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Poor land use worsens climate change in St. Xincent
2015-05-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: His job allows him a unique view of what is taking place in the interior of this volcanic east Caribbean nation, where the landscape mostly alternates between deep gorges and high mountains."Sometimes we hardly see any fish along the coastline, because there are no trees to cool the water for the algae to get food." -- Joel Poyer Poyer, a 54-year-old social and political activist and trade unionist, is hoping that during the 18 months before he retires, he can get the government and people of...
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How to teach climate change to a conservative community
2015-05-14 10:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The National Center for Science Education is a non-profit organization with some 5,000 members that provides information and resources for schools, parents, and concerned citizens working to keep evolution and climate science in public school science education. The center originally devoted its energies to fighting efforts by some schools to teach creationism alongside evolution, but in 2012 started an initiative to defend and support the teaching of climate change to fight climate change denial...
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Greens say climate change will worsen allergies, asthma
2015-05-13 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A new report from an environmental group says that certain respiratory allergies and asthma will be exacerbated if climate change is allowed to continue unabated. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said Wednesday that its report is one of the first to tie the prevalence of ragweed pollen symptoms to climate change. It also repeats the NRDCs earlier findings that the warmer temperatures from climate change will exacerbate asthma attacks. The NRDC used the report to call for the...
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Climate change take major toll on economy and children's health, experts warn
2015-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Researchers have only scratched the surface of the complex effects climate change will have on children's health and the economy, panelists said at a climate change forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The panel was part of a discussion titled, "The Social and Economic Costs of Climate Change on Children's Health," organized by American University, the Children's Environmental Health Network and the Wilson Center. Panelists said the complex nature of the issue makes it...
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Iowa Scientists To Presidential Candidates: Climate Change Is Not Issue Can Be Ignored
2015-05-12 19:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: On Monday, 188 researchers and scientists from across Iowa posed a pointed question to potential presidential candidates: what will you do about climate change? In the fifth annual Iowa Climate Statement, the diverse group of scientists from 39 colleges and universities across the state focus on getting politicians to weigh in on what they plan to do about the problem. The lead authors of the statement feel that climate change has been ignored by presidential candidates from both parties in previous...
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