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Report: Climate change to shift Kenya's breadbaskets
2013-09-16 02:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Codex: Kenyan farmers and agriculture officials need to prepare for a possible geographic shift in maize production as climate change threatens to make some areas of the country much less productive for cultivation while simultaneously making others more maize-friendly, according to a new report prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). The report, released today by the CGIAR...
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Hurricane Isabel, 10 years later: Climate change increasing chances of more destructive hurricanes
2013-09-15 15:36:22| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times-Dispatch: If you pick enough cards, you will draw an ace. And if you endure enough hurricanes, you will suffer a really bad one. Climate change, however, is loading the deck, many experts say. You cant say for sure that Hurricane Sandy in 2012 or Hurricane Isabel in 2003 were caused by our warming climate. Destructive storms can happen naturally, just as you can draw an ace from a normal deck. But climate change is increasing the probability that a storm will be big, according to experts such...
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Climate change not on Wisconsin politicians' radar: Bill Lueders column
2013-09-15 14:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune: The Wisconsin Federation of College Republicans made national news recently for taking an audacious stand: In a statement bashing President Barack Obamas nanny-state climate-change initiatives, the state campus group argued that this is an issue the GOP should address. It is time we apply conservative principles to climate policy, the statement said, quoting a member who predicted, Wisconsin will lead. That may be overly optimistic. A recent study ranked Wisconsin 19th in the nation for...
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Colorado Flooding: Did Climate Change Play A Role In Recent Disaster?
2013-09-14 09:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The Boulder, Colo. area is reeling after being inundated by record rainfall, with more than half a years worth of rain falling over the past three days. During those three days, 24-hour rainfall totals of between 8 and 10 inches across much of the Boulder area were enough to qualify this storm as a 1 in 1,000 year event, meaning that it has a 0.1 percent chance of occurring in a given year. At least four people have been confirmed dead so far, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes...
Climate change prompts new concerns about Delta tunnels, Sacramento water supply
2013-09-14 03:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council this week stepped up its critique of a plan to build two giant water diversion tunnels in the Delta, warning that it may harm the city's ability to access drinking water in the decades ahead. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan, as the tunnel project is formally known, is being pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and a contingent of major water suppliers, mostly in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley. The goal is to improve water delivery to farms and cities south of...
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