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UN report dials up humanity's global warming risks; scientist says 'We're all sitting ducks'
2014-03-30 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Global warming is driving humanity toward a whole new level of many risks, a United Nations scientific panel reports, warning that the wild climate ride has only just begun. Twenty-first century disasters such as killer heat waves in Europe, wildfires in the United States, droughts in Australia and deadly flooding in Mozambique, Thailand and Pakistan highlight how vulnerable humanity is to extreme weather, says a massive new report from a Nobel Prize-winning group of scientists released early...
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Some NZ towns may have to be abandoned - climate scientist
2014-03-29 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ONE News: One of New Zealand's top climate scientists is warning some of our major towns and cities may have to be abandoned, because of climate change. ONE News has obtained a draft United Nations report on climate change, ahead of its release tomorrow. The report claims by the end of this century, temperatures will have risen by 2 to 4 degrees celsius. More ice will melt and our oceans will rise by a metre. Climate Scientist Dr Jim Salinger told ONE News that 14 of our major cities and towns, which are...
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We need three more planets sustain human life, says NASA scientist
2014-03-23 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: If the human race continues expanding, fuelling climate change, and using resources at its current rate, it will eventually need to colonise three more planets to sustain itself, a NASA scientist has claimed. The entire ecosystem is crashing, Dennis Bushnell, chief scientist of NASAs Langley Research Centre, said on Thursday. We have freshwater problems, deforestation, pollution, fish stocks, on and on and on [] Essentially, theres too many of us. Weve been far too successful as the...
Australian Pork Industry Wins Prestigious Young Scientist Award
2014-03-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) has congratulated Megan Verdon for receiving the Australian Pork Award, as part of the 2014 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
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UK chief scientist: climate change will not be beneficial to the UK
2014-03-12 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The chief scientific adviser to the government, Sir Mark Walport, has told MPs not to expect any benefits from a warmer climate, adding that the effects in the long-term will be harmful. Walport was commenting on science journalist and climate denier Matt Ridleys book, The Rational Optimist, which argues that climate change will more beneficial to the UK than it will harmful. He said, Whilst there may be trivial benefits in some parts of the world for some of the time, the long-term direction...
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