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Australia a bad neighbour to Pacific islands on climate, says former Irish president
2016-03-16 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has not been a good neighbour to the Pacific islands vulnerable to climate change and needs to get out of fossil fuel-based growth faster, says Mary Robinson, the former Irish president turned climate change campaigner. Speaking to Guardian Australia, she also urged rich countries to contribute to sustainable development in poor countries and to do so in their own self-interest. Her former role as UN special envoy for climate change meant she had heard the pleas from developing countries...
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Scientists help Vietnams rice farmers adapt to climate change, amid major drought
2016-03-16 06:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IRIN: Scientists are developing more resistant varieties of rice to help farmers in Vietnam adapt to climate change, amid the countrys worst drought in 90 years. The drought, as well as the related flow of saltwater upriver, has destroyed 159,000 hectares of rice paddies and left almost one million people lacking drinking water, according to a new UN report. Another half million hectares are expected to be damaged by mid-year. In line with its work in other Asian countries, the Philippines-based...
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Climate variations analyzed 5 million years back in time
2016-03-16 04:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Codex: When we talk about climate change today, we have to look at what the climate was previously like in order to recognise the natural variations and to be able to distinguish them from the human-induced changes. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have analysed the natural climate variations over the last 12,000 years, during which we have had a warm interglacial period and they have looked back 5 million years to see the major features of the Earth's climate. The research shows that not only...
Climate Change Study: Rising Seas Might Displace 13 Million People
2016-03-15 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: A new study on climate change gave a dire prediction for the costs of relocation, especially in Florida, where sea rise threatens a large part of the state. Some people are already relocating; more, maybe millions, will likely have to join them. The most recent study is novel because it combines estimates for population growth with projected sea rise levels from climate science. In the worst case scenario, which the researchers put at six feet of sea rise, roughly 13 million people will be at...
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Shell worries about climate change but decides continue making it worse
2016-03-14 23:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Shell Oil released its 2015 annual review last week, and the most surprising thing in it may be how concerned the company is with climate change. It`s hardly what you`d expect from Big Oil, and yet the words "climate change" occur 15 times in the 228 page report. While this may seem minor, it`s a hell of a lot more than climate change is discussed by most other oil monsters (Looking at you, Exxon). Shell, unlike many oil giants, actively acknowledges and even embraces climate action - at least, on...
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