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171 states signing landmark Paris deal on climate change
2016-04-22 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries signing on to it on opening day. But world leaders made clear more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global temperatures. With the planet heating up to record levels, sea levels rising and glaciers melting, the pressure to have the Paris Agreement enter into force and to have every country turn its words into deeds was palpable at the U.N. signing ceremony. "The...
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It's a big week for climate change news
2016-04-22 07:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DesMoinesRegister: In this Sept. 12, 2014 file photo, a fishing boat heads out to the Atlantic Ocean near Miami as dark clouds loom in the distance. In the annual detailed physical for Earth's climate, scientists noted the world is in increasingly hot and rising water. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the American Meteorological Society's annual state of the climate delved into the hot details of already reported record-smashing warmth globally in 2014, giving special attention to the world's...
India to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change in New York today
2016-04-22 03:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IBC: India will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change in New York today at a high-level ceremony convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar will sign the agreement. The agreement was adopted by more than 190 countries in the French capital in December last year. India had advocated a strong and durable climate agreement based on the principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention...
15 images that show how climate change has affected
2016-04-21 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: Ghoramara Island, located in the Sundarbans Delta, has seen a dramatic rise in sea levels due to climate change. A recent study by oceanographer Sugata Hazra found that 30 square miles of the Sundarbans have disappeared in the past 30 years. More than 600 families have had to relocate from Ghoramara. Photographer Daesung Lee spent two months on the island, living side by side with those who currently reside there. "The first day I arrived, there was low tide and I saw what the coast of the island...
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Rising seas puts Vietnam in climate change 'bull's eye'
2016-04-21 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cornell Chronicle: Rising seas puts Vietnam in climate change 'bulls-eye' Fishing boats at a beach in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam with their nets stowed at the end of the day.Mike Hoffmann/ProvidedA woman sells fruits and vegetables at the floating farmers market near the city of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta region. In a tale of two life experiences, Mike Hoffmann went to Vietnam for the first time in 47 years: On his first tour of duty, he was a 19-year-old U.S. Marine, and for the March 2016 trip, Hoffmann...
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