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Climate change, flooding topics of concern at Aquarium of the Pacific panel
2016-01-24 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Telegram: About 200 Long Beach residents got a close look at how climate change is affecting the local area Saturday morning. The League of Women Voters, Long Beach Area, organized a presentation on climate change, water use, flooding, El Nio and other climate-related issues at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Speakers included Jerry Schubel, the aquariums president and CEO; Timu Gallien, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Juliette Hart of USCs Dornslife/Sea Grant Program; John D.S. Allen, Director...
Martin O'Malley calls climate change 'greatest business opportunity'
2016-01-23 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Laconia Daily Sun: During the New Hampshire Presidential Primary of 1984, Martin O'Malley, then 19, slept on a floor in Manchester while working for Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado, who began his campaign with barely 1 percent of the vote, but crowned it by topping former Vice President Walter Mondale by 10 points to win the primary. This year, O'Malley, who served as mayor of Baltimore for eight years and governor of Maryland for another eight, is himself a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, standing...
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Climate Change Is Deadly for Snowshoe Hares
2016-01-23 18:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Standard: When the final snow melts in the springtime, there are always some snowshoe hares that haven't yet changed their white winter coats to their brown summer ones. That's lucky for Marketa Zimova, a doctoral student in biology at North Carolina State University who studies the hares in western Montana. The contrast between the bunnies' fair fur and dark surroundings made them easy to spot, and the hares don't seem to realize how much they stand out. "They so rely on their camouflage that they stay put,"...
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Wise Words From A Dying Astronaut On Climate Change
2016-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: In the January 16, 2016 issue of the New York Timess Sunday Review climate scientist and retired astronaut Piers J. Sellers wrote a painfully beautiful article commencing with a revelation of his diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. His peroration: As an astronaut I spacewalked 220 miles above the Earth. Floating alongside the International Space Station, I watched hurricanes cartwheel across oceans, the Amazon snake its way to the sea through a brilliant green carpet of forest, and...
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Climate change: Where the GOP field stands
2016-01-23 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: When federal scientists announced 2015 as the warmest year on record this week, Democrats and environmentalists responded by saying the new mark injected a sense of urgency into the fight against climate change. Republicans, including those running for president, mostly let the announcement slip by unmentioned. GOP candidates have ripped President Obama for his efforts to tackle climate change, arguing the president should be more focused on fighting international terrorism. The two leading...
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