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Climate change: Antarctic Ocean increases absorption of CO2
2015-09-11 03:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Defying earlier fears, researchers say the Antarctic Ocean has been absorbing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide over the past decade, making it critical to mitigating the worst effects of climate change. The findings upend estimates, put forward a decade ago, that the seas surrounding the continent were approaching a saturation point and would not be able to continue to absorb increasing amounts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Since that time, the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse...
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Pacific leaders agree to disagree on climate change
2015-09-11 00:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pacific island leaders have agreed to disagree on how to tackle climate change, after Australia and New Zealand blocked a bid from low-lying island nations for a tougher global target. Problems with negotiations behind closed doors at the Pacific Islands Forum in Port Moresby were evident with the official communique, due Thursday evening, not released until mid-morning Friday. The 16-nation group consists mainly of small island nations, most of which are susceptible to rising sea levels. ...
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United Airlines: a Ceo Change Is Not The Worse Move
2015-09-10 22:56:59| Airlines - Topix.net
Despite the typical issues to invest in a stock where a CEO departs under an investigation, the numbers suggest the company was underperforming anyway. After the close Tuesday, United Airlines announced that it had replaced CEO Jeff Smisek.
Kale or steak? Change in diet key to U.N. plan to end hunger by 2030
2015-09-10 19:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In trendy, hipster London or New York, it's all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away, in Nairobi or Bogota, the middle classes are more likely to reach for roasted goat or a juicy steak. Later this month, world leaders are set to endorse a U.N. goal to eliminate hunger by 2030, but they will have to convince their citizens to adopt new eating habits first, experts say. Diets must feature less red meat, which consumes 11 times more water and results...
Calif Climate Change Bill Stripped Controversial Gas Reduction Target
2015-09-10 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown faced a cascade of setbacks Wednesday as climate change legislation was stripped of his targets for reducing gasoline use, his effort to fix dilapidated roads was delayed, and there was no deal in sight to shore up funding for public healthcare. It was an unusually rough day for the governor, who started his historic fourth term this year and typically gets his way in Capitol dogfights. But Brown said he was undeterred. He pledged to redouble his efforts to fight climate change...
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