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Not all moths, butterflies react the same to climate change
2015-11-02 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Futurity: Scientists analyzed how the abundance and distribution of 155 species of British butterflies and moths have changed since the 1970s. In response to climate change, some are growing more common and others more rare. Using data collected by thousands of volunteers through citizen science programs, the team determined that responses to recent climate change varied greatly from species to species. Published in Science Advances, the research also shows variation in how much the climate has changed for...
BlackRock Inc becomes a Climate Bonds Partner
2015-11-02 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Global asset manager BlackRock has announced they will join the Climate Bonds Initiative Partnership programme, effective immediately. The Climate Bonds Initiative is an investor-focused not-for-profit, promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy. Kevin Holt, Co-head of the Americas Fixed Income said: There is an increasing demand for innovative, sustainable investment solutions to address climate, carbon and environmental issues. Many investors are demanding more than a financial...
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Fortress Maldives: Protecting islands against climate change comes at a price
2015-11-02 11:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: This week, government ministers meeting in Paris will try to resolve a number of contentious issues that threaten to derail UN negotiations less than a month before a once-in-a-generation climate change summit convenes in the French capital. Much progress has been made toward an agreement with some 150 countries, large and small, now having submitted national plans to reduce the greenhouse emissions responsible for the crisis. But significant differences remain and a deal is by no means a foregone...
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French president hopes boost Paris climate summit during China visit
2015-11-02 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: French president François Hollande hopes to use a state visit to China to boost difficult climate negotiations, a month before a UN conference in Paris aimed at slowing global warming. China, the most populous country and the biggest emitter of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the world, has promised it will try to cap its rising emissions before 2030 as part of its national pledge ahead of the Paris conference. Hollande says he intends to launch a bilateral appeal with Chinese President...
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Personalizing climate change: spy cameras document polar bear behaviors on and off sea ice
2015-11-02 10:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Polar bear populations are threatened by the loss of Arctic sea ice they use for hunting, and filmmakers and researchers are using remote cameras to better understand how the bears use ice and respond to the novel conditions resulting from global climate change. As Alysa McCall, field programs manager at Polar Bears International, explained in an email to WildTech, Remote camera systems provide the opportunity for nearly undisturbed observations of wildlife behavior.[F]or understanding an individual...
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