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India: Frequency of cloudburst-like incidents is increasing due to climate change: Prakash Javadekar
2016-07-02 10:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: Expressing grief over the loss of lives in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts, where 14 people died following a cloudbrust, he said the government is working on a plan of action to tackle such natural eventualities. "Due to heavy rains, there was loss of lives (in Uttarakhand). This is very unfortunate. The frequency of such incidents is increasing because of climate change. The government has been making preparations to tackle such natural eventualities," Javadekar said. He said...
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Climate change, not humans, killed off megafauna
2016-07-02 09:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: It's a contentious question. Why did the giant kangaroos and rhino-sized wombats that once roamed Australia die out? Scientists agree there are two contenders: climate change and humans. But they are fiercely divided over which caused the continent's megafauna to go extinct. Now, fresh results of a study at a renowned Victorian fossil site in the Macedon Ranges town of Lancefield 73 kilometres north of Melbourne has provided an answer. The diprotodon was a rhino-sized wombat that weighed...
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Pledges Made at Paris Climate Talks Will Not Contain Global Warming
2016-07-02 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: National promises made late last year to contain carbon dioxide emissions will not be nearly enough to meet the global warming target agreed last December by 195 nations, according to a new assessment. The signatories to the historic agreement at the UN conference on climate change in Paris pledged to limit global warming to below 2°C and to aim for no more than 1.5°C rise above pre-industrial levels. The planet has already warmed by 1°C in the last century. But, climate scientists say, the...
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Bobcats moving north, climate change study finds
2016-07-02 04:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Prince George Citizen: Climate change could contribute to bobcat populations shifting north and one B.C. student is turning to citizen science to help prove his hypothesis. Before T.J. Gooliaff started his research in September, he believed the bobcat's northern limit was Williams Lake but conversations with foresters, trappers and residents have reported sightings in Quesnel, Prince George and Houston. "I jumped out of my chair when those photos were sent to me," said Gooliaff, a 24-year-old biology masters student...
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'Perfect Storm' of Humans and Climate Change Doomed Ice Age Giants
2016-07-02 03:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The saber-toothed cat, large ground sloth and other ice age giants of South America didn't go extinct solely because of climate change or prehistoric human activity, but because of a perfect storm of the two that hit the giant beasts at the same time, a new study finds. For years, researchers have debated what felled many of the megafauna animals that weigh more than 100 lbs. (45 kilograms) shortly after the end of the last ice age. Some scientists blamed humans, who had newly colonized the...
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