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Climate Change and Conflict - How Mali Can Grow More Resilient
2016-05-31 00:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
allAfrica: Wrapped in a purple boubou (robe), Salou Moussa Maga, 60, sits with his hands clasped between his knees and explains how climate change has fuelled violent conflict in Ansongo, Mali. As the president of a farming cooperative, he knows the cost of drought all too well. 'The rain period has decreased considerably from years ago ... we don't have grass anymore,' he told ISS Today. 'Everything is naked.' Devastating drought combined with unpredictably heavy rains has wiped out agricultural livelihoods,...
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Antarctic Ocean Climate Change Mystery Could Be Explained By Deep, Old Water
2016-05-30 23:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Headlines & Global News: A new University of Washington study reveals why the Antarctic Ocean might be one of the last places to experience the effects of global warming and human-driven climate change. Over the years, the water surrounding Antarctica has stayed roughly the same temperature even as the rest of the planet continues to warm, a fact often pointed out by climate change deniers. Now, a new study uses observations and climate models to suggest that the reason for this inconsistency is due to the unique currents...
Naomi Klein Blames Climate For Fort McMurray Wildfires
2016-05-30 21:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington: Albertans are out of step with with the international scientific community due to their reluctance to link the Fort McMurray wildfires to climate change, Naomi Klein told a Calgary audience Sunday. "It is still something of a controversial statement to say in Alberta. People think it is somehow not compassionate, not polite, to make the connection with climate change, and I just want to say though it is difficult we have to do it," Klein told the audience at Congress 2016, an annual academic conference...
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Threatened By Climate Change, National Parks And World Heritage Sites Draw Millions
2016-05-30 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Think Progress: With spring now in full gear throughout most of the United States, its a good bet that Memorial Day Weekend will again be the busiest of the whole year at many national parks, including the Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Utahs Mount Zion. Last year, 305 million people visited National Park Service-administered sites, signifying the parks appeal to millions of Americans and world tourists. Theyd better hurry. A report released Thursday from the United Nations and the...
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Climate change scientists ask federal government to reject B.C. LNG project
2016-05-30 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Dozens of international climate scientists are calling on the Canadian government to reject a proposed liquefied natural gas project in northwestern British Columbia, saying it would have dire environmental effects. Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, BC, is seen March 8, 2013. Malaysian national oil company Petronas says it expects to spend up to $16 billion to build a liquefied natural gas export facility and related infrastructure in Western Canada. The Pacific Northwest LNG project, located on...
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