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Climate change may cause some bird species to relocate to cooler areas
2014-10-06 02:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News and Observer: North Carolinas bright summertime landscape of songbirds, seabirds, and even game birds such as wild turkeys may be in for some drastic changes as the 21st century wears on. The climate change predicted by many scientists to accelerate rapidly is likely to have many species leaving home in search of cooler, more hospitable climes. For the majority of the birds, especially in the East, its going to be a northward shift, said Tom Auer, important bird area biologist for the National Audubon...
Harris Teeter to change online coupon service
2014-10-06 02:22:32| Grocery - Topix.net
A change in Harris Teeter's online coupon system could pose a major inconvenience to its customers over the next few months. The Matthews, N.C.-based supermarket chain announced last week that its E-VIC Coupon program will be shut down for a month and a half to transition to a new service provider.
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Naomi Klein or Al Gore? Making sense of contrasting views on climate change
2014-10-05 20:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: Earth is fucked and our insatiable growth economy is to blame. So argues Naomi Klein in her intentionally provocative best-seller This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. Klein is the latest among an influential network of like-minded authors who have declared that modern society is at war with nature in a battle that threatens the survivial of the human species. Examples include US writer/activist Bill McKibben, Canadian broadcaster David Suzuki, and Australian philosopher Clive...
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Melting ice leaves 35000 walrus stranded in Alaska - is climate change to blame?
2014-10-05 18:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mirror: This enormous gathering of walrus has been spotted off the coast of Alaska, sparking fears that climate change could be to blame. An estimated 35,000 walrus have been seen five miles north of Point Lay, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is thought the animals have been forced onto the beach because they cannot find any sea ice to rest on, due to rising temperatures. Margaret Williams managing director of WWFs Arctic programme, said: "The massive concentration...
Adaptation rational response climate change
2014-10-05 17:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregonian: It is ironic to observe the ranting and pleading of those hoping to curtail climate change through human intervention when it is obvious that there is nothing significant that we humans can or will do to affect it. Unfortunately, the prevailing characteristics of the human species are self-interest, greed, tribalism and short-sightedness, none of which is conducive to intervention in this gradual and disruptive change to our environment. The projected increase in the world's population and the...
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