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EPA chief apologizes for her generation's role in climate change
2014-10-09 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Gina McCarthy apologized on behalf of her generation Thursday for not acting to stop climate change. I want to apologize for my generation. We didnt quite get it quick enough, McCarthy said at an event in Miami Beach, Fla., according to the Fusion television network. And so when we started looking at climate data decades ago, we knew that climate change was a problem, and all we could do was project the impacts, she said. McCarthy, who was...
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Could Climate Change Mean the End of the Seasons?
2014-10-09 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: As climate change causes winters to warm, the world becomes more and more like a tropical paradise, possibly meaning the end of the seasons as we know them, according to new research. The daily and nightly differences in temperatures worldwide are fast approaching yearly differences between summer and winter temperatures, which could wreak havoc on the global ecology by potentially affect crops, insects, malaria transmission, and even confuse migration patterns of birds and mammals worldwide....
Ocean Acidification from Climate Change Could Cost $1 Trillion
2014-10-09 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The United Nations Environment Programme and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) released a report this week at a conference in Korea, compiling studies on the impact of increased ocean acidification, caused by absorbing carbon dioxide, on the marine and coastal ecosystems. The report updated a 2009 report, since the amount of research into ocean acidification has grown, along with concerns about the effect it is having on marine organisms and the economies dependent on them. "The oceans...
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Few US states preparing for climate change, study says
2014-10-09 20:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Fewer than half of American states are working to protect themselves from climate change, despite more detailed warnings from scientists that communities are already being damaged, according to a new online clearinghouse of states efforts compiled by the Georgetown Climate Center. Fourteen states have plans to prepare for the effects of climate change. California, New York and Maryland are among those that have made the greatest progress toward the dozens of goals their plans set forth, such...
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ANALYSIS: Gap leadership change marks new digital direction
2014-10-09 17:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
If evidence is needed as to the new direction likely to be pursued by US retail giant, look no further than the company's new leadership change.
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