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US, Argentina take steps to tackle climate change
2016-03-23 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama and Argentina's President Mauricio Macri agreed on Wednesday to take joint steps to fight climate change including working to cut carbon emissions from air flights and integrating solar and wind power into electricity grids. Obama is visiting Argentina for two days to reset diplomatic relations and strengthen trade ties, marking a rapprochement after more than a decade of sour relations. The two countries committed to signing last year's Paris global climate agreement...
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One American tribe is fleeing climate change with the help of $48m others arent so lucky
2016-03-23 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The tiny Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe has called the coastal marshlands of southern Louisiana home ever since their ancestors settled there to avoid forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. But the close-knit community of Isle de Jean Charles has grown increasingly fragmented as their island slowly disappears beneath their feet and powerful storms ravage their homes and crops. A potent combination of accelerating sea level rise, salt water intrusion and subsidence of the land...
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Could fungi help pine forests withstand climate change?
2016-03-23 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Arthur Conan Doyle's famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes once noted that "the little things are infinitely the most important." It's a belief that investigators at the University of Alberta obviously share. Whether they're seeking to understand the tiniest forms of life, taking small steps toward major breakthroughs or influencing students in subtle but profound ways, U of A researchers and educators are proving that little things can make a big impact. The lodgepole pine is one of the most...
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Scientists Warn of Climate Shift Within Decades, Research
2016-03-23 06:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canada Journal: The warning was made in a paper released on Tuesday citing research led by retired NASA scientist James E. Hansen, according to The New York Times. Co-authored by 18 other scientists, the paper apparently suggests the worlds nations were wrong in believing they could bring the crisis to a non-hazardous level with previously suggested limits to global warming. By the end of the century, climate change could produce storms and a rise in sea level that would obliterate much of the worlds coastal...
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Climate change driving early grape harvests in France, Switzerland - study
2016-03-22 17:24:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The impact of drought on wine grape harvests has largely disappeared in France and Switzerland as overall climate change plays a larger role, according to a combined study from NASA and Harvard University.
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