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Worsening Hurricanes Pushed Toward Poles By Climate Change
2014-06-03 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The hurricane season of 2014 just kicked off, and with two devastating storms wreaking havoc along the northeastern U.S. coast over the last few years, its no wonder everyones on edge. Were concerned about hurricanes becoming more frequent and intense, and about the worsening storm surge caused by a rise in sea levels. But flying under the radar is a fourth link between hurricanes and climate change: how climate change affects the location of hurricanes. A new study led by researchers at...
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China's Plan for an Emissions Cap Is a Climate Change Turning Point
2014-06-03 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Following Obamas encouraging (if not entirely sufficient) commitment to cut carbon emissions in the US, China has announced that it too will combat its contributions to climate change with an absolute cap on carbon dioxide emissions. Reuters reported that at a Beijing conference today, the chairman of China's Advisory Committee on Climate Change, He Jiankun, revealed targets that will be included in their next five-year plan. These included controls on CO2 emissions by intensity as well as an...
Climate Change and Lake Michigan
2014-06-03 13:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Urban Milwaukee: Comedian John Oliver recently did a hilarious piece on the issue of global climate change, culminating in a statistically representative debate on the issue, with 97 scientists arguing that climate change is occurring and 3 scientists disputing this who got drowned out by the throng. His point was that climate change was a fact on which there was an overwhelming scientific consensus, yet the media continues to treat this as a belief about which scientists disagree. Oliver had fun ridiculing...
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Dead heat: Climate change brings killer heat waves
2014-06-03 12:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: This comic was produced by Years of Living Dangerously and Symbolia Magazine. You can read more of their comics exploring the impacts of climate change here.
U.S. urges Canada to act on climate change
2014-06-03 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: As President Barack Obama unveiled the first major regulations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States, his ambassador in Ottawa urged Canada to do the same and take action to combat climate change. It is a reminder to Prime Minister Stephen Harper of the political challenge he now faces: His chief climate-change policy has been to match U.S. action, but now the Americans are getting more aggressive, and publicly suggesting Canada act too. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman,...
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