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Scientist: Climate change hurting your health
2013-02-27 12:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fremont News Messenger: Climate change threatens polar bears and is rapidly melting Arctic ice, but the effect it is already having on peoples health is what might cause them to take action, a federal official said Tuesday. Global warming has caused more severe heat waves, increased pollen counts and lengthened allergy seasons, said George Luber, associate director for climate change at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a webinar presented by the The Ohio State University Climate Change Outreach...
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Climate change talk goes before Nebraska lawmakers
2013-02-27 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Omaha World-Herald: The issue of climate change was discussed Tuesday in the Nebraska Legislature, perhaps for the first time. And a legislative panel reacted warmly to the idea of having an existing state climate committee conduct a long-range study on how the state's largest industry, agriculture, can deal with rising temperatures and wild swings in the weather. "It's here, it's happening and we have to adapt to it," State Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm told the Agriculture Committee. Haar, a leading environmentalist...
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Ex-wildlife chief warns of climate change in SC
2013-02-27 04:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The State: Following revelations the state wildlife department has failed to release a major climate change report, the agency's former chief said the department should be leading efforts to brace South Carolina for the consequences of global warming. John Frampton, who left the Department of Natural Resources last year, said that the Earth's rising temperatures will undoubtedly affect the state's landscape and wildlife in coming years and that the DNR is well qualified to examine the impacts in South Carolina....
Ireland: Climate change Bill moves to next stage
2013-02-27 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: Outline legislation on climate change has been described as "critically important" for the long-term future of the country by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan. The move has received backing from Labour Party TDs and employers` body Ibec but has been dismissed by development agencies and Independent TD Catherine Murphy. Mr Hogan said the heads of a Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill 2013 approved by the Cabinet yesterday would now go for consideration to the Oireachtas Joint...
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NASA: Climate change thins forests in eastern US
2013-02-27 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Years of drought and high temperatures are thinning forests in the upper Great Lakes and the eastern United States, NASA satellites show. Nearly 40% of the Mid-Atlantic's forests lost tree canopy cover, ranging from 10% to 15% between 2000 and 2010, according to a NASA study released this week. Other afflicted areas include southern Appalachia, the southeastern coast and to a lesser extent, the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. "There has been a series of summers growing seasons for...
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