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Scientists are looking indicators to measure climate change
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Scientists say the planet is hurtling toward a global-warming danger zone, and humans deserve much of the blame. But how exactly does burning coal or clearing forests lead to glaciers melting, seas rising and oceans overheating? Here's how experts describe the system. It all starts with greenhouse gases Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere insulate Earth like a cozy comforter. They allow the sun to warm the planet, then hold in some of the heat that would otherwise radiate back into space. Human...
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Obama Defends Presence at Climate Change Talks While Syria War Rages
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama said on Tuesday that the United States was obligated to undertake climate talks in the midst of a war in Syria because this one trend, climate change, affects all trends. Speaking at a news conference in Paris, where he was attending the climate talks, Mr. Obama said that much of the United States spending on the military and other matters would have to be devoted to dealing with rising sea levels and changing weather patterns if nothing was done to address those challenges. ...
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Condemning attacks, leaders Paris make careful leap to climate change
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: For world leaders attending a long-planned climate summit in Paris just weeks after 130 people were killed by Islamic State militants in the French capital, addressing the coincidental convergence of global warming and terrorism was unavoidable. In a series of some 150 opening speeches at the heavily guarded facility on the outskirts of Paris, most heads of state and prime ministers offered condolences to their French hosts, pivoting quickly, sometimes awkwardly, to the climate talks. Many...
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Nations most at risk of climate change urge lower warming cap
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Leaders from a group of 43 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change called on the first day of U.N. climate talks for a new deal that puts the world on track to limit global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve that goal - which is tougher than the expected 2 degree Celsius cap at the talks - would require cutting carbon emissions to zero and adopting 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, the nations said. Meeting it would demand much higher ambition at the talks...
U.N. chief aims to build defenses of poor against climate change
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that climate-related disasters are taking an ever greater toll on the poor and can wipe out decades of development gains, as he launched a global partnership to boost the resilience of vulnerable communities. The impacts of climate change - from intensifying droughts and floods to sea-level rise - are strengthening, as ecosystems and food and water supplies come under increasing pressure, he said. Economic losses from disasters have increased by more...
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