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India: Red alert: Why we need to act now to counter challenges of climate change
2016-06-06 04:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: The current drought affecting 330 million people, the heat wave that is gripping most cities and falling water tables in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore and other parts of India are all indications of what we could expect from our future as humans continue to burn massive quantities of fossil fuel, encroach green spaces to build ever-growing concrete cities. Water tables are declining at alarming rates of 1-1.2 meters a year in the major metros as well as other parts of India. The ratio of trees to humans...
Arctic getting greener due to climate change: NASA
2016-06-06 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: Using 29 years of data from satellite imageries, NASA scientists have found extensive greening in the Arctic region, thanks to rising temperatures. The northern reaches of North America are getting greener, said the study that provides the most detailed look yet at plant life across Alaska and Canada. In a changing climate, almost a third of the land cover much of it Arctic tundra is looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems, the researchers said. With 87,000 images taken from...
With dwindling food production, how India can tackle problem of climate change
2016-06-05 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: A lot has been spoken about climate change over the years. It is one of the major challenges planet earth faces currently amongst various other issues. Even the much talked about COP21 discussions held in Paris last year ended without any tangible and immediate steps to curb the alarming issue of climate change. With global greenhouse gas emissions reaching unprecedented levels despite multiple efforts, the UNs weather agency recently said, Temperatures in the first two months of the year 2016...
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Boston mayor heading to China for climate change summit
2016-06-05 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is heading to China this week to talk about the challenge that climate change poses to urban areas. The Democrat will join a delegation that includes officials from 20 U.S. municipalities taking part in a low-carbon cities summit in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday. Walsh says Boston has made significant progress, but is always looking for other ways to better prepare for and adapt to the consequences of climate change. The summit is billed as an opportunity for officials...
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Donald Trump is an environmental nightmare: Keystone, climate change and GOP's demented pander
2016-06-05 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: When President Obama officially killed the Keystone XL pipeline in November 2015, that should have been the end of it. But last week Donald Trump promised to raise the pipeline from the dead if he is elected president. Trump chose to make his remarks in the heart of Americas drill-baby-drill demographic in Bismarck, North Dakota. Im saying yes, we will absolutely approve it, Trump said. Trump also promised to get rid of Obamas measures to reduce emissions, cancel the Paris climate agreement,...
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