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Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Reminds World That Climate Change Is Very Real
2016-08-06 10:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The Opening Ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games may have opened up with a dance party, but it was a video on climate change watched by roughly 3.3 billion that made people stop what they were doing and focus on human-made pollution. The heat is melting the ice cap, a narrator said. Its disappearing very quickly. The video segment highlighted global carbon pollution, with projections of melting ice caps and rising sea levels in places like Amsterdam, Dubai, Florida, Shanghai, Lagos,...
Guam coral reefs damaged, harmed by climate change
2016-08-06 08:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Daily News: Unless you regularly explore Guams blue waters, its hard to see the impact climate change has had on coral reefs surrounding the island. Coral ecologist Laurie Raymundo of the University of Guam has been studying the island's coral for years. She said the island is on a coral bleaching alert that is expected to continue through the next few months. Rising seawater temperatures and other factors -- such as pollution and erosion -- have resulted in weakened, diseased and stressed coral. When...
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Why The Rio Olympics And Leonardo DiCaprio Get Your Attention On Climate Change
2016-08-06 07:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: If you watched the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympics Friday evening, social media was buzzing about the bold inclusion of a segment on climate change. The segment highlighted the perils of sea level rise on vulnerable nations and cities and also showed Ed Hawkins compelling visual spiral indicating global warming. I also noticed more activity on my social media platforms from people that normally do not talk about the topic. The overwhelming comments where things like wow, that was a wake up...
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In Olympics opening ceremony, Brazil goes big on climate change
2016-08-06 04:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Amid the pomp and circumstance of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday, in between the fireworks and musical acts, the costumed performers and the camera shots of Gisele Bundchen dancing giddily alongside her fellow Brazilians in the crowd, came a more somber message. In primetime, with the world watching, Brazil showed a video focused on the problem of global warming and climate change. The video, narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Judi Dench, included maps and graphics showing...
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Rio Olympics opens with a powerful message about climate change
2016-08-06 04:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: An estimated 3 billion people worldwide received an introductory lesson about climate change by watching the Brazil Olympics opening ceremony. Rio took a sudden sobering turn (after a dance party) with a video showcasing ever-climbing global carbon pollution and projections of sea level rise. Here`s a clip: Great to see climate change science shown in #OpeningCeremony for #Rio2016 Thank you. pic.twitter.com/Qtgs0U99kQ -- Leilani Münter (@LeilaniMunter) August 6, 2016 A theme of the...
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