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Report: Climate change a threat to wildlife
2013-01-30 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: From birds in the Plains to bighorn sheep in California to caribou in Alaska and moose in Minnesota, a new study says animals are struggling to adapt to the new climate conditions caused by the burning of fossil fuels, which produces the carbon dioxide that warms the atmosphere. "Climate change is the biggest threat wildlife will face this century," says the report released today by the National Wildlife Federation, an environmental group based in Reston, Va. Though animals have adapted to...
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Wide area of U.S. faces unusual tornado threat in January
2013-01-30 06:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wide area of the central and southeast United States faces the unusual threat of tornadoes in January over the next 12 to 18 hours as an approaching cold front clashes with unusually warm air, a meteorologist said on Tuesday. The first tornado warning of the approaching storm was issued for western Missouri, said meteorologist Bill Bunting at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. A warning is intended to signal residents to take cover because a tornado...
New evidence highlights threat to Caribbean coral reef growth
2013-01-29 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Contact: Louise Vennells l.vennells@exeter.ac.uk 0044-013-927-22062 University of Exeter Many Caribbean coral reefs have either stopped growing or are on the threshold of starting to erode, new evidence has revealed Coral reefs build their structures by both producing and accumulating calcium carbonate, and this …
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Brace Yourself for the Post-PC Threat Era
2013-01-28 19:42:55| TechNewsWorld
It was inevitable. As computing has evolved, so has its nemesis: malware. "2012 is truly the year we entered the post-PC era as cybercriminals moved to embrace Android, social media platforms, and even Macs with their attacks," Trend Micro declared in its annual Security Roundup last week. A characteristic of the post-PC threat landscape is the accelerated growth of malware.
New Video Explains Climate Threat from Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-01-28 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new video released by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and 350.org explains how the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a lynchpin enabling the climate intensive tar sands industry to grow unimpeded. The video discusses cutting edge research from Oil Change International showing how tar sands oil causes more carbon pollution than originally estimated. Recently, four energy experts and climate scientists from Canada and the U.S. traveled to Washington DC with an urgent message: if we are...
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