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U.S. Winter Outlook Dominated by Dire Drought News
2013-11-21 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Drought, and not widespread snowstorms, may be the biggest story this winter according to the official U.S. winter outlook. The outlook, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday, shows that the winter of 2013-14 is likely to feature an expansion and intensification of drought conditions across the Southwest and Southeast. That includes California, which has had its driest year on record so far in 2013, and which needs sufficient mountain snowfall this winter...
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Leaked climate change report predicts dire changes by 2100
2013-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPCC: Buildings are seen near the ocean as reports indicate that Miami-Dade County in the future could be one of the most susceptible places when it comes to rising water levels due to global warming on March 14, 2012 in North Miami, Florida. Some cities in the South Florida area are starting to plan for what may be a catastrophic event for the people living within the flooding area. More than 190 countries are represented in Warsaw today, as the debate over how to deal with climate change beyond 2020...
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UN climate talks amid new warnings of dire warming
2013-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: With fewer than 800 days left to agree a new UN pact on global warming, climate negotiators gather in Warsaw next week armed with just the haziest outlines of a deal. Following are the main issues facing the November 11-22 conference: SHAPE OF 2015 ACCORD In 2011, UN members agreed to conclude a new deal by 2015 that would limit global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Taking effect from 2020, it would bind all countries-- including chief polluters the United States...
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Climate Projections More Confident, Dire From IPCC
2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Manmade global warming is rapidly transforming the planet at rates that are unprecedented in human history, from melting Arctic sea ice to heating the land and seas and contributing to extreme weather events, concluded a new landmark climate report from the United Nations on Friday. The study, the fifth major assessment from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), projects a bleak future of rising sea levels, more intense and frequent heat waves, destructive droughts and floods,...
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China to spend more to tackle dire pollution
2013-08-11 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China plans to accelerate investment in technology to save energy and tackle the dire pollution blamed for a series of health crises that have generated widespread public anger. The government has been increasingly alarmed by social unrest caused by environmental disasters and threats to public health, often the result of the country's breakneck industrial expansion and mass migration to new cities. Smog over northern cities in January generated a public outcry, as did the discovery in March of...
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