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Big oil spent $115m obstructing climate laws in 2015, NGO says
2016-04-07 16:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Giants of the oil and gas industry spent millions of dollars last year to manipulate lawmakers and public discourse on climate change, an NGO claimed on Thursday. Exxon, Shell and three trade associations spent US$114 million, according to data compiled by London-based non-profit organisation Influence Map. Lobby group the American Petroleum Institute spent the most at $65 million, followed by Exxon Mobil on $27m and Shell on $22m last year. Two smaller trade groups, the Western States Petroleum...
Climate data since Vikings cast doubt on more wet, dry extremes
2016-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: OSLO Climate records back to Viking times show the 20th century was unexceptional for rainfall and droughts despite assumptions that global warming would trigger more wet and dry extremes, a study showed on Wednesday. Stretching back 1,200 years, written accounts of climate and data from tree rings, ice cores and marine sediments in the northern hemisphere indicated that variations in the extremes in the 20th century were less than in some past centuries. "Several other centuries show stronger...
A surprising ally in the fight against climate change: Dirt
2016-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: By changing farming practices, an extra 9 billion tons of greenhouse gases could be locked away in the soil, according to an international team of scientists. Earths soils represent a potential storehouse for billions of tons of greenhouse gases, a vital addition to our arsenal for combating climate change, according to new research. The international group of scientists, whose findings are published Wednesday in the journal Nature, argue that carbon sequestration in soil has been under-appreciated...
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To help curb climate change, stop wasting food - scientists
2016-04-07 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather and rising seas, scientists said on Thursday. Up to 14 percent of emissions from agriculture in 2050 could be avoided by managing food use and distribution better, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). "Agriculture is a major driver of climate change, accounting for more than 20 percent...
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Climate Change Causes Havoc in Seasons and Food Production
2016-04-07 11:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The consequences of global warming are quite evident this year as winter disappeared early and summer kicked in earlier than usual in a number of countries. The European summer began ten days earlier this April than four decades ago. This climatic shift has occurred between the 1960s and 2000s. The seasonal clock is now a chaos and there is a possibility of summer to begin 20 days earlier by the end of this century. Researchers said this climatic change is happening due to increasing carbon...
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