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UA scientists help U.S. military prepare for climate change
2016-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tucson News: We see all the damage from the monsoon storms all over our yards and our roads, but what we might not realize is global warming has an effect on these storms and has a possible impact on our nation's ability to defend itself. To be ready, the U.S. Department of Defense has asked the University of Arizona to find out how climate change might be affecting summer storms in Arizona where we have so many military installations, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base right here in Tucson UA scientists...
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Looking, Quickly, for the Fingerprints of Climate Change
2016-08-02 00:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: When days of heavy rain in late May caused deadly river flooding in France and Germany, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh got to work. Dr. van Oldenborgh is not an emergency responder or a disaster manager, but a climate researcher with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. With several colleagues around the world, he took on the task of answering a question about the floods, one that arises these days whenever extreme weather occurs: Is climate change to blame? For years, most meteorologists...
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Anthrax outbreak triggered by climate change sickens dozens in Arctic Circle
2016-08-01 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A 12-year-old boy in the far north of Russia has died in an outbreak of anthrax that experts believe was triggered when unusually warm weather caused the release of the bacteria. The boy was one of 72 nomadic herders, including 41 children, hospitalised in the town of Salekhard in the Arctic Circle, after reindeer began dying en masse from anthrax. Five adults and two other children have been diagnosed with the disease, which is known as Siberian plague in Russian and was last seen in the...
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Climate change drives tribal conflict in Kenya
2016-07-31 19:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: Two tribes embroiled in conflict around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya have had substantial help towards finding a peaceful resolution. The process has helped ease tensions between the Turkana and Dassanech tribes. Fr Andrew Yakulula and his Missionary Community of St Paul Apostle colleagues, who were invited to the region by villagers to foster peace, have intervened to reduce the chances of herders and fishermen from opposing tribes running into each other at contested resource points. Shalom,...
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Democratic and Republican leaders worlds apart on climate change
2016-07-31 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chronicle: Triple-digit heat is broiling California, a pair of wildfires are scorching areas twice the size of San Francisco, and smog experts beg drivers to skip driving for days at a time. If theres a common chord, its a fragile climate worsening by brutal nature and human activity.
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