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The Cost of Climate Change
2016-09-27 18:09:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Dealing with Two Degrees of Heating Congress to spar on accounting for carbon's economic impact read more
As Arctic Ocean ice disappears, the global climate impacts intensify
2016-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The news last week that summer ice covering the Arctic Ocean was tied for the second-lowest extent on record is a sobering reminder that the planet is swiftly heading toward a largely ice-free Arctic in the warmer months, possibly as early as 2020. Peter Wadhams, professor emeritus of ocean physics at Cambridge University, is a sea ice specialist with 46 years of research on sea ice and ocean processes in the Arctic and Antarctic. In more than 50 expeditions to both polar regions, he has worked...
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Climate impact on crops will hit poorest
2016-09-27 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: More than half of all the worlds maize crops and around a third of all wheat and rice will be grown in regions vulnerable to climate change in the next 50 to 100 years, according to new research. At the same time, the worlds population will grow to 9 billion, and global food production will need to rise by from 60% to 110% by 2050 to keep up with demand. Such changes will inevitably hit the poorest nations hardest, and will put at hazard the planets remaining wilderness areas and the surviving...
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Why Do Farmers Care About Climate Change? Forage and Grazing Lands
2016-09-26 14:51:25| National Farmers Union
By Tom Somrack, NFU Government Relations Intern Grazing lands continue to be under pressure by countless factors, including: cropland conversion, wildlife, an increase in forestation, urbanization, and climate change. Grazing and Pasture Lands have been named by Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, as one of the Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture. USDA has set […]
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The Madhouse Effect of climate denial
2016-09-26 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new book by Michael Mann and Tom Toles takes a fresh look on the effects humans are having on our climate and the additional impacts on our politics. While there have been countless books about climate change over the past two decades, this one entitled The Madhouse Effect - distinguishes itself by its clear and straightforward science mixed with clever and sometimes comedic presentation. In approximately 150 pages, this books deals with the basic science and the denial industry, which has...
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