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George Bush Sr.'s Cabinet Worried About Climate Change 27 Years Ago
2016-03-20 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: The agreement that was hammered out in Paris at the U.N climate talks in December was be a great step forward towards addressing the growing threat of climate change. But lost amongst the applause for the accord is a question that needs to be answered: Why did it take so long, and are we too late? Recently, memos from the George H.W. Bush administration were released that detailed conversations between Bush Sr.s cabinet members, where they discussed the growing threat of global climate change27...
Earth Hour 2016: Lights go out worldwide in demo against increasing climate change
2016-03-19 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: On the evening of 19 March the lights went out not just all over Europe, but throughout the world. But far from being a harbinger of doom as in Sir Edward Greys celebrated observation on the eve of the First World War it was a sign that one of the worlds most perilous, impending problems might yet be solved. Scores of millions of people in a record 178 countries switched off at 8.30pm last night, to mark this years Earth Hour, participating in the worlds biggest ever demonstration to stop...
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New Alaskan butterfly: monitor for climate change?
2016-03-19 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A butterfly species, misidentified for more than 60 years, may be the only type of butterfly endemic to Alaska, say scientists. The newly identified Tanana Arctic lives in spruce and aspen forests in the Tanana-Yukon River Basin. Because butterflies react quickly to climate change, the species could help scientists identify alarming changes in the sensitive arctic ecosystem, says Andrew Warren, a lepidopterist (butterfly expert) at the University of Florida in Gainesville. This butterfly has...
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Australian Climate Council calls for urgent action as records tumble
2016-03-19 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Record hot spells in Australia this month blurred the line between summer and autumn in another sign of rapidly advancing global warming, a Climate Council report says. The first four days of March saw maximum temperatures in much of the country 4C above average and 8C to 12C above average in most of southeastern Australia the report said. Despite summer being over, the New South Wales/Victorian border towns of Echuca and Tocumwal suffered the longest, hottest spell in their recorded history,...
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New US support for Indonesia's climate change goals
2016-03-19 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: US Ambassador Robert Blake revealed two new projects aimed at bolstering the work of the newly formed Peatland Restoration Agency during the Environment and Forestry Ministry-sponsored climate festival. He said the two projects, funded under the Millennium Challenge Corporation's compact with Indonesia, were part of the US government's strong support for Indonesia's climate change goals. "The projects will help restore and protect the country's peatland areas, which have been threatened by fire...
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