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Climate change having impact across U.S
2013-01-12 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: A congressional study found climate change is affecting the United States on several fronts, including health and agriculture, at a faster rate than expected. The Third National Climate Assessment found that climate change, driven by human activity, is increasingly impacting infrastructure, water supplies, crops and shorelines, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. "Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present," the report stated. "Americans...
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Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds
2013-01-11 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The consequences of climate change are now hitting the United States on several fronts, including health, infrastructure, water supply, agriculture and especially more frequent severe weather, a congressionally mandated study has concluded. A draft of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released on Friday, said observable change to the climate in the past half-century "is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuel," and that no areas of the United States were...
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Study: Climate Change Is Having Significant Impact on Biodiversity
2013-01-02 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U-T San Diego: Plants and animals are shifting their ranges and life cycles in response to climate change, creating clashes between unfamiliar creatures or mismatches between animals and their food sources, according to a new national biodiversity report. The analysis could expand the scope of conservation efforts, which for 40 years has focused predominantly on habitat changes, local wildlife experts said. Climate change has this incredibly large footprint of effects, said Megan Owen, conservation program...
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