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Americans' Concern About Climate Change Is Growing
2016-03-18 19:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: If you are concerned about global warming, you are part of a growing majority that hadn`t been this large since 2008, a new Gallup poll has found. In fact, 64 percent of adults say they are worried a "great deal" or "fair amount" about global warming, up from 55 percent at this time last year. According to the poll, concerns about global warming have increased among all party groups since 2015, though concerns remain much higher among Democrats than Republicans and Independents. In March, 40...
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Defense Department Redefines Climate Change
2016-03-18 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: So what does climate change mean, exactly? The question is not an existential one for the Department of Defense; it is a matter of careful and literal consideration. The department recently decided that the standard Websters definition of climate change didnt quite meet its needs. So it added its own version to its homegrown dictionary, the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Heres how it now defines climate change: Variations in average weather...
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China Contributes 10% of Human Influence on Climate Change
2016-03-18 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Carbon Brief: China accounts for a tenth of all the greenhouse gases and aerosols that have collected in the atmosphere over the industrial era, according to new research. Boasting one of the worlds largest economies, China has overtaken the EU and the U.S. as the worlds largest emitter, with CO2 emissions from fossil fuels tripling over the past 30 years. But despite soaring CO2 emissions, Chinas relative contribution to climate change has remained steady--around the 10 percent mark--over the whole industrial...
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China's forest recovery shows hope mitigating global climate change
2016-03-18 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: China's sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China's forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a story of recovery, according to the first independent verification published in today's Science Advances by Michigan State University (MSU) researchers. "It is encouraging that China's forest has been recovering in the midst of its daunting environmental challenges such as severe air pollution and...
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How much are trees feeling heat of climate change?
2016-03-17 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Rising temperatures might not stress trees as much as previously thought. And that means they may continue to be efficient at scrubbing carbon from the atmosphere, even as the planet warms. As a result, some equations in our climate models will likely have to be tweaked. Forests are known for being massive carbon warehouses, drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Most of that carbon remains locked in trees' roots, trunks, branches, and leaves but a bit of it is...
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