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Anthropocene Science --Links Extreme Weather Human-Induced Climate Change
2016-03-13 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Galaxy: Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled researchers to confidently say that the increased intensity and frequency of some, but not all, of these extreme weather events is influenced by human-induced climate change, according to an international National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report released on March 11. "In the past, many scientists have been cautious of attributing...
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Climate change may boost toxic algae in Pacific: study
2016-03-13 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CTV: A recently published study suggests climate change may encourage longer and more frequent blooms of toxic algae along Canada's Pacific coast. The research on the presence of algae toxins in marine mammals along the Alaska coastline holds a warning for British Columbia, said study author Kathi Lefebvre. "It's the same coastline," said Lefebvre, a biologist with the U.S.-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Those regions are at risk in the same way as were Alaska and Washington."...
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Industry ahead of Congress on climate change
2016-03-13 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: CERAWeek is the Super Bowl of energy policy conferences, and with a hefty price tag it tends to attract some pretty high-horsepower individuals from both industry and government. Not hailing from the C-Suite myself, I had the privilege to attend the final two days only because of the generous, complimentary invitation I received through my alumni association. As a fiscally conservative engineer who spent eight years with Exxon Mobil yet is quite concerned about climate change, I went with a mix of...
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Women and climate change: Vulnerable, but not helpless
2016-03-13 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rappler: The threat of climate change is not gender neutral. Women and their children will have to suffer a disproportionate amount of the impacts of the changing climate. This disproportionality is due to the systemic inequality between men and women in society which, with its historical underpinnings, render women at a disadvantage. It has unfavorable impacts on the independence and decision-making power of women and affects them economically, politically, and socially, among others. This in turn constrains...
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Ask presidential candidates about their climate change plans
2016-03-13 05:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: If people want the presidential candidates to include climate change in their platforms, then they need to ask them about it, the country director of Oxfam in the Philippines said. Each presidential candidate will make up their mind about what they want to put forward as their priority. Its up to the people to ask the questions to make sure that theyre getting their voices heard, Justin Morgan, country director of Oxfam in the Philippines, said Friday (March 11) during CNN Philippines roundtable...
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