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New Study Says Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian Civil War
2015-03-03 01:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: By now, it's pretty clear that we're starting to see visible manifestations of climate change beyond far-off melting ice sheets. One of the most terrifying implications is the increasingly real threat of wars sparked in part by global warming. New evidence says that Syria may be one of the first such conflicts. We know the basic story in Syria by now: From 2006-2010, an unprecedented drought forced the country from a groundwater-intensive breadbasket of the region to a net food importer. Farmers...
Climate Change Caused the War in Syria?
2015-03-03 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Wars are usually caused by struggles for land or power, but one new study is blaming climate change, at least in part, for the start of the Syrian war. A nationwide drought, the worst Syria has ever seen, ravaged the region from 2006-2010, destroying the agricultural industry and driving farmers to poverty-stricken cities. Coincidentally, in spring 2011, unrest escalated into a full-blown Syrian war that has since killed at least 200,000 people and displaced millions. "We're not saying the...
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Science proves GOP wrong climate change &national security
2015-03-02 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: At last week`s Conservative Political Action Conference, GOP chair Reince Priebus had some strong words about how President Barack Obama prioritizes threats to national security. "Democrats tell us they understand the world, but then they call climate change, not radical Islamic terrorism, the greatest threat to national security," he said. "Look, I think we all care about our planet, but melting icebergs aren`t beheading Christians in the Middle East." The comment came after the president,...
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Climate Change Contributing Factor in Syrian Conflict
2015-03-02 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Moist air comes flowing off the Mediterranean into Syria each winter, unleashing rains that transform the dull brown countryside into myriad hues of green. But in 2005, the rains never fully materialized, the first of five consecutive failed rainy seasons that sparked the worst drought in Syria's history and directly preceded the country's descent into civil war. A groundbreaking study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows that climate change doubled or...
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Climate change: How much is Apple really doing on the issue
2015-03-02 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Apple likes to say it's on the cutting edge of the fight against climate change. Recently, the company has boasted about the $848 million solar farm it's building to power its new headquarters in Silicon Valley and two new European data centres that will be its "lowest impact" yet. But projects like this barely scratch the surface of Apple's impact on the environment. Only 2 per cent of the company's greenhouse gas emissions have anything to do with facilities like its headquarters and data centres,...
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