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Landslides, zika and beach loss Rio de Janeiro prepares for climate change
2016-08-07 06:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Change News: The day of the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the mood is jittery. In the teeth of a recession and political crisis, the carnival city faces protests and health fears over the zika virus outbreak and polluted water. It wont stop half a million people showing up for two weeks of world class sporting drama. Meanwhile, as part of a drive to get cities involved in climate action, Rio has filed a report on the threats posed by global warming. Disclosed under the CDP cities...
Scientists warn world will miss key climate target
2016-08-06 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Leading climate scientists have warned that the Earth is perilously close to breaking through a 1.5C upper limit for global warming, only eight months after the target was set. The decision to try to limit warming to 1.5C, measured in relation to pre-industrial temperatures, was the headline outcome of the Paris climate negotiations last December. The talks were hailed as a major success by scientists and campaigners, who claimed that, by setting the target, desertification, heatwaves, widespread...
Olympics' climate change message sparks conservative backlash
2016-08-06 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Conservative backlash spread on social media after the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics' opening ceremony featured a warning about climate change. The primetime spectacle started with a young boy with a Pau-Brasil tree in the center of the stadium, a rare tree on on the list of Brazils endangered plants. A video then showed a dramatic depiction of Earth and several major cities affected by rising water levels as Antarctic ice sheets rapidly melt. While some were happy the Olympics used its global...
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Climate change threatens nation's agriculture
2016-08-06 16:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: Travel to anywhere in Japan today and one of the first things you`re likely to see, especially in rural areas seeking more tourists, are stores and farmers` markets selling local agricultural products based on a locally "famous" fruit or vegetable. Whether it`s Hokkaido corn, Yamagata cherries, Nara strawberries, Ehime mandarin oranges, or Okinawan limes, the country`s rural areas have stepped up their efforts in recent years to market their hometown foods domestically, as well as internationally,...
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Russia: For climate scientists, the Siberian anthrax outbreak is a sign of whats to come
2016-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Standard: If youre a climate scientist, what happens when your dire predictions start coming true? The ongoing anthrax outbreak in Siberia is offering us a preview: What was once considered a future theoretical possibility??a re-animated deadly bacterium emerging from the permafrost??is now a reality. Throughout July, temperatures in northern Siberia have soared as high as 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) during whats typically the warmest part of the year. Its unknown exactly how the disease...
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