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Gene could help plants resist climate change
2015-05-11 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Plants are highly sensitive to environmental changes. Temperature affects multiple aspects of plant development, yet we know little about the processes and mechanisms underlying thermo-sensitive growth. Too close to the sun But researchers recently discovered a new gene that enables plants to regulate their growth in different temperatures. This could lead to new methods of optimizing plant growth and may help combat the effects of climate change. The gene was named ICARUS1, after the figure from...
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Water fleas genetically adapt to climate change
2015-05-11 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The water flea has genetically adapted to climate change. Biologists from KU Leuven, Belgium, compared 'resurrected' water fleas -- hatched from 40-year-old eggs -- with more recent specimens. The project was coordinated by Professor Luc De Meester from the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. The water flea has genetically adapted to climate change. Biologists from KU Leuven, Belgium, compared 'resurrected' water fleas -- hatched from forty-year-old eggs -- with more recent...
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Survey: Climate change ranks surprisingly low among reasons people oppose Keystone XL
2015-05-11 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: When it comes to political hot potatoes, there may not be a better example than the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Since Canada-based TransCanada Corp. first proposed the pipeline in 2008, it has served as a litmus test for where President Obama stands on energy, economic and environmental issues. One of those latter issues is climate change, as environmental groups that oppose the pipeline argue that approving it would be bad news for the climate. Whether the pipelines construction would significantly...
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Climate change attitudes are reflected on social networks
2015-05-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: People who believe in climate change have more Facebook friends than those who do not consider climate change a problem. Juha Itkonen's dissertation in economics shows that values and social networks are linked to opinions about climate change. Studies which examine the relationship between carbon emissions and economic growth contain methodological flaws, and consequently underestimate the need for climate policy. Meanwhile, conflicting opinions on climate change remain fixed, as social networks...
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Alberta voters throw out pro-oil leader may change Canada's stance on climate
2015-05-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Stunning provincial election results Tuesday in Alberta -- home to Canada's vast oil sands region and fossil energy reserves -- upended the nation's political landscape, rattling the stock market and establishing a leader who is lukewarm on pipeline projects. The surprising victory of Rachel Notley, the premier-elect and leader of Alberta's left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP), raises numerous energy questions critical for the country's emissions trajectory: Will there be any slowdown with...
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