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Climate change, Arctic amplification, Jet stream causing Extreme weather
2013-03-03 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bay Area Indymedia: "An important part of the global air motion in the mid-latitudes of the Earth normally takes the form of waves wandering around the planet, oscillating between the tropical and the Arctic regions. So when they swing up, these waves suck warm air from the tropics to Europe, Russia, or the US, and when they swing down, they do the same thing with cold air from the Arctic," explains lead author Vladimir Petoukhov. "What we found is that during several recent extreme weather events these planetary...
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How Climate Change Affects People of Color
2013-03-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Root: Chances are, if you are a person of color, climate change isn't at the top of your list of concerns. President Barack Obama's remarks on the issue in his State of the Union address and inaugural speech weren't what made you cheer. Finding a job, keeping the lights and heat on, and guarding the health and safety of your kids are your priorities -- and what you want your political leaders to prioritize, too. But climate change should be at or near the top of our political agenda, and here's why....
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Plants tell a story of climate change at Santa Fe Dam
2013-03-03 03:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Whittier Daily News: Ann Croissant bent down to listen to what the plants were saying. She skimmed her weathered hands lightly across the tops of the moss and liverwort. These lichen-like plants are skin of the earth flora seen more often during dank winters. But here it was, March 1, just a few weeks until spring, and the plethora of winter species crowding out the fleeting spring arrivals concerned Croissant, a noted botanist and activist who has taught at Cal Poly Pomona and Azusa Pacific University. "There...
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Climate change turns an already troubled ski industry on its head
2013-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
High Country News: George Shirk sits in his office at the Mammoth Times on a Saturday afternoon, with his dog, Fido, who writes his own weekly column for the paper, curled up underneath the desk. Early December is the quiet time between the Thanksgiving and Christmas rushes at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, and Shirk, a 60-year-old news veteran with a sandy smoker's voice, has kindly agreed to give me an armchair tour of his adopted hometown. Mammoth Lakes is perched in the Eastern Sierra, a half-day's walk from some...
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Pakistan launches first national climate change policy
2013-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Disaster-prone Pakistan has launched its first ever national policy on climate change, detailing how it plans to tackle the challenges posed by global warming, mitigate its risks and adapt key sectors of the country's economy to cope with its consequences. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to weather-related disasters such as cyclones, droughts, floods, landslides and avalanches. Devastating floods in 2010 disrupted the lives of 20 million people - many more than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami - and...
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