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Indus era 8,000 years old, not 5,500; culminated due to climate change
2016-05-29 00:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Zee: Experts have found evidence of the Indus Valley Civilization being at least 8,000 years old and not 5,500 years old . In addition, researchers have found proof of a pre-Harappan civilization that existed for at least 1,000 years before this. As per a report published in Times of India, this may force a global rethink on the timelines of the so-called 'cradles of civilization'. The scientists called climate change the reasson behind the ending of the civilization 3,000 years ago. "We have...
Barriers between bear species go south as climate change arrives in the Arctic
2016-05-28 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette Mail: In the far north, global warming is making for some strange den-fellows, according to a Washington Post article that appeared last week. The Post article, titled Love in the Time of Climate Change, details the hybridization now occurring between polar bears and grizzly bears. While habitat for grizzlies is increasing due to retreating glaciers and thawing permafrost, its the opposite for polar bears, who need sea ice to feed on seals and walruses, but are now spending more time on land than...
Kenya: Climate Change adaption could cost USD$500b
2016-05-28 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
East African Business Week: The cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries could rise to between $280b and $500 billion per year by 2050, a figure that is four to five times greater than previous estimates, according to a new United Nations Environment (UNEP) report. According to UNEPs Adaptation Finance Gap Report released as nations signed the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the report assesses the difference between the financial costs of adapting to climate change in developing countries and...
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Australia, fearing fewer tourists, has chapter taken out climate report
2016-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Leading scientists in Australia and abroad have expressed concern that a new United Nations report about the impact of climate change on dozens of World Heritage sites is absent a chapter describing damage to the Great Barrier Reef, after the Australian government requested that the section be cut. I was amazed, the lead author of the report, Adam Markham, deputy director of climate and energy programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said by telephone. The Australian government requested...
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Pretty much everything Donald Trump said about energy and climate was wrong, ignorant, or gibberish
2016-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The presidential campaign of Donald Trump has largely been a policy-free, fact-free, detail-free event, based on emotion (especially fear), pandering to shallow slogans ("Make America Great"), and the aggressive personal and ad hominem abuse of his Republican and Democratic opponents. As a result, it is of special interest when Trump tries to address real issues and policies. This has happened only a few times, but it offers a glimpse into how woefully ignorant Trump is and how absolutely unprepared...
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