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Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar speech spiked climate change searches and discussions on social media, study finds
2016-08-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: When Leonardo DiCaprio won an Academy Award in February this year, after many years of near-misses, the internet reacted with delight. Following years of memes about DiCaprios perceived lack of good fortune when it came to Oscar gongs, new joyous memes were created and shared and social media exploded with heartfelt praise. While this internet reaction might have been expected following a win by the popular actor, another effect was also felt on the internet. When the Revenant actor delivered...
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Hollywood Is Finally Taking on Climate Change. It Should Go Even Further
2016-08-09 14:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Hollywood celebrities have long prided themselves as the social conscience of America. Now, it seems, they've widened their reach to the entire Earth. "Climate change is real, it is happening right now,' DiCaprio said in his Oscar acceptance speech in February. "Let us not take this planet for granted.' With those words, DiCaprio did more for climate change advocacy than any other individual effort, ever, according to a new study. Compared to the Paris climate summit last December--in which...
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Study: DiCaprios Oscar Speech Did More For Climate Change Than Earth Day
2016-08-09 06:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dispatch: Actor Leonardo DiCaprios Oscar acceptance speech comments urging action on climate change drew more attention on social media than Earth Day, according to a study out of the University of California San Diego. The study, titled Big Data Sensors of Organic Advocacy: The Case of Leonardo DiCaprio and Climate Change, was published Aug. 2 in scientific journal Plos One. It argues DiCaprios acceptance speech for best actor received much more attention on social media than it did on traditional...
Climate Change May Bring More Tainted Shellfish to Northern Seas
2016-08-09 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HealthDay: Warming oceans may be boosting levels of dangerous bacteria in northern seas, possibly explaining why more people are getting sickened by tainted seafood and seawater, new research suggests. "From long-term data, it is apparent that the level of these pathogens is rising in the ocean as a result of global warming," said study author Luigi Vezzulli. He is an associate professor with the department of earth, environmental and life sciences at the University of Genoa, in Italy. At the moment, the...
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Vatican newspaper op-ed: address climate change now before it is too late
2016-08-08 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Catholic Culture: In a front-page column in the August 7 edition of the Vatican newspaper, Italian philosopher Luca Possati said that climate change must be addressed now before it is too late. Citing a report released on August 2 by the National Centers for Environmental Information, Possati noted that the year 2015 was the warmest since climate recordkeeping began in the nineteenth century. Recalling that the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change contains no sanctions, Possati called for a new globalized approach...
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