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Extinction agenda: A conversation with the catastrophe detective

2014-03-14 21:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Malay Mail: Elizabeth Kolbert travels around the world documenting the alarming, large-scale vanishing of species. From trekking through the Andes rainforests to diving off the Great Barrier Reef, she follows scientists into the field to uncover the truth behind this mystery. The two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker writer had already written about climate change in her previous book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, so one could call her a catastrophe detective. In her new book...

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After North Carolina spill, coal ash ponds face extinction

2014-03-14 18:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Power producers' coal ash disposal ponds like the one that leaked toxic sludge into a North Carolina river in February may soon become a thing of the past. After six years of deliberation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May will decide on changes to the Clean Water Act that would direct power companies to remove dangerous impurities, including carcinogens, from coal ash wastewater before releasing it into rivers that supply drinking water. While the new regulations will not prohibit...

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Climate change causes high, but predictable, extinction risks

2014-02-26 13:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

PhysOrg: Judging the effects of climate change on extinction may be easier than previously thought, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature Climate Change. Although widely used assessments of threatened species, such as the IUCN Red List, were not developed with the effects of climate change in mind, a study of 36 amphibian and reptile species endemic to the US has concluded that climate change may not be fundamentally different from other extinction threats in terms of identifying species...

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In The World's 'Sixth Extinction' Are Humans The Asteroid?

2014-02-12 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The dinosaurs were killed during the Fifth Extinction - which scientists suspect was caused by an asteroid. Now, we are living through an epoch that many scientists describe as the Sixth Extinction and this time, human activity is the culprit. As one scientist put it: We're the asteroid. Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of the new book The Sixth Extinction. It begins with a history of the "big five" extinctions of the past, and goes on to explain how human behavior is creating this sixth one -...

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