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Scientists find gene makes plants more carefree under climate stress
2015-10-07 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: By 2050, well have to meet the gargantuan challenge of growing 50% more food, to feed a burgeoning global population. Enter climate-resilient agriculture, possibly the best chance we have of actually attaining this goal: as countries grapple with the effects of climate change--drought, higher salinity--increasingly well have to depend on crops that can also flourish despite its inconsistencies. Research on agricultural resilience abounds, but the latest offering looks to plant genetics for a solution,...
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New UN climate science chief touts role for business
2015-10-07 12:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The UN climate science body needs to harness private sector knowledge, its newly elected chair said on Wednesday. Hoesung Lee called for a more bottom-up approach to compiling the periodic Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports. The South Korean energy economist, who started his career at US oil major Exxon in the 1970s, told journalists businesses had a role to play. A vast degree of knowledge and expertise are embedded in the business sector, he said. ...
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Canadian cities: Step up and act on climate change
2015-10-07 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Michael Bloomberg is a former three-term mayor of New York and the UN Secretary-Generals Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change. Gregor Robertson is mayor of Vancouver. ----------------------------- As the largest country in the Western Hemisphere, Canada has a special role to play in tackling the threat of global climate change. Canadian cities, which are on the front lines of this battle, must help lead the way. In recent years, destructive floods have caused billions of dollars in damage...
Climate Change Intensified South Carolina Floods
2015-10-06 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scientists say climate change has exacerbated the effects of a storm blamed for at least 12 deaths in the southeastern U.S. On Monday, after weekend downpours, flooding continued to overwhelm large parts of South Carolina and North Carolina in what was described as a "once-in-a-millennium' storm. Individual weather events cannot be attributed to climate change, but climatologists say atmospheric conditions tied to climate change intensified this downpour. An alert board announces the closing...
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How China and US Became Unlikely Partners on Climate
2015-10-06 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: When President Obama went to Beijing last November and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, both leaders were aware of the litany of contentious issues that divided the United States and China. But a curious thing happened. Despite a host of intractable disagreements -- maritime disputes in the South and East China Seas, cyber-hacking, human rights Getty Images Presidents Xi Jinping and Obama discussed climate issues at the White House in September. abuses, trade protectionism -- the two countries...
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