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Bill Gates talks climate change with Charles Koch
2014-03-14 19:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The unlikely topic of climate change came up in a recent discussion between Bill Gates and prominent conservative donor Charles Koch, the Microsoft co-founder said. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gates shared his views on climate change and mentioned that, during a private dinner with Koch, the issue came up. "I happened to be having dinner with Charles Koch last Saturday, and we talked a little bit about climate change," Gates said. "He's a very nice person, and he has this incredible...
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Newest Climate Change Victim: Fish Are Being Stunted by Warmer Oceans
2014-03-12 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: Warming oceans arent just shifting the migration patterns of some of our favorite fish; scientists say climate change may be stunting fish sizes too. Widely consumed North Sea species, including haddock, whiting, herring, and others, have shrunk in size by as much as 29 percent over nearly 40 years, as water temperatures have increased between one and two degrees Celsius, researchers from the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland, revealed in a study published in the April issue of Global...
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Benefits of climate change? 'Completely wrong'
2014-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: The idea that the benefits of climate change will outweigh any risks is completely wrong, according to the government scientist who advises the cabinet on the latest state of knowledge on global warming. Whilst there may be trivial benefits in some parts of the world for some of the time, the long-term direction for all of us is a negative direction, said Sir Mark Walport, the UKs chief scientific adviser. Sir Mark was responding to MPs questions in a Commons committee about claims by the...
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Reid: Climate change is a question of our own survival
2014-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Democratic senators clocked an all-nighter, working in shifts into Tuesday morning to warn of devastation from climate change and the danger of inaction. Addressing a nearly empty chamber and visitor gallery, more than two dozen speakers agreed with each other about the need to act on climate change. Naysayers -- Republicans -- largely stayed away, arguing hours earlier that regulation would cost Americans jobs in a sluggish economy. "We can translate climate destruction into a positive," insisted...
UK chief scientist: climate change will not be beneficial to the UK
2014-03-12 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The chief scientific adviser to the government, Sir Mark Walport, has told MPs not to expect any benefits from a warmer climate, adding that the effects in the long-term will be harmful. Walport was commenting on science journalist and climate denier Matt Ridleys book, The Rational Optimist, which argues that climate change will more beneficial to the UK than it will harmful. He said, Whilst there may be trivial benefits in some parts of the world for some of the time, the long-term direction...
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