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East Africa: Lake Victoria Waters On the Rise As Climate Change Hits
2016-05-29 21:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
All Africa: Encroachment on wetlands, destruction of forests and poor agricultural practices have destabilised the ecosystem in the Lake Victoria Basin. Environmentalists say the heavy rains experienced in the past two years in the basin have resulted in a rise of the lake's water by a metre. East African Community environment ministers meeting in Entebbe recently heard that Uganda requires $405 million to mitigate the effects of climate change in the next five years. Rwanda and Burundi do not directly share...
EU could be global climate leader
2016-05-29 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Live News: The EU can turn its climate leadership into a global competitive advantage by putting innovation at the heart of its energy policy. Thats according to a report by the Industrial Innovation for Competitiveness (i24c) which stated the Energy Union can ensure Europe is the world leader in the transition to a low carbon economy. The i24c initiative is a platform dedicated to developing and promoting an industrial strategy that secures the European industrys competitive advantage through innovation....
The Best Visualization of Climate Change isn't a GraphIt's a Death Spiral
2016-05-29 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlas Obscura: Its been unseasonably warm this past week in Atlas Obscuras headquarters New York City, with temperatures about ten degrees higher than average. But that's not really as noteworthy, as say, India recording its hottest day ever, at 123.8 Fahrenheit on May 20th. Globally, 2016 is on track to be the hottest year on record, surpassing the current record-holder, 2015. In fact, since 2014, every successive year has been the hottest year on record. This animated spiral, created by Jay Alder of the...
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A Rhode Island Senator speaks out often about dangers of climate change
2016-05-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PRI: I'm from the Ocean State, he explains. Ninety-plus percent of the heat captured from greenhouse gases has been taken up by the oceans. So they're warming and you [can] measure that with thermometers. And unless somebody's going to repeal the law of thermal expansion, when oceans warm they get bigger, and when they get bigger they rise against our shores. Off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, scientists have measured 10 inches of sea level rise since a devastating hurricane in 1938, Whitehouse...
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No chance for a green future if keep covering up climate change
2016-05-29 14:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Australia, I love you, but you need to get real. Climate change is real. Warmer seas around Australias northern coast are real. The bleaching of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef is real. It doesnt stop the reef from being one of the greatest and most precious living objects on our planet but the truth is a wake-up call. Its not something you can hide away. The Australian governments request that Unesco deletes a whole section on Australia and the Great Barrier Reef from its report...
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