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Scariest part of climate change isn't what know, but what we don't
2015-08-02 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: Its tough to make predictions, especially about the future": so goes a Danish proverb attributed variously to baseball coach Yogi Berra and physicist Niels Bohr. Yet some things are so important -- such as projecting the future impacts of climate change on the environment -- that we obviously must try. An Australian study published last week predicts that some rainforest plants could see their ranges reduced 95% by 2080. How can we make sense of that given the plethora of climate predictions?...
Climate change: Obama orders steeper cuts from power plants
2015-08-02 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Aiming to jolt the rest of the world to action, President Barack Obama moved ahead Sunday with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American power plants, setting up a certain confrontation in the courts with energy producers and Republican-led states. In finalizing the unprecedented pollution controls, Obama was installing the core of his ambitious and controversial plan to drastically reduce overall U.S. emissions, as he works to secure a legacy on fighting global warming. Yet it will be up to...
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Climate change threatens Rocky Mountain resorts
2015-08-02 05:34:26| Food - Topix.net
A panoramic view of the Rockies awaits summer visitors at the top of Aspen Mountain in Colorado. The six-person Silver Queen gondola carries summer riders from the city of Aspen to the top of Aspen Mountain in about 15 minutes.
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Bernie Sanders: 'Climate Change Greatest Threat Facing the Planet'
2015-08-02 01:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Signal: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders was endorsed by Friends of the Earth, a progressive political action committee fighting climate change, during a campaign stop in New Hampshire today. .@BernieSanders: "Climate change is the single greatest threat facing the planet." pic.twitter.com/CQalmDUP9X -- Kate Scanlon (@scanlon_kate) August 1, 2015 I am very honored to receive the endorsement of one of the great environmental organizations not only in America but in the world,...
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Climate Change Could Be Culprit in Rise of Legionnaires' Cases
2015-07-31 05:31:14| Biotech - Topix.net
This 2009 colorized 8000X electron micrograph image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a large grouping of Gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria. The number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease is on the rise in the United States and researchers say the increase could be partly a result of climate change.
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