It was recently described in a paper for the journal Nature Climate Change, entitled Remotely sensed...
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Logging roads have long-lasting impacts on forests
2016-08-29 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: When logging roads appear in forests, they are often spotlighted by conservationists as harbingers of ecological harm to come. But a new study finds that the roads themselves can damage the environment and may continue doing so for years after the logging stops. The study, published in Geoderma and conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri in the U.S., looked at logging roads in Mark Twain National Forest. They collected core samples from logging roads and log landing areas where...
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Rio Olympics Kicks Off With Ode to Forests, Favelas And Funk
2016-08-05 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population to the tune of samba, bossa nova and funk in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In a country of great economic inequality, the opening ceremony celebrated the culture of the favelas, the slums that hang vertiginously above the renowned beaches of Rio and ring the site of Friday's spectacle, the famed Maracana stadium. There was no glossing over...
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Rio kicks off Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk
2016-08-05 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk. Brazil's interim President Michel Temer declared open the first Games ever in South America. But in a display of the deep political divisions plaguing Brazil, he was jeered by some in the crowd at the famed Maracana soccer stadium. The opening ceremony...
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