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Fairbanks scientist plans epic Arctic climate change study by snowmachine, kite-skis
2013-03-09 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: Kenji Yoshikawa will soon sleep on brilliant, blue-white landscape that has never felt the imprint of his boots. Beginning on spring equinox, the permafrost scientist and a partner will attempt to drive snowmachines from Prudhoe Bay to Canadas Baffin Island. While traveling a distance equal to Seattle to Tokyo to Seattle over land and sea ice, Yoshikawa will camp outside villages in an Arctic Oven tent. Along the way, hell stop at village schools in Canadas far north, drill holes in the ground...
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Climate change requires landscape-level conservation plans
2013-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Species vulnerable to climate change impacts in the Canadian Rockies will need room to roam, according to a new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. The report outlines a safe haven strategy designed around an assessment of six iconic species: Bull trout, westslope cutthroat trout, grizzly bears, wolverines, mountain goats and bighorn sheep -- five of which were ranked as highly vulnerable to projected changes. The area in question is located between Glacier National Park in...
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U.S. Pacific Commander warns that climate change is top threat
2013-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: America's top military officer in charge of monitoring hostile actions by North Korea, escalating tensions between China and Japan, and a spike in computer attacks traced to China provides an unexpected answer when asked what is the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region: climate change. Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, in an interview at a Cambridge hotel Friday after he met with scholars at Harvard and Tufts universities, said significant upheaval related to the warming...
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Snowquester and Climate Change: The Boring Truth
2013-03-09 01:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Like the budget sequester -- a miniscule, almost unnoticeable cut in a vastly overstretched federal budget -- the blizzard nicknamed "snowquester" that hit Washington this past week got far more hype than it deserved. (It fizzled out into a rain storm.) This didn't stop climate change activists on the left and the right from using the blizzard that wasn't to make favorite points. Left-wingers said it proved "less snow, more blizzards" and used it as an opportunity for a patronizing lecture about...
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Obama meets on energy, climate change, immigration
2013-03-08 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: While talking to congressional Republicans about budget issues, President Obama is trying to recruit allies for other agenda items, including energy, climate change and immigration. Obama met Thursday night with "business and thought leaders" on clean energy and climate change and met Friday morning with "faith leaders" about immigration, the White House announced today. The energy discussion included new sources of natural gas, increased efficiency of energy use and development of renewables...
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