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Oceans, ocean activism, deserve broader role in climate change discussions
2015-11-15 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: When President Barack Obama visited the shrinking Exit Glacier in September, he pointed to a very obvious sign of our warming planet literally at his feet. Less visible, but perhaps more indelible, signs of changing climate lie in the oceans. A University of Washington researcher argues in the journal Science that people -- including the world leaders who will gather later this month in Paris for the latest round of climate change negotiations -- should pay more attention to how climate change's...
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13-year-old suing North Carolina over climate change
2015-11-15 03:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Observer: Hallie Turner, an eighth-grader at Ligon Middle School, sat between her mother and her attorneys on Friday in a Wake County courtroom, taking in a real-life civics lesson. The 13-year-old, a self-described environmental activist since the fourth grade, is one of a number of teens across the country who are taking their states and politicians to court over climate change. Hallie, who missed school on Friday to face off with North Carolina in court, could become a part of history textbooks if...
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At Democratic Debate, Bernie Sanders Says Climate Change Helps Terrorism Spread
2015-11-15 03:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: One day after the Islamic State group killed or injured about 500 people in a series of attacks in Paris, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., linked climate change to the spread of terrorist groups overseas. At the second Democratic presidential debate, held Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, Sanders was asked whether he stood by his previous claims that climate change was the No. 1 threat to national security. He said he did. "Climate change is directly related to the rise of global terrorism," Sanders said,...
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Sanders doubles down: 'Climate change is directly related to the rise of global terrorism'
2015-11-15 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Bernie Sanders stood by his remark from the last Democratic debate in which he called climate change the greatest threat to national security, a day after the deadliest attack on French soil since the end of World War II. "Absolutely. In fact, climate change is directly related to the rise of global terrorism," he said. "This is what the CIA says," he went on to say, noting a struggle for limited resources like water and land. During the October debate, Sanders explained it in a different context....
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Scripps scientists talk about climate change
2015-11-15 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Diego Union-Tribune: Thousands of world leaders and scientists will meet in Paris next month for the United Nations conference on climate change. A key goal of the summit is to reach agreement on limiting or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Among those attending the Paris conference will be Margaret Leinen, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Scripps scientists Richard Somerville and Lisa Levin. The three met recently with The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board to discuss climate change and the...
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