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Turtles face climate change threat as warming beaches turn eggs female
2016-02-14 04:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Researchers investigating the impact of rising temperatures on sea turtles are travelling to some of the most remote beaches in Australia to work out which populations are at risk of being feminised into extinction. In a phenomenon being seen worldwide, warming temperatures are resulting in an increasing number of turtles eggs hatching female. The race is now on to work out which rookeries are most at risk in Australia, with a University of Western Australia (UWA) team focused on turtle breeding...
Scalia's death could change court on abortion, race, climate
2016-02-14 03:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Justice Antonin Scalia's death could change the course of history on the contentious social and legal issues pending before the Supreme Court this term, especially in closely divided cases where he was expected to serve as a lynchpin of a conservative majority. In cases where the eight remaining justices are evenly divided, appeals court rulings would be left to stand, but no precedent would be set for future cases. The justices could also hold cases and leave stays of lower court rulings in place,...
Why fighting anti-vaxxers and climate change deniers often backfires
2016-02-14 00:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: If theres a war on science, its not just one war. And branding people who disagree with you about vaccines, climate change, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as the enemy may be unwittingly fueling the conflicts. Those were some of the arguments made at a session here today at the annual meeting of AAAS (which publishes Science). The presenters included a philosopher, a medical historian, a plant scientist, and a technology historian. Their talks underscored that the people who worry...
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Climate change is awfully hard on native plants
2016-02-13 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Willis Linn Jepson encountered a squat shrub while he was collecting botanical specimens on Californias Mount Tamalpais in the fall of 1936. He trimmed off a few branches and jotted down the location along the ridge trail where the manzanita grew, 2,255 feet above sea level. The desiccated specimen is now part of an herbarium here thats named for the famed botanist. It was among hundreds of thousands of specimens of thousands of different species that were used recently to track the movement...
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For many utilities, court action 'doesn't really change anything'
2016-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Wire: The Supreme Court's stay of U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan doesn't amount to much for many of the nation's electric utilities, as they were already planning to close down their older coal-fired generating units in the next five to 10 years and move to cleaner sources of electric power. For most of the rest, the stay allows for more time to puzzle through various compliance options should the rule eventually pass muster with the high court in 2017 or 2018. The 5-4 decision late Tuesday freezes...
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