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A climate deal has been made in Paris! Heres what it says
2015-12-12 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
On Earth: Well, that was easy. I mean, not that easythere apparently was some late-night posturing and maybe even some shoutingbut negotiators from 195 nations in Paris actually managed to hammer out a climate change deal. The agreement will incorporate the carbon reduction goals that each country proposed prior to the meeting, with a goal of keeping the global average mean temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius over the long term. The negotiators may have overshot their self-imposed deadline, but if...
Human-caused climate change made extreme weather worse in 2014
2015-11-08 01:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forex Report: Data in all three countries suggests that Catholics are backing Pope Francis`s Encyclical released in June, titled Laudato Si, which argues that "climate change is a global problem with grave implications". "Greenland Is Melting Away": a video and essay of scientists` studying the Greenland ice sheet, from the New York Times this week. Lee also identified the "power of the purse" as another constitutional power Congress should use to make sure President Obama does not commit the United States...
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Some extreme weather made worse by climate change: study
2015-11-05 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A killer snowstorm in the Himalayas, a scorching heat wave in Argentina and lashing rainfall in southern France last year were all made worse by climate change, international scientists said Thursday. But other major events, like Hurricane Gonzalo over Europe and drought in Brazil were not influenced by global warming, according to the peer-reviewed study called "Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective." The scientific team included 32 research groups from around the world,...
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Climate change made some extreme weather more likely in 2014, feds say
2015-11-05 17:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A new federal study stopped short of directly linking extreme weather last year to climate change, but said that it made certain weather events much more likely. In North America, that included extreme wildfires in California, tropical cyclones in Hawaii and mild winter in the Midwest, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Other weather events, like Californias drought, extreme cold in the eastern United States and the heavy winter storm season of 2013-2104 were...
Hurricane Patricia made worse by climate change
2015-10-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Hurricane Patricia--now the strongest hurricane ever measured--is expected to make landfall in Mexico late Friday. According to the latest official forecast from the National Hurricane Center, Manzanillo, a city of 100,000 people, appears to be in Patricia's direct path. After seeing the incredible data gathered by hurricane hunter aircraft overnight, a few meteorologists have argued that Patricia could be thought of as a Category 7 hurricane--though the official Saffir-Simpson scale only goes...
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