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Dalai Lama says climate change destroying Tibet 'roof of the world'
2015-10-21 15:10:46| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reatures: Tibet's exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in international climate talks later this year. The Tibetan plateau, which has the largest store of ice outside the North and South Pole, has experienced rising temperatures of 1.3 Celsius over the past five decades, three times the global average, the leadership said in a statement. Tibet, with an average...
European birdwatchers unravel how birds respond to climate change
2015-10-21 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] New details on how birds respond to climate change have been revealed by volunteer bird watchers all over Europe. The information they've gathered shows birds respond to changing conditions in different seasons of the year. While some species benefit from these changes, birds that are adapted to colder regions stand to lose. This knowledge can help predict future bird communities in Europe and focus the effort to tackle the effects of climate change on the most vulnerable species….
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Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s -- and Denied It
2015-10-21 02:04:05| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A few weeks before the last great international climate conference -- 2009, in Copenhagen -- the e-mail accounts of a few climate scientists were hacked and reviewed for incriminating evidence suggesting that global warming was a charade. Eight separate investigations later concluded that there was literally nothing to "Climategate," save a few sentences taken completely out of context -- but by that time, endless, breathless media accounts about the "scandal" had damaged the prospects for any progress at the conference.
Could Satellites Change Systems for Farming and Aquaculture?
2015-10-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Developments in satellite, space and tracking technology are starting to have repercussions far beyond field mapping for crops and GPS guidance systems for farm machinery.
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Climate change is killing the unsung heroes of the oceans: Krill
2015-10-20 23:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Have you thought about krill recently? No? Weird. Well then, allow me: Krill those tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that are among the most important marine wildlife are falling victim to climate change. And because of krills position on the food chain, this could be a very big problem. While you might not eat krill, that fish you had for lunch probably does, the New York Times reports: In the Southern Ocean, most marine life is a direct predator of krill or just one step removed. Diminishing...
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