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Kerry shocked at effects of climate change in Arctic
2016-06-18 19:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
eNCA: Aboard a Royal Danish Navy ship near the Jakobshavn glacier, the reputed source of the iceberg that sank the Titanic over a century ago, US Secretary of State John Kerry saw evidence of another looming catastrophe. Giant icebergs broken off from the glacier seemed to groan as they drifted behind him, signaling eventual rising oceans that scientists warn will submerge islands and populated coastal region. Briefed by researchers aboard a Royal Danish Navy patrol ship, Kerry appeared stunned by...
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Climate Change --"Triggered Extinction of Giant Ice Age Species"
2016-06-18 16:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Galaxy: Giant Ice Age species including elephant-sized sloths and powerful sabre-toothed cats that once roamed the windswept plains of Patagonia, southern South America, were finally felled by a perfect storm of a rapidly warming climate and humans, a new study has shown. Research led by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide, published today in Science Advances, has revealed that it was only when the climate warmed, long after humans first arrived in Patagonia, did the...
Obama touts the wonders of Yosemite and national parks, plus the realities of climate change
2016-06-18 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: With Yosemite Falls in the background, President Obama told an audience Saturday that climate change is already impacting America`s national parks. "Make no mistake, climate change is no longer just a threat - it`s already a reality," he said from a lectern near Sentinel Bridge in Yosemite National Park. The first family`s trip to what, with about 4 million visitors a year, is the nation`s fourth most-visited park, comes as the National Park Service is approaching its 100th anniversary in August....
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Obama: Climate change biggest threat to U.S. national parks
2016-06-18 16:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama says climate change is the biggest threat to U.S. national parks. Obama says meadows are already drying out at Yosemite National Park in California, where he spoke Saturday after spending the night in the park with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha. He adds that a rabbit-like animal known as a pika is being forced further upslope in Yosemite to escape warming temperatures. Obama and his family are spending the weekend at Yosemite after touring an underground...
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Why We Need Intersectionality to Understand Climate Change
2016-06-18 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truth-Out: In this article, Elizabeth Walsh exposes a few of the core challenges that Indigenous Peoples face both inside and outside the international climate change debates. By examining theories of civil society and intersectionality, the article provides useful insight into an adjoining three-part interview with prominent Native American activist and Indigenous Environmental Network Executive Director, Tom Goldtooth. Through this interview, Goldtooth explains in detail the ways in which Indigenous Peoples...
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