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The role of climate change in eastern Australia's wild storms
2016-06-06 06:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: Australias east coast is recovering from a weekend of wild winds, waves and flooding, caused by a weather pattern known as an East Coast Low. Tragically, several people have died in flooding. Parts of New South Wales have received more than 400mm of rain since Friday morning. Some places such as Canberra and Forster recorded their wettest June day on record. Waves have also caused severe coastal erosion and damaged property. East Coast Lows are a type of low-pressure system or cyclone that...
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Initiative to raise awareness on climate change impacts
2016-06-06 05:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: An initiative has been formed to help African and Asian societies understand climate change-related impacts such as extreme weather events and prepare for future ones. The initiative called Raising Risk Awareness will involve a team of scientists who will examine whether climate change has contributed to extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and heatwaves in East Africa and South Asia, and disseminate findings to a variety of audiences such as journalists, policymakers and the public....
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India: Red alert: Why we need to act now to counter challenges of climate change
2016-06-06 04:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: The current drought affecting 330 million people, the heat wave that is gripping most cities and falling water tables in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore and other parts of India are all indications of what we could expect from our future as humans continue to burn massive quantities of fossil fuel, encroach green spaces to build ever-growing concrete cities. Water tables are declining at alarming rates of 1-1.2 meters a year in the major metros as well as other parts of India. The ratio of trees to humans...
Arctic getting greener due to climate change: NASA
2016-06-06 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: Using 29 years of data from satellite imageries, NASA scientists have found extensive greening in the Arctic region, thanks to rising temperatures. The northern reaches of North America are getting greener, said the study that provides the most detailed look yet at plant life across Alaska and Canada. In a changing climate, almost a third of the land cover much of it Arctic tundra is looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems, the researchers said. With 87,000 images taken from...
Crib notes: Obama, Modi primed for climate and nuclear talks
2016-06-06 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Narendra Modi lands in the US this week for a 7 June meeting with US president Barack Obama, likely the final bilateral between the pair before Obama leaves office. The bromance between the pair has been remarkable, say observers. Security, defence, trade along with energy and climate change are set to dominate talks between the worlds second and fourth largest greenhouse gas emitters. India wants to join the Nuclear Suppliers Club, which determines rules for how nuclear technologies are...
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