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Climate change could leave sea turtles without mates
2015-10-19 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: Sea turtles might be facing an unusual problem: too many girls. Unlike a human baby, whose X and Y chromosomes determine whether it will be born a boy or a girl, a sea turtle's sex is defined during egg incubation periods. Warmer temperatures lead to a higher proportion of females while cooler conditions result in more males. A new Florida Atlantic University study published by Endangered Species Research finds that conditions such as heavier rains and temperature shifts are impacting loggerhead...
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Obama deepens effort to win firms' backing on climate
2015-10-19 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: President Barack Obama redoubled efforts to enlist titans of business in his fight against climate change Monday, getting dozens to back a global climate deal and steps to curb emissions. Obama hosted at the White House CEOs from a handful of the 81 companies that have committed to concrete mitigation measures, offering a potent tool against skeptics. The White House invitees included bosses from Intel, Johnson & Johnson and Hershey, who will take measures like reducing water usage, purchasing...
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Climate models may be wrong as fires cancel forest carbon sinks
2015-10-19 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Climate scientists may need to revise their predictions: instead of acting as carbon sinks, Earth`s northern boreal forests could start releasing carbon at a faster rate than they can capture it. Most global climate models treat these forests as storing about one-third of all terrestrial carbon in trees and, especially, in thick layers of peaty soil. Forest fires disrupt this storage temporarily, releasing carbon to the atmosphere until it can be recaptured by regrowth. The net effect of this...
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Tension ahead of last round of UN climate talks before Paris
2015-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: African countries on Sunday dismissed an early draft of a U.N. climate accord as "unbalanced" and demanded amendments to even consider it at the final negotiating session before a landmark conference in Paris. The move by the African bloc came on the eve of week-long talks in Bonn, Germany, on what's envisioned to become the most ambitious agreement ever to fight global warming. Delegates on Monday were supposed to start line-by-line editing a 20-page draft that contains multiple options on how...
Commercial rice farming cushions Cameroon women from climate stress
2015-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Women farmers in western Cameroon are leading the way in commercial rice production, benefiting from new seeds and marketing opportunities that are helping them cope with climate stresses and provide for their families. A programme run by the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA), a government agro-industry body, aims to help rice farmers adopt better crop varieties, use water more efficiently and adapt to climate change. "I have been able to pay school fees for my children and medical...
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