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Climate change is a 'medical emergency'
2015-07-06 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail and Guardian: The world will be up to an average of 5°C warmer by the end of this century. Science says this will utterly change the world and the environment that human beings rely on to live. Numerous reports on that change paint a dystopian future, where humans are constantly assaulted by floods, droughts, crop failures and myriad other ecosystem failures. In the last month several reports have tried to look at the impacts that this change will have on human health. These all point to a world where the diseases...
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Climate change compounding threats to Australia's ecosystems, studies find
2015-07-06 06:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change is compounding existing threats to Australias forests, wetlands and deserts, with several key landscapes now at risk of total collapse, a landmark series of new studies have found. An assessment of 13 ecosystems across Australia, ranging from the wet tropics of far north Queensland to rare shrubland in Western Australia, found what researchers call a worrying climate change impact that adds to existing harm caused by urban development, agriculture and invasive species. The...
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Marching for Action on Climate Change, Jane Fonda Warns Against Arctic Oil Drilling
2015-07-06 01:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Take Part: Earlier this year, Grace and Frankie actor and lifelong political activist Jane Fonda urged women at the Sundance Film Festival to shame the studios for being so gender-biased. Now shes calling on the international community to shame President Obama for what she called an "inconceivable" act, according to The Hollywood Reporter: allowing Shell to drill oil in the Arctic Ocean. The practice creates the potential for an oil spill and poses significant threats to the environment and wildlife, Fonda...
Canada: Actress Jane Fonda attends Toronto climate change rally
2015-07-06 00:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Sun: Actress Jane Fonda joined thousands of protesters at Queen's Park to call on government to do more to fight climate change. "I think that the coalition that is represented in today's march and rally ... will make a difference,' Fonda told reporters. "They are saying, 'We don't have to choose between the environment and the economy -- that is a false choice.'' Author and activist Naomi Klein and environmentalist David Suzuki were among those at the event called the March for Jobs, Justice...
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Heat Waves Europe Caused By Climate Change Says Scientists
2015-07-05 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tech Times: Experts say that the latest heat waves in Europe is "virtually certain" to be caused by climate change. This week, Germany, Spain and London all experienced the hottest July day ever recorded. A group of climate experts from universities, meteorological facilities and research teams from all around the world came up with a real-time analysis of climate data on Friday, July 4. According to the scientists, the heat waves striking Europe this week, or coined as three-day periods of excessive heat,...
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