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Climate changes affecting Maldives coral reefs getting bleached due to warmer sea temperature
2016-08-09 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India Live: After the Great Barrier reef, Maldives is the new victim of climate change. About 60% of the once-pristine coral reefs of the Maldives have been bleached and in some area this figures reaches to 90%. The study was conducted by the Maldives Marine Research Centre and the Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Indian Ocean archipelago is known for its colorful coral gardens but The Ocean Agency says that a strong El...
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Study: DiCaprios Oscar Speech Did More For Climate Change Than Earth Day
2016-08-09 06:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dispatch: Actor Leonardo DiCaprios Oscar acceptance speech comments urging action on climate change drew more attention on social media than Earth Day, according to a study out of the University of California San Diego. The study, titled Big Data Sensors of Organic Advocacy: The Case of Leonardo DiCaprio and Climate Change, was published Aug. 2 in scientific journal Plos One. It argues DiCaprios acceptance speech for best actor received much more attention on social media than it did on traditional...
Climate Change May Bring More Tainted Shellfish to Northern Seas
2016-08-09 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HealthDay: Warming oceans may be boosting levels of dangerous bacteria in northern seas, possibly explaining why more people are getting sickened by tainted seafood and seawater, new research suggests. "From long-term data, it is apparent that the level of these pathogens is rising in the ocean as a result of global warming," said study author Luigi Vezzulli. He is an associate professor with the department of earth, environmental and life sciences at the University of Genoa, in Italy. At the moment, the...
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Vatican newspaper op-ed: address climate change now before it is too late
2016-08-08 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Catholic Culture: In a front-page column in the August 7 edition of the Vatican newspaper, Italian philosopher Luca Possati said that climate change must be addressed now before it is too late. Citing a report released on August 2 by the National Centers for Environmental Information, Possati noted that the year 2015 was the warmest since climate recordkeeping began in the nineteenth century. Recalling that the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change contains no sanctions, Possati called for a new globalized approach...
Climate Column: Why Do Farmers Care About Climate Change? Drought
2016-08-08 14:08:37| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education Crops wont grow without rain, and livestock producers remember the enormous problems experienced with the severe drought in 2012. Drought is frightening for farmers and expensive for consumers. USDAs Southern Plains Assessment of Vulnerability and Preliminary Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Farmers, Ranchers and Forest Land […]
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