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Climate change: time for sceptics to put up or shut up
2014-02-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Say I were to ask you to prove that the dinosaurs were wiped out when an asteroid collided with the Earth 66m years ago, in what is now snappily called the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. If you were as weirdly obsessed by these catastrophes as I am, you would maybe start by citing the worldwide layer of sediment known as K-Pg boundary, which was first discovered near Gubbio, in Italy, and is thought to be the fallout from a massive explosion. You would mention the soot that is associated...
United Kingdom: Climate change is an issue of national security, warns Ed Miliband
2014-02-15 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain is sleepwalking towards disaster because of a failure to recognise that climate change is causing the extreme weather that has blighted the country for more than a month, Ed Miliband has warned. The Labour leader says in an interview with the Observer that climate change is now an issue of national security that has the potential not only to destabilise and cause conflict between regions of the world, but to destroy the homes, livelihoods and businesses of millions of British people. ...
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Bill Maher, Bill Nye hit climate change skeptics
2014-02-15 17:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Scientist Bill Nye "the Science Guy' and liberal comic Bill Maher criticized creationists and climate change deniers, but said the biggest issue is what is being taught in school. 'My concern is for the students for the kids...that are brought up with this,' Nye said Friday on his HBO program "Real Time with Bill Maher.' Nye, who debated creationist Ken Ham this week said he respects Ham's passion but added what was difficult about it "was not slapping my forehead, not freaking out.' Maher,...
Obama launches climate change fund
2014-02-15 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama announced a new climate change "resiliency fund" in a Friday night speech in drought-struck California. The fund, which would need to be approved by Congress, is intended to help communities dealing with negative weather like drought, wildfires, and floods that are the result of climate change. Obama picked the trip to California to announce the fund proposal, which is to be included in his budget. California is experiencing a drought that is threatening its agriculture producers...
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Is Climate Change Increasing the Disease Risk for Arctic Marine Mammals?
2014-02-14 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Climate change is melting Arctic sea ice, leaving animals that depend on it high and dry. Marine mammals like ringed seals have to find new areas to give birth, raise their young, and haul out. And now, experts say, these animals must deal with another woeemerging diseases. Ice-free parts of the Arctic seem to be opening up new areas for more than just shipping companies. A new species of parasite, Sarcocystis pinnipedi, is on the move south, infecting gray seals and killing off as much as 20...
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