je.st
news
Tag: global threat
Jeb Bush avoids criticizing pope while acknowledging threat global warming
2015-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Jeb Bush backed away from criticizing Pope Francis on climate change on Wednesday, but he did offer a stronger assertion than many of his Republican presidential rivals that global warming is a threat and that the federal government should address it. Im a Catholic and try to follow the teachings of the church, Mr. Bush said when asked about a leaked draft of a papal encyclical calling for governments to act forcefully on global warming. He did not dismiss the popes authority on the subject...
Tags: global
bush
warming
threat
Scientists warn of global warming threat to temperate rainforests
2015-03-13 23:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: If you Google "rainforest," you're almost assured to get a page of search results mostly about the tropics. Yet, another kind of rainforest also exists: temperate rainforests. Far less expansive than the tropical kind, temperate rainforests occur in isolated patches and strips around the world from the coasts of western North America and eastern Siberia, to throughout much of New Zealand and Tasmania. In a new study published recently in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, researchers warn...
Tags: global
warming
threat
scientists
Kerry to warn of global threat of climate change
2014-10-09 02:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Secretary of State John Kerry is planning to discuss the global threat of climate change after touring a Boston wind technology testing center with his British counterpart, Philip Hammond. Kerry also plans to deliver remarks Thursday on the importance of investing in renewable energy sources. The Wind Technology Testing Center on the city's waterfront is the first facility in the country capable of testing large-scale wind turbine blades up to 90 meters in length. The facility acts as independent...
Tags: change
global
threat
climate
Global warming a threat to Greenwich birds
2014-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwich Time: Imagine never again hearing the ethereal four-syllable call of the veery, that small forest thrush that sings in the summertime in Greenwich's woodlands. Try to picture life in Greenwich without the blue-winged warbler, a favorite of local bird watchers, or the dunlin -- a shorebird seen in both spring and fall at Greenwich Point. It could happen. According to a recent report by the National Audubon Society, these birds are just a few of the local species that may disappear from Greenwich and its...
Tags: global
warming
threat
birds
Climate Change A Greater Threat To Global Food Production Than Previously Thought: MIT Researchers
2014-07-28 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Climate change could pose an even greater threat to global food production than previously thought, according to new research. Rising temperatures will not only damage heat-sensitive crops theyll also increase toxic air pollution, which will harm crops even further. The study, out this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, is the first to explore how this interaction between warming temperatures and air pollution affects staple crops. Scientists have long known that the two can independently...