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Pine smell 'limits' climate change
2014-02-26 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: New research suggests a strong link between the powerful smell of pine trees and climate change. Scientists say they've found a mechanism by which these scented vapours turn into aerosols above boreal forests. These particles promote cooling by reflecting sunlight back into space and helping clouds to form. The research, published in the journal Nature, fills in a major gap in our understanding, researchers say. One of the biggest holes in scientific knowledge about climate change relates...
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Climate change causes high, but predictable, extinction risks
2014-02-26 13:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Judging the effects of climate change on extinction may be easier than previously thought, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature Climate Change. Although widely used assessments of threatened species, such as the IUCN Red List, were not developed with the effects of climate change in mind, a study of 36 amphibian and reptile species endemic to the US has concluded that climate change may not be fundamentally different from other extinction threats in terms of identifying species...
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Climate change may be causing a global coffee shortage
2014-02-26 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: An epic drought -- Brazil's worst in decades -- is threatening exports from the world's largest coffee exporter and driving up wholesale prices worldwide. We've officially entered the realm of bloggers' worst-case scenario. Now, let's not get too hasty. The world is not going to run out of coffee next week. Analysts still estimate an increasingly tight global coffee surplus of less than 1 percent of total production through the remainder of the year. But the Brazilian drought is causing a significant...
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Stunning Map Shows What A Climate Change Nightmare Scenario Might Actually Look Like
2014-02-26 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: Just about all scientists agree that global climate change is caused by humans, and the impact on the environment can come in a variety of ways. Since the change occurs slowly, it's hard to imagine rising temperatures, warmer oceans, extreme weather, and rising sea levels. But amateur graphic designer Martin Vargic has put together an interesting map that shows how entire countries could end up being redefined if nothing is done. Vargic's map depicts the planet without the polar ice caps --...
United Kingdom: Ed Miliband: Climate change a national security issue
2014-02-24 10:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that the flooding crisis should be seen as a wakeup call for Britain to act on climate change, while criticising prime minister David Cameron for creating a false economy over the governments flood aid measures. The leader of the opposition hit out at the prime minister, who recently said that money would be no object in helping those affected by the recent storms, bad weather and flooding. Miliband said that Cameron wasnt going far enough to help future...
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