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Climate change forcing Vt. farmers to think ahead
2014-02-18 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: While most Vermont farmers are gearing up for spring, many are also preparing for extreme weather events, especially flooding, farmers said during a meeting of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. Changes in crop and farm practices were among the topics discussed at the meeting, which wrapped up Monday at the University of Vermont. Vermont Public Radio ((http://bit.ly/1hs3HtY) reports that UVM farming and climate change program Coordinator Joshua Faulkner said farmers need...
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Fact-Checking the Bill Nye-Marsha Blackburn Climate Change 'Debate'
2014-02-18 15:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wire: If you are not the sort of person who watches Meet the Press (because you are not an old person), you may have missed Sunday's "debate" between Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Mr. William Nye, Science Guy. Allow me to summarize: There is no actual debate over climate change. Allow me to summarize at greater length: Blackburn was full of misinformation and Nye seemed sleepy. I pulled out the assertions presented by the participants in the discussion and evaluated them for truth. That's the...
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United Kingdom: Barrage over climate change link to floods
2014-02-18 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: As the barrage of bad weather eases, another kind of turbulence is brewing over one of the potential causes. Listen to some environmental campaigners and you might think that there is total certainty that global warming led to the recent rain; listen to some climate sceptics and there is absolutely no connection at all. Viewers have berated me either for failing to explicitly blame climate change in my reporting of the floods - or for suggesting that the rain may conceivably have been made...
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Kerry compares climate change deniers 'Flat Earth Society'
2014-02-17 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: Secretary of State John Kerry injected some stridency into the Obama administration`s environmental advocacy on Sunday when he delivered a speech on the need for a coordinated, international response to climate change. The science is unequivocal. And those who refuse to believe it are simply burying their heads in the sand, he said in Jakarta, Indonesia. Now, President Obama and I believe very deeply that we do not have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth Society. The White House...
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Australia: Heat is on combat climate change silent killer
2014-02-17 20:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: One of the most direct effects of climate change is the increase in very hot days and heatwaves. Many regions of Australia have suffered unusually intense heatwaves this summer. Melbourne sweltered through two heatwaves, and on January 16 Australia's extreme heat made front-page news around the world when the Australian Open tennis tournament was forced to suspend matches due to the risk of heat stress to players. Heatwaves have also increased extreme bushfire danger weather, a factor in the...
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