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Climate change: Antarctic Ocean increases absorption of CO2
2015-09-11 03:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Defying earlier fears, researchers say the Antarctic Ocean has been absorbing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide over the past decade, making it critical to mitigating the worst effects of climate change. The findings upend estimates, put forward a decade ago, that the seas surrounding the continent were approaching a saturation point and would not be able to continue to absorb increasing amounts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Since that time, the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse...
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Calif Climate Change Bill Stripped Controversial Gas Reduction Target
2015-09-10 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown faced a cascade of setbacks Wednesday as climate change legislation was stripped of his targets for reducing gasoline use, his effort to fix dilapidated roads was delayed, and there was no deal in sight to shore up funding for public healthcare. It was an unusually rough day for the governor, who started his historic fourth term this year and typically gets his way in Capitol dogfights. But Brown said he was undeterred. He pledged to redouble his efforts to fight climate change...
Climate change is darkening Seattles water forecast
2015-09-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Investigate West: One of the countrys fastest-growing cities suddenly has a long-term water problem. The weather was uncharacteristically drizzly for late summer when Seattle Public Utilities tour guide Ralph Naess, tooling along a backroad in the city-protected Cedar River watershed, suddenly looked skyward with alarm at a sudden sunbreak. Hey -- the sun is coming out. Bad news! Naess exclaimed. Turning to visitors, he explained: We would much prefer a dousing rain for a month. Its not unusual for...
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Chair of Australia's Climate Change Authority Resigns
2015-09-09 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The chair of the Abbott government's climate change advice agency, Bernie Fraser, has resigned without explanation. It comes less than a month after Mr Fraser issued a strong rebuke to the Abbott government over its justifications of its post-2020 greenhouse emissions targets. A statement issued by the Climate Change Authority late on Tuesday said Mr Fraser, a respected former Reserve Bank governor and Treasury chief, had quit as chair. His term was not due to end until 2017. No further explanation...
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Climate Change Could Put Tribes Electric Systems at Risk
2015-09-08 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Heat waves, extreme storms, wildfire and other effects of climate change pose major threats to the electric power systems in Native American communities across the country, most significantly in the West and Southwest, according to a new U.S. Department of Energy report. "Tribes are among the communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change,' Chris Deschene, director of the Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, said in a statement. "Tribal lands, which are...
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