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State Officials Warn Climate Impact Predictions may be Worsening
2014-01-12 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The situation looks grim for Rhode Island and the rest of the East Coast when it come to climate change. In fact, the outlook is getting worse, according to state officials. Grover Fugate, head of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and the face of the state's climate research and planning, recently said climate change is happening faster than scientists can model it. At a Jan. 8 Statehouse conference, proponents of addressing climate change in Rhode Island divulged some...
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World risks exceeding carbon budget, worsening climate
2013-11-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The world risks blowing through its carbon budget in 21 years, threatening to cause global warming of more than double the threshold deemed safe by the United Nations, the global accounting firm PwC said today in a study. The budget is the amount of greenhouse gases the world can emit by 2100 to cap the temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). CO2 emitted per unit of economic output fell at 0.7 percent per year from 2007 through 2012, less than an eighth of the required...
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Zimbabwes Battered Old Cars Worsening Air Pollution
2013-10-28 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: It is a common sight in Zimbabwe's rural areas - dilapidated old cars making their way from one district to the next overloaded with chickens, maize, luggage and people. Tazviona Matutu, 76, from Zimbabwe's Mwenezi district in Masvingo Province, has been a passenger in these cars and he is grateful that the operators of these old and sometimes unroadworthy vehicles are willing to accept something other than cash for his fare. "There are no buses here to ferry people from one point to another....
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Water Shortage Seen Worsening From Climate Change in Potsdam Study
2013-10-08 21:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Water scarcity will increase around the world due to climate change, with more than 500 million people affected if mean global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), based on modeling studies by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, or PIK. An additional 8 percent of humankind may face new or worse water scarcity with 2 degrees warming, the target set by international climate negotiators, the German government-funded institute wrote in a news release today....
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Hunger Seen Worsening by Oxfam as Climate Change Heats Up World
2013-09-23 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: World hunger is expected to worsen as climate change hurts crop production and disrupts incomes, with food-price spikes due to extreme weather set to increase, charity Oxfam said. The number of people at risk of hunger may climb by 10 percent to 20 percent by 2050 as a result of climate change, with daily per-capita calorie availability falling across the world, Oxfam wrote in an e-mailed report today. The world risks cataclysmic changes caused by extreme heat waves, rising sea levels and depleted...