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US President Barack Obama warns of climate change impact on American national parks
2016-06-19 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IANS: US President Barack Obama has warned that the effects of climate change were already being felt in national parks across the country. Speaking from Yosemite National Park in California on Saturday, one of the most popular natural sanctuaries, Obama said that climate change is the "greatest challenge" facing nature reserves, EFE news reported. "Make no mistake, climate change is no longer just a threat, it is a reality," said Obama from the Sentinel Bridge, which faces one of the highest waterfalls...
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Climate change blamed for depletion of water level in Dumba lake
2016-06-18 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
My Republica: The existence of the mesmerizing Dumba lake located at Jomsom 9 is in peril. The rise in temperature, natural disasters and other human causes are being blamed for the depletion of water levels in the lake and deformation of soil in the surrounding areas. The lake situated at around 3,500 meters above sea level can be reached at an hour's walk from the district headquarters of Jomsom. The lake which is 400 meters in length and one hundred meter wide is assumed to be 10 meters deep. The water...
Obama at Yosemite attacks 'lip service' to natural beauty amid climate inaction
2016-06-18 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama warned on Saturday that climate change could ravage many of Americas vaunted national parks, criticizing political opponents who pay lip service to areas of natural beauty while opposing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During a visit to Yosemite national park, Obama said climate change was no longer a threat, its a reality. The first sitting president to visit Yosemite since John F Kennedy in 1962 said the famed glacial valley was already experiencing changes due...
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In Yosemite, Obama presses climate change during pitch for national parks
2016-06-18 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama pressed lawmakers to do more to prevent climate change as he made a pitch for the 100th-year anniversary of the national park system Saturday. Speaking in front of the dramatic vision of the 2,400-foot Yosemite Falls, Obama cited his presidential forebears, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, for preserving Yosemite and creating the National Park Service, respectively. "It is a true expression of our democracy," Obama said in his brief remarks in front of a small crowd and...
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How Climate Change Unleashed Humans Upon South Americas Megabeasts
2016-06-18 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic: South America was once a land of giants. Its plains and forests were home to elephant-sized ground sloths, mace-tailed armadillos the size of a car, and huge creatures that resembled humpless camels. Hunting them were a large subspecies of jaguar, sabre-toothed cats, and the gigantic short-faced bear, several times heavier than a grizzly. All of these giantsthe aptly named megafaunaare now gone. Why? In the 1930s, Junius Bird, an American archaeologist in the mold of Indiana Jones, found a clue...
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