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Australia solar power revolution could change the world
2014-07-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Solar power is coming to the fore as a major future source of global energy, experts say. In Australia, where there are 1.2 million homes with solar panels installed on roofs, the growth of solar power has been so profound that wholesale prices of electricity have been driven low enough that few coal generators in Australia made a profit last year. In the state of Queensland this week for several days the price of electricity, normally around $40-$50 a megawatt hour, hovered around zero. The...
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Experts discuss climate change at Nimbus fish hatchery
2014-07-12 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting a third presentation on the effects of climate change on salmon and steelhead trout in the American River. Kevin Shaffer, fisheries branch program manager, will discuss the potential effects of climate change on salmon and steelhead runs in the American River. Whitney Albright, a climate associate, will cover the steps the department is taking to reduce the effects of climate change and the actions needed to manage the fish runs. Both speakers...
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Sharks Could Cope with Climate Change, Study Suggests
2014-07-12 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Shark fossil teeth recently found in the Arctic Ocean suggest that the predators, despite the rising salinity of Arctic waters, could cope with climate change, according to a new study. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, sharks are already in trouble, with 25 percent of shark species now threatened with extinction. Now with climate change adding to their plight, some worry that the decreasing salinity of their native waters - caused in part by melting ice on land...
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How Climate Change is Destroying Our National Parks
2014-07-12 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: America's national parks are being adversely affected by climate change, with temperatures becoming more extreme in recent years compared to the historical norms of the last century, a new study by the National Park Service (NPS) finds. "These changes will have implications for what visitors see and experience in national parks and will require new approaches to the protection of natural and historic resources within parks," the NPS says. America's national parks attract 275 million visitors a...
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Quebec spruce budworm link to climate change being studied
2014-07-12 18:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Scientists are investigating how climate change may be influencing a spruce budworm outbreak in Quebecs forests. An area the size of Belgium on Quebecs North Shore is now affected by the highly destructive insect, which feeds on the young needles of white, red and black spruce and balsam ?r trees. Spruce budworm populations go through cyclical fluctuations and reach outbreak proportions once every 30 to 40 years, leading to widespread defoliation and massive losses for the forest industry....
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