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Hundreds of deaths in two cities in 2003 heatwave due to man-made climate change
2016-07-07 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Hundreds of deaths in two cities in 2003 heatwave due to man-made climate change: study Scientists have specified how many deaths can be attributed to man-made climate change during an extreme heatwave in two European cities in 2003. They calculate that in Paris, the hottest city in Europe during the heatwave in summer 2003, 506 out of 735 summer deaths recorded in the French capital were due to a heatwave made worse by man-made climate change. The impact of climate change was less severe in London,...
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How does climate change aggravate street flooding?
2016-07-07 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MPR News: Tuesday's storm was something else -- or was it? Cleanup continues in the Twin Cities following Tuesday's severe thunderstorms, and forecasts show there could be more severe weather in parts of the state Thursday. The rain came down hard enough to put some stormwater sewers at capacity. "Yep, this is what happens in summer in Minnesota," said assistant state climatologist Pete Boulay of the storms. The rain was intense and caused some minor street flooding. But it was also a welcome relief...
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Climate scientists are under attack from frivolous lawsuits
2016-07-07 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Todays climate scientists have a lot more to worry about than peer review. Organizations with perverse financial incentives harass scientists with lawsuit after lawsuit, obstructing research and seeking to embarrass them with disclosures of private information. On June 14th, an Arizona court ruled that thousands of emails from two prominent climate scientists must be turned over to the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E), a group that disputes the 97% expert consensus on human-caused climate...
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Winds of political change shifting on climate issues in Colorado, experts say
2016-07-07 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Real Vail: Winds of political change shifting on climate issues in Colorado, experts say Voters dismayed climate change not a higher priority for presidential candidates Coloradans care about climate change, surveys say, and analysts point out that politicians seeking congressional seats or the White House ignore the issue at their own peril in this critical swing state. The Guardian newspaper this week produced a report stating voters, especially young ones, are increasingly dismayed that climate...
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Climate Change Claims a Lake, and a Way of Life
2016-07-07 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The water receded and the fish died. They surfaced by the tens of thousands, belly-up, and the stench drifted in the air for weeks. The birds that had fed on the fish had little choice but to abandon Lake Poopó, once Bolivias second-largest but now just a dry, salty expanse. Many of the Uru-Murato people, who had lived off its waters for generations, left as well, joining a new global march of refugees fleeing not war or persecution, but climate change. The lake was our mother and our father,...
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