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Thousands march over climate change in Brisbane & across New Zealand
2015-11-28 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of people have marched in Brisbane and more were planning to march in Darwin on Saturday, following Fridays 40,000-strong rally in Melbourne. Crowd reports in Brisbane varied from 5,000 to 10,000. The Peoples Climate March a worldwide event took place on Saturday, and organisers said thousands took part in 35 New Zealand centres the smallest being on Raoul Island, where the islands entire population of seven turned out. The Brisbane march was plagued by hot, humid weather,...
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Emma Thompson's presence adds weight to climate change march in Ottawa
2015-11-28 00:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Emma Thompsons view on global warming is, in a sense, fairly simple: We change or we die. The two-time Oscar-winning British actor has thrown her weight behind a march planned for Sunday in Ottawa ahead of the United Nations climate change conference kicking off in France next week. Activists are pushing Canadas newly minted Liberal government to adopt lofty fossil fuel reduction targets, with an end-goal of a completely clean, renewable economy by 2050. The march is one of about 2,000...
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Thousands march on climate change in Manila, Brisbane
2015-11-28 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Thousands turned out for climate change marches in Manila and Brisbane Saturday, part of a weekend of action across the globe to demand results from next week's historic Paris summit. Religious clergy, students and activists marched through the Philippine capital calling for curbs on emissions to mute the impact of climate change, which is blamed for a spike in typhoons and extreme weather that has wreaked havoc on the nation. The march, attended by more than 2,500 people according to police...
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Don't forget plankton in climate change models, says study
2015-11-27 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study from the University of Exeter, published in the journal Ecology Letters, found that phytoplankton -- microscopic water-borne plants -- can rapidly evolve tolerance to elevated water temperatures. Globally, phytoplankton absorb as much carbon dioxide as tropical rainforests and so understanding the way they respond to a warming climate is crucial. Phytoplankton subjected to warmed water initially failed to thrive but it took only 45 days, or 100 generations, for them to evolve tolerance...
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Rising Temps, Invisible Threats: Climate Change Spurs Disease Fears
2015-11-27 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Winter was oddly mild in northern Texas in 2012, a year that saw few snowflakes and barely any ice. When the cold failed to show up, the spring mosquitoes arrived in droves, carrying disease. The insects multiplied during an unusually muggy May, when temperatures hit the 90s and then stayed there. On June 20, Dallas recorded the season's first case of West Nile virus. By late August, there were nearly 400. Nineteen people would die in the greater Dallas area in the worst West Nile outbreak...
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