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Rising sea levels will change the ecology of the Everglades
2016-07-14 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The Florida Everglades is a swampy wilderness the size of Delaware. In some places along the road in southern Florida, it looks like tall saw grass to the horizon, a prairie punctuated with a few twisted cypress trees. The sky is the palest blue. But beneath the surface a different story is unfolding. Because of climate change and sea level rise, the ocean is starting to seep into the swampland. If the invasion grows worse, it could drastically change the Everglades, and a way of life for millions...
Tanzanias Maasai Facing Impacts of Climate Change
2016-07-14 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The air across the plain sizzles in the 95-degree heat, blurring the image of the huts in the distance. There's a 23-year-old Maasai warrior named Lekoko beside me and a group of 35 American tourists behind me. Despite having only spent three months learning English, Lekoko gives us a seamless tour of his boma, a circle of five clay huts surrounding a livestock pen. He explains that the Maasai have lived in present-day Tanzania since the 15th century, and they have traditionally survived as pastoralists,...
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Alberta co-chair of climate change advisory group regrets likening oilsands to 'Mordor'
2016-07-14 00:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Alberta's Opposition Wildrose Party is criticizing the NDP government for appointing someone to an advisory group who once compared the oilsands to "Mordor." Mordor is a dark, scorched land of suffering in the fictional world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. On Wednesday, the province announced the members of an 18-member advisory group to implement Alberta's climate-change plan. The group's mandate is to provide advice on ways to ensure that initiatives created as part of the government's...
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Leonardo DiCaprios foundation grants $15.7 M to stop climate change
2016-07-14 00:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio`s foundation is set to donate USD 15.7 million to help solve environmental issues, such as climate change. The 41-year-old actor announced that the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is to pledge the huge sum to fund conservation and environmental programmes to help combat climate change, reported Us Weekly. "Today we are greatly increasing our level of vital grant making and strategic partnerships to help solve some of the world`s most pressing environmental challenges,"...
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Conservatives Most Malleable on Climate Change Beliefs, New Study Finds
2016-07-13 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Maine Public Broadcasting: When it comes to communicating climate change, there can be a thin line between making things seem completely hopeless in the world and making adaptation and even mitigation seem possible. New research from the University of Maine finds that there is one way to engage people on the subject: give them an estimated date for what's known as "climate departure." That's a crucial benchmark, meaning the warmest day of each year will be as warm or warmer going forward. The study of about 400 people...
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