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Japan: Land ministry says climate change may be behind increase in landslide damage
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asahi Shimbun: Torrential rain possibly caused by climate change is the culprit for an increase in damages from landslides over the past 30 years, according to a recent survey. Land ministry officials compiled statistics on landslide damage from 1984 that showed a 1.5-fold increase due to heavy rains. With the frequency of torrential rains expected to increase in the future, there will be greater need for measures to deal with landslides. A recent example of the destructive power of landslides occurred...
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Will Australia cause slip on climate change stepping stones in Warsaw?
2013-11-14 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: United Nations climate talks aim to make ground on a new global deal as Australia's rhetoric turns negative Share Tweet this Email Stepping stones across a river after heavy rain Photograph: Steve Bentley/Alamy The United Nations climate change negotiations taking place in Warsaw have been trivially described as a "stepping stone" towards the next big global deal to cut emissions which, some hope, will be greeted with a giant rubber stamp in Paris in 2015. But stepping stones can be slippery...
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Climate change threatening polar bears in Canada
2013-11-14 01:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC News: Polar bears currently outnumber the residents of a small town in Canada's tundra, but that may change soon. Climate change has sped up the ice melting season in Churchill, Manitoba, a town of about 800 residents -- and 900 polar bears. Experts say the perennial thaw now begins in mid-June, a full 30 days earlier than three decades ago, which means the polar bears spend more time on land. It also means the bears are eating less and birthing smaller cubs that are not as likely to survive. Scientists...
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Climate change makes super typhoons worse, says UN meteorological agency
2013-11-14 00:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The United Nations meteorological agency has found the effects of climate change are making the impact of severe storms like Typhoon Haiyan worse. The World Meteorological Organisation's Michel Jarraud says Australia's record-breaking summer helped push average global temperatures higher this year, and rising sea levels worsened the situation in the Philippines. "The impact of this cyclone was definitely significantly more than what it would have been 100 years ago because of the simple mechanical...
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Majority of red-state Americans believe climate change is real, study shows
2013-11-13 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A vast majority of red-state Americans believe climate change is real and at least two-thirds of those want the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions, new research revealed on Wednesday. The research, by Stanford University social psychologist Jon Krosnick, confounds the conventional wisdom of climate denial as a central pillar of Republican politics, and practically an article of faith for Tea Party conservatives. Instead, the findings suggest far-reaching acceptance that climate change...
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