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China and US Sign Pacts on Climate Change
2014-07-10 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The worlds two largest carbon emitters have signed pacts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The deals--actually eight projects demonstrating smart grids and carbon capture, utilization and storage--were made through the China-U.S. Climate Change Working Group and will involve companies and research bodies. The significance of these two nations coming together cant be understated, said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. We are working...
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It's Survival Of The Fattest For Corals Adapting To Climate Change
2014-07-10 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: The future health of the world`s coral reefs and the animals that depend on them relies in part on the ability of one tiny symbiotic sea creature to get fat--and to be flexible about the type of algae it cooperates with. In the first study of its kind, scientists at The Ohio State University discovered that corals--tiny reef-forming animals that live symbiotically with algae--are better able to recover from yearly bouts of heat stress, called "bleaching," when they keep large energy reserves--mostly...
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Bad idea: change the Wilderness Act to respond to climate change
2014-07-10 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Berkeley Blogs: The Wilderness Act is one of the iconic pieces of environmental legislation, and it is 50 years old this year. It created a process and management standard by which millions of acres of relatively undeveloped federal land were protected from development and most forms of active human management. These lands are to be managed, as the Act puts it, to ensure that they are "unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness." Millions of Americans have enjoyed the solitude and natural beauty available...
207 global cities say climate change is threat to local economy
2014-07-10 17:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Most of the worlds major cities, from London to So Paulo, have warned that climate change presents a very real, physical risk to the businesses that operate within them, as part of a major new report. In an urbanised age, cities play a vital role in the global economy. They generate more than 80% of global GDP and are home to more than half of the population a proportion set to rise significantly this century. They are also often referred to as being on the frontline of climate change....
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Climate change scientists face credibility challenge
2014-07-10 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change scientists face a unique challenge regarding their research and how they live their own lives, especially as their projects face ever increasing pollicisation and criticism, according to a report. The report, co-authored by Chris Foulds, of Anglia Ruskin University, and academics from the Tyndall Centre for climate change research, has investigated this challenge and has been published by the journal Climate Change. The report concluded that climate scientists face a unique challenge...
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