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Different tree species use the same genes to adapt to climate change
2016-09-22 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Recently the team discovered that two distantly related tree species use the same genes to adapt to the range of temperatures in their geographical region. Their results were published Thursday in the journal Science. Jason Holliday, an associate professor of forest resources and environmental conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and a Fralin Life Science Institute affiliate, as well as Haktan Suren, a Ph.D. candidate from the same department in the Genetics, Bioinformatics...
Gary Johnson Wants to Ignore Climate Change Because the Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day
2016-09-22 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president, takes what he calls the "long-term view" of climate change. "In billions of years," he said in 2011, "the sun is going to actually grow and encompass the Earth, right? So global warming is in our future." The former New Mexico governor did acknowledge that humans are making the world warmer in the near term, toobut he doesn't think the government should do much about it. In the same speech, he denounced "cap-and-trade taxation," said we "should...
The Climate Change Debate is Over
2016-09-22 10:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CounterPunch: Earlier this month, Hurricane Hermine caused storm surges that flooded the Florida coast, killed one person, and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. This is the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since 2005s Category 3 Hurricane Wilma, but the Atlantic basin is no stranger to major storms. In fact, the Atlantic Ocean sees seven named storms per year now, up from an average of five just a few years ago. And storm intensity is increasing in the Pacific Ocean...
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Director & Protagonist of New Film Dare To Be Wild Call For Tree Planting To Fight Climate Change
2016-09-21 20:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Environmentalist film director Vivienne DeCourcy (DARE TO BE WILD) and Chelsea Flower Show gold medalist Mary Reynolds along with the woodland trust have come together to encourage everyone to plant one tree in their garden this Autumn/Winter to help reverse climate change. DARE TO BE WILD celebrates its UK Premiere tonight at Londons Notting Hill Gate Cinema and will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from this Friday 23 September. After experiencing family tragedy, former US...
More than 300 scientists warn over Trump's climate change stance
2016-09-21 15:07:19| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of top scientists warned on Tuesday against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's vow to pull the United States out of the Paris climate-warming accord if elected in November. The 375 members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, said in an open letter that a U.S. abandonment of the agreement would make it far harder to develop global strategies to lessen the impact of global warming. "Thus it is of great concern that the Republican nominee...
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