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Eye of the storm - climate change in the Pacific
2016-02-16 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: Whenever Anote Tong gets a chance to go fishing along the coast of his island, he expects to find yet another line of coconut trees that have been toppled by coastal erosion. The president of the Republic of Kiribati, a nation of 33 tiny islands spread across a large swath of the central Pacific, has watched rising seas take beaches, crop plantations and entire villages, leaving nothing but a flooded church building. For islanders, he says, climate change is real now. "Entire communities have...
What Scalia's Death Might Mean for Climate Change
2016-02-15 21:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death at a remote Texas ranch has triggered a political earthquake and instantly changes the outlook for a host of high-profile issues the court is currently considering. But perhaps none of these are as consequential as the fate of the planet itself. As Climate Central's John Upton wrote, "in dying, Scalia may have done more to support global climate action than most people will do in their lifetimes.' Scalia's death comes just days after the Supreme Court...
Death Justice Antonin Scalia may shift US climate change laws
2016-02-15 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The death of Justice Antonin Scalia on 13 February could have international ramifications for climate change, abortion law and other contentious issues, as the balance of power in the US Supreme Court shifts. When the court recently voted to suspend the Clean Power Plan -- the centrepiece of President Obama`s climate change efforts -- many worried the bill was in peril. The plan to curb emissions from power plants, which helped to secure the better-than-expected UN climate deal in Paris in December,...
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Climate change may affect flight duration
2016-02-15 13:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: The study calculates that a transatlantic aircraft will spend an extra 2,000 hours in the air every year. Flights from London to New York could take longer and be more expensive in the future due to the effects of climate change, according to a new study that may have implications for the aviation industry. By accelerating the jet stream - a high-altitude wind blowing from west to east across the Atlantic - climate change will speed up eastbound flights but slow down westbound flights, the...
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Why don't we treat climate change with rigor give to terror attacks?
2016-02-15 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Extreme weather, water shortages and the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like Zika are all having very real effects on everyday realities globally, and they are all linked to a fast-heating earth system. Yet we still dont treat climate change with the reverence we reserve for something like a terrorist attack. Maybe the blame goes deeper, into our very natures: evolution did not design our bodies to treat climate change with urgency. Evolutionary responses favor real-time threats, not those...
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