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Sir Ranulph Fiennes calls urgent action on climate change after witnessing Arctic melting
2015-05-30 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Sir Ranulph Fiennes has added his voice to calls for urgent action to tackle climate change after seeing the effects of warming on the planet first-hand during trips to the Arctic. Sir Ranulph, the first to cross Antarctica on foot as well as to visit both the North and South Poles by surface, said it would be suicide to put commercial interests over global warming. He said he knows from personal experience that the warming climate has significantly changed the landscape of the Arctic, melting...
France warns climate change threatens security
2015-05-30 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: France's influential Environment Minister Segolene Royal says climate change threatens global security adopting an unusually hawkish stance as she heads to the U.S. to push for a global deal on reducing emissions. Royal and her government are hosting a landmark U.N. climate conference this year aiming at a binding accord, but a big barrier is skepticism in the Republican-led U.S. Congress about the science of climate change and the economic cost of a deal. But Royal, in an interview with The...
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Military burden: Obama warns of a new climate change worry
2015-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Gazette: Rather than warn of dire future consequences, President Barack Obama last week declared climate change an "immediate risk' to the country's security. His remarks, made in a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, are a wake-up call to a complacent nation. Mr. Obama has taken credible steps to address global warming. After his cap-and-trade proposal failed in Congress, he used the Environmental Protection Agency's authority under the Clean Air Act to push new regulations on pollutants,...
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Book on climate change leaves lasting impression
2015-05-30 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NR Today: When I first learned of Naomi Klein's new book, "This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs. the Climate," I thought the title was pretentious. I knew she was a talented writer from previous works and was pleased she was taking on the climate change debate. When I saw it in the new book section at the library, I picked it up thinking I might gain some new insights. Klein is a story teller. She understands it is stories that convey a message more powerfully than science and statistics. From the...
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Climate change takes toll ocean's smallest creatures
2015-05-30 07:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Climate change scientists have known for years that rising temperatures affect sea creatures, from the biggest fish to the microscopic plankton at the base of the ocean food chain. Now, a four-year expedition that sampled microbes from across the worlds oceans is bringing the mechanisms of that change into focus. These tiny creatures (seen amazingly close up above and below), which may be among the oldest on Earth, together absorb carbon dioxide, make oxygen, break down waste and nourish other creatures....
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