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Climate change: Evolution spurs speedy plant migration, UBC study finds
2016-07-30 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Scientists may be underestimating how quickly the Earth`s plants can change location in response to climate change, according to a study from the University of B.C. As the global average temperature rises, the comfort zones of many plants and trees are easing north or into higher elevations, but the speed with which they move is being driven by evolutionary responses. Plants cultivated to evolve were able to move 200 per cent further across difficult landscapes over six generations than plants...
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Nat Geo Acquires Leonardo DiCaprio's Climate Change Documentary
2016-07-30 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Natonal Geographic: National Geographic Global Networks CEO Courteney Monroe, appearing at TCA where the channel announced the news, said Nat Geo was given the opportunity to look at the DiCaprio docu first "and immediately took it off the market.' It will be released theatrically in October and globally on Nat Geo prior to the presidential election, she said. One TV critic wondered whether this docu means the network is endorsing Hillary Clinton. "We do not endorse any candidates at all, but climate change issues,...
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Growing corn like it's 2065 to study climate change effects
2016-07-30 20:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minneapolis Star Tribune: At the University of Minnesota, researchers are growing corn in greenhouses like it's the year 2065. The effort is part of a long-term plan to study how corn will grow under weather conditions considerably different from today's, predicted in climate change models for a half-century out. "Many models show that with increasing temperatures we could be seeing a reduction in corn yields, so that's something we would like to investigate under controlled conditions,' said Tim Griffis, University...
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Philippines: Climate change a public health threat, global group says
2016-07-30 18:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Standard: HEALTH and environmental advocates came together to urge the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to come up with a cohesive and responsive health strategy that recognizes climate change as a threat to public health. In a forum organized by international environmental health group Health Care Without Harm-Asia and the Laguna Lake Development Authority, representatives from the Climate Change Commission, Philippine Heart Center, Philippine College of Physicians and civil society emphasized...
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National Geographic picks up Leonardo DiCaprios climate change doc
2016-07-30 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slanted: National Geographic Channel confirmed today that the network has acquired the worldwide rights the to the untitled climate change feature documentary produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens alongside Academy Award-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace, Leonardo DiCaprio. According to the network, "The film presents an informative and engaging account of how society can prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across...
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