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Australia: CSIRO climate cuts will breach Paris agreement and cost economy report
2016-02-21 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cuts to the CSIROs climate modelling and measuring research will breach Australias obligations under the recent Paris agreement and will result in huge costs to the economy, a report by Australias Climate Council has found. The report adds to a chorus of eminent bodies and individuals criticising the move, which the CSIRO made after almost no consultation with its own scientists or other research institutions. Earlier in the month it was revealed CSIRO would be cutting up to 350 staff from...
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For Russian Farmers, Climate Change Is Nyet So Great
2016-02-21 18:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says last month was the warmest January on record. That sets off alarm bells for climate scientists, but for the average person living in a northern climate, it might not sound so bad. That's what many people are saying these days in Russia, where the expected icy winter has failed to materialize this year to widespread joy. Of course, any climate scientist will tell you that an unusually warm month or even a whole warm winter doesn't mean...
Climate change politics is blinding us to the devastating effects of dirty air
2016-02-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It is the greatest environmental hazard of the age. Nothing focuses our concern for the future more, divides rich and poor, exercises science, business, politicians, old and young. It is an existential threat, a generational battle. All political and financial resources must be concentrated on stopping climate change. But now that governments have signed up to the unambitious Paris climate agreement and pledged to try to limit greenhouse gas emissions, we must ask whether we have lost sight of...
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A climate scientist who decided not to fly
2016-02-21 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Im a climate scientist who doesnt fly. I try to avoid burning fossil fuels, because its clear that doing so causes real harm to humans and to nonhumans, today and far into the future. I dont like harming others, so I dont fly. Back in 2010, though, I was awash in cognitive dissonance. My awareness of global warming had risen to a fever pitch, but I hadnt yet made real changes to my daily life. This disconnect made me feel panicked and disempowered. Then one evening in 2011, I gathered my utility...
In Zika Epidemic, Warning Climate Change
2016-02-21 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The global public health emergency involving deformed babies emerged in 2015, the hottest year in the historical record, with an outbreak in Brazil of a disease transmitted by heat-loving mosquitoes. Can that be a coincidence? Scientists say it will take them years to figure that out, and pointed to other factors that may have played a larger role in starting the crisis. But these same experts added that the Zika epidemic, as well as the related spread of a disease called dengue that is sickening...
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