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'Revenant' showed Leonardo DiCaprio climate change effects
2016-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily News: Canada and South Americas breathtaking backdrops in The Revenant gave its award-winning star, Leonardo DiCaprio, a terrifying up close and personal look at climate change. Record-breaking temperatures linked to climate change are the new normal for residents forced to endure their changing environment, the actor learned while filming the movie in locations that included Mexico, Argentina, British Columbia and Alberta. We shot at high altitudes in Calgary, and weather conditions were...
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Kenya: Climate change is drying up one of the worlds largest lakes
2016-02-01 13:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: The two men have been working their way through the nets for more than 30 minutes before they catch a fish. Ekaale Ewoi pauses in the bow of the boat, silhouetted against the pink morning sky. He glances back at Ekai Longolan, who gently disentangles the small prize. It thuds to the floor of the boat at my feet and thrashes around. Without a word they resume their rhythmic motion, going hand over hand for thirty minutes more, until they reach the bobbing jerry can that means theyve come to the...
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Climate change beliefs must not be allowed to trump science
2016-01-31 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LancasterOnline: A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree, and he turns away. Show him facts or figures, and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic, and he fails to see your point. So said Stanford University psychologist Leon Festinger in the 1950s. Pre-existing beliefs can slant our thinking and taint what we believe to be our most impartial and logical conclusions. This is called motivational reasoning. It helps to explain why we find folks so opposed over matters in...
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Climate change book offers content to interest kids
2016-01-31 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Roanoke Times: Climate Change: A Hot Topic! By Dan Green. Created by Simon Basher. Kingfisher, 2014. Reviewed by Carolyn J. Kroehler. She lives in Blacksburg and is interested in how science is communicated to non-science audiences. I've heard good things about Basher Science books for kids, so I was curious when I saw a Basher book titled "Climate Change: A Hot Topic!" Climate change for kids? I wanted to see how it was handled. "Making science come alive in amazing and colorful ways!" trumpets a promotional...
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Africa Called to Implement Climate Change Agreement
2016-01-31 09:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
allAfrica: The Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called on all African states to move swiftly, so that the agreement on climate change can come into effect to unlock the wealth of nations and save the planet. Speaking at the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dlamini-Zuma noted that in the climate change negotiations last year, Africa showed that it was not indifferent to its responsibility...
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