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Mapped: A hot hot summer of climate action

2013-07-22 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Fearless Summer is a coordinated effort by more than 50 organizations and unaffiliated individuals taking aim at everything from coal mining to fracking to the Keystone XL pipeline (natch). Launched in June, the campaign will last through September, organized by a range of grassroots efforts and larger nonprofit environmental groups ranging from the more hardcore 350 to the more traditionally uptight Sierra Club. Weve mapped all of this summers actions, past and planned, from puppet theater...

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Historic sea-level change along New Jersey coastline mapped

2013-05-29 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Hurricane Sandy caught the public and policymakers off guard when it hit the United States' Atlantic Coast last fall. Because much of the storm's devastation was wrought by flooding in the aftermath, researchers have been paying attention to how climate change and sea-level rise may have played a role in the disaster and how those factors may impact the shoreline in the future. A new study led by the University of Pennsylvania's Benjamin P. Horton, an associate professor in the Department of Earth...

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World's most distinct mammals and amphibians mapped

2013-05-16 03:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: Scientists have developed the first map of the world's unique and most endangered mammals and amphibians. The map highlights the fact that only a fraction of the areas identified as critical for the conservation of these species are protected. Among the species highlighted by the map are the Mexican salamander, the Sunda pangolin and the black and white ruffed Lemur. The research is published in the journal Plos One. The Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) project has...

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