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Hundreds protest climate change along 2 miles of Wilshire Boulevard
2014-09-20 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Hundreds of people protesting climate change picketed street corners Saturday along a 2-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The spread-out rally was one of seven staged in cities across California as a preview of a demonstration expected to draw as many as 400,000 on Sunday in New York City. The Wilshire Boulevard protest was met with a raucous serenade of honking horns during the four-hour demonstration. Participants ranging from college groups to environmental and social activist...
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Coastal Upwelling Change Affect Marine Animal Growth, Reproduction
2014-09-20 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Marine animals off the California coast are experiencing short-term slumps in growth and reproduction, and new research suggests that the phenomenon could be linked to an increasing variability in the strength of coastal upwelling currents, which work to supply nutrients to a number of crucial ecosystems in the region. Along North America's west coast, winds generally pull nutrient-rich water from deep in the ocean and bring it to the shallow surface. This allows phytoplankton to bloom, which...
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Denying Climate Change 'Will Cost Us Billions Of Dollars"
2014-09-20 18:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The new U.S. director of the Office of Management and Budget used his first speech to talk about the dangers not acting on climate change poses to the federal budget. Shaun Donovan, head of the OMB, said in a speech at the Center for American Progress Friday that acting on climate change is "tremendously important" to him and that it`s "critical to our ability to operate and fund the government in a responsible manner." "From where I sit, climate action is a must do; climate inaction is a cant...
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UNEP chief lauds China's effort to combat climate change
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Shanghai Daily: The head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on Friday lauded China's role in fighting climate change, calling it a positive actor in a global community to avert such threat. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua before leaving for New York to attend the 2014 UN Climate Summit, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said China has made long-time support for the campaign against global warming. "China is one of the countries that has for many years recognized that the science that...
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New survey on climate change needs
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: A survey shows people living in the Pacific Islands want action on climate change not more research and debate. Catholic charity Caritas said people in the Pacific Islands were already feeling the effects of global warming. The survey was conducted by the Catholic charity Caritas, which interviewed people already being affected by global warming. The 2014 United Nations Climate Summit begins in New York on Monday. Caritas director Julianne Hickey said her organisation's yet-to-be released...
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