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Hurricanes reaching peak strength farther north as globe warms, tropics expand
2014-05-15 01:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: As the Earth`s oceans have warmed over the last three decades, the grounds for destructive hurricanes have crept northward finds a new study, published by three of the world`s leading tropical weather experts. This observed poleward jog could reflect the first "robust" signal that the build-up of greenhouse gases from human activity is influencing tropical storms, the authors say. Identifying a firm connection between hurricane activity and manmade global warming has proven elusive. The 2013 Intergovernmental...
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IPCC report: Climate change impacts occurring from the tropics to the poles
2014-03-31 05:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edie: The IPCC report says climate change impacts are occurring from the tropics to the poles, from small islands to large continents, and from the wealthiest countries to the poorest The effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report. Related articles Exxon Mobil agrees to report on climate change's effect on business model Released today, the IPCC's Working Group II report, Climate...
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Climate change is increasing the risk of malaria for people living in mountainous regions in the tropics
2014-03-06 20:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Millions of people living at higher altitudes in the tropics will be at risk of malaria as a result of rising temperatures and climate change, according to an analysis of the disease over the past two decades in two mountainous regions in South America and Africa. Scientists found that when temperatures increased, malaria affected people at higher altitudes than when temperatures were cooler. It is the first study on the ground to show how temperature changes can affect the risk of malaria in...
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Corridors to Survival: Charting a Path to Combat Climate Change in the Tropics
2014-02-03 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The concept of habitat corridors in conservation has been around for a while. Its a topic at global climate talks and an issue for NGOs eager to create pathways for survival between protected areas. For all the talk, there hasnt been much research to help execute a plan. A team of scientists at Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Mass., has stepped into this scientific vacuum in the tropics. Using newly available, high-resolution data sets of vegetation carbon stocks gleaned from satellite...
Biodiversity higher in the tropics, but species more likely to arise at higher latitudes
2013-11-22 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study of 2300 species of mammals and nearly 6700 species of birds from across the globe helps explain why there are so many more species of plants and animals in the tropics than at higher latitudes. In a study supported by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina, researchers found that while the tropics harbor a greater diversity of species, the number of subspecies -- potential stepping stones in the process by which one species becomes two -- is actually greater in the...