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Intensifying summer winds could impact sea life off Marin coast
2014-07-13 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Summer winds are intensifying along the Marin Coast and climate change is a likely cause, a new study says. The winds, which blow parallel to the shore and draw cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface in a process known as "upwelling," have increased over the last 60 years in three out of five regions of the world, including the California Coast according to an analysis published earlier this month in the journal Science. At this point "we don't know what the implications...
Africa famine: soaring food prices intensifying crisis, report warns
2014-05-20 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A volatile global food supply is deepening the humanitarian catastrophe in the Horn of Africa, the World Bank warns in a new report. Shortages and near-historic prices for staples such as corn, wheat and sugar have magnified the impact of the drought now ravaging the Horn of Africa, the Food Price Watch report said. "While the emergency in the Horn of Africa was triggered by prolonged droughts, especially in areas struggling with conflict and internal displacement such as Somalia, food prices...
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Intensifying Storms Are Contributing To Ongoing U.S. Wetlands Loss
2013-12-09 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The U.S. is losing wetlands at a rate of 80,000 acres per year, in part because of intensifying coastal storms and sea level rise, according to a new government study. From 2004 to 2009, the country lost more than 360,000 acres of freshwater and saltwater wetlands, a decline driven both by traditional factors, such as coastal development, as well as worsening storms and slowly rising seas, the study says. The rate of loss is a signal that government efforts to protect and restore wetlands are failing...
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Global war against indigenous intensifying as imperialists scramble for land and resources
2013-11-24 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deep Green Resistance: A new report on minorities and indigenous people warns that the global 'intensification` in the exploitation of natural resources is leading to mounting conflicts for the world`s 370 million indigenous people. The report for 2012 by the London-based human rights group, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), says indigenous peoples "in every region of the world" face the risk of being "driven from their land and natural resources." The land and resources are all "vital for their livelihoods,...
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