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What can trees tell us about climate change?
2015-11-08 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Trees dont just provide the paper for history books. They actually write the historical records themselves. Tree-rings, new layers of wood added to a growing tree each year, record climatic data annually throughout a trees life. Ancient trees provide a record of drought, rainfall, and other climatic variations. And that record could help scientists better understand current and future climate trends. Dendrochronologist Edward R. Cook and his team at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of...
Chinese Don't Care About Climate Change
2015-11-08 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
24/7 Wall St: All governments around the world must come to terms with the negative effect of climate change, both individually and collectively. However, China`s citizen`s barely care at all based on new research done by Pew Global Research Global Attitudes and Trends. This information is troubling since China is among, or is the leader in, the production of air pollution. According to the authors of the study: As a new Pew Research Center survey illustrates, there is a global consensus that climate change...
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Time to shift climate change discussion to policy solutions
2015-11-08 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Missoulian: Controversy is essential in a functioning democracy. You may be in favor (or against) background checks for gun purchases in Missoula or have a strong opinion on the school bond issue. The reality TV that fronts as our primary presidential debates sparks lively conversations around the social media water cooler. Climate change dialogue, however, is different. The discourse should be around policy, and not about whether climate change is happening or not. We have somehow digressed, responding to...
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Putin to speak at UN climate change summit in Paris, France says
2015-11-08 11:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Canada's new environment minister was in Paris Sunday taking part in talks to lay the groundwork for this month's UN global climate change summit, which will be attended by more than 100 world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Frances foreign minister said. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Putin has accepted an invitation to attend the conference in Paris. He will be among the speakers on the conferences first day, along with U.S. President Barack Obama and...
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Climate change threatens Pennsylvania's forests
2015-11-08 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Citizens Voice: The majestic forests that Pennsylvanians are familiar with today wont be the forests that future generations know because of global climate change, says John Quigley, secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. While outlining his agencys agenda on a number of fronts last week, Quigley mentioned that several species of trees will disappear from the forests in the next 50 years as the earths temperatures warm: Sugar maple trees, the source for Pennsylvanias maple syrup crop, will...
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