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Climate change 'tipping points' imminent
2013-12-04 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: UC Berkeley's Tony Barnosky joined climate scientists this morning at a press conference at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., to summarize a new report issued today focusing on the short-term effects of climate change and the need to monitor them closely. "Our report focuses on abrupt change, that is, things that happen within a few years to decades: basically, over short enough time scales that young people living today would see the societal impacts brought on by faster-than-normal...
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Abrupt Climate Change Raises Concerns
2013-12-03 22:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A National Research Council report is raising concern about the increased potential for abrupt climate changes in the near future, meaning change in a few years or decades - rather than centuries - leaving little time for society and ecosystems to adapt. University of Colorado Geological Sciences Professor Jim White led the scientific committee assessing the risk. "It is important to recognize that not only does climate change itself, but there are impacts, on human systems and on natural ecosystems,...
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Federal study warns of sudden climate change woes
2013-12-03 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Hard-to-predict sudden changes to Earth's environment are more worrisome than climate change's bigger but more gradual impacts, a panel of scientists advising the federal government concluded Tuesday. The 200-page report by the National Academy of Sciences looked at warming problems that can occur in years instead of centuries. The report repeatedly warns of potential ''tipping points'' where the climate passes thresholds, beyond which ''major and rapid changes occur.'' And some of these quick...
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Typhoon Haiyan: climate change is increasing the intensity of extreme weather events
2013-11-29 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Three weeks ago the most powerful typhoon ever recorded to hit land destroyed parts of the Philippines. The devastation has been catastrophic, flattening homes, schools and hospitals and leaving thousands dead and 5.5 million children affected. Unicef has worked in the Philippines since 1948 and experienced staff returning from the worst affected areas such as Leyte are reporting having never seen anything like this not even after the Asian tsunami on Boxing day almost a decade ago. They have...
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The paper industry and climate change: Roll on the green revolution
2013-11-28 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economist: TECHNOLOGY and greenery dont mix well. Some greens are technophobes. Most environmental policies focus on prices, consumption and subsidies to solar and wind power, which are not at the cutting edge. The list of technological breakthroughs is short. One of the most promising is carbon capture and storage, which neutralises emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels. A big project was being built at Mongstad in Norway--but the Norwegian government has just pulled the plug on it. All...
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