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Climate change disturbing deep ocean currents: Study
2014-03-22 10:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: The recent climate change may be acting to slow down deep ocean currents with potentially serious consequences for the planet's future, a study warns. Deep currents act as conveyer belts, channelling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the globe. A new study by the University of Pennsylvania's Irina Marinov and Raffaele Bernardello and colleagues from McGill University has found that recent climate change may be acting to slow down one of these conveyer belts - with potentially serious...
Climate Change and American Grocery Bills
2014-03-22 03:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Liberty Voice: The world is getting a little more hostile to farmers, thanks to rising global temperatures. Among other impacts of climate change, like more storms and droughts, rising grocery bills can be expected. That was the conclusion of a study released recently by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report indicated that if temperatures increase more than 2-5.5 degrees Fahrenheit global food production will drop. The draft report, leaked earlier this week, suggests a 25 percent decline...
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Climate change threatens human's and wildlife's access to water, says new report
2014-03-21 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tico Times: Sea turtles in Costa Rica face threats from poachers when they come ashore to lay their eggs, but another threat comes from the water itself. Rising sea levels in the Caribbean are washing away valuable beaches where many of these endangered animals lay their eggs, noted a new report on climate change vulnerability in Costa Rica on Friday. Sea turtles arent the only ones facing future threats from climate change. A new report estimates that a lack of rainfall and rising sea levels from climate...
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Climate Change Data Object of New White House Initiative
2014-03-20 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The White House Climate Data Initiative aims to gather data related to climate change and assemble everything in one location. The beta version of the site will display data on flooding and coastal flooding. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the White House are working with technology companies to create the site and the database behind it. Google and Microsoft are two of the biggest partners. The site will expand to offer...
Indigenous people witness climate change in the Congo Rainforest
2014-03-20 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indigenous communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are observing climate change even though they have no knowledge of the science, according to a unique collaboration between the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) and local communities. The environmental changes witnessed by the locals in the Congo Rainforest include increased temperature, less rainfall and alterations to the seasons, much as expected under global climate change. "Indigenous peoples in the Congo Basin rainforests face...
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