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Australia: Federal Govt stops funding to climate change research facility
2013-02-26 03:38:43| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: TONY EASTLEY: One of Australia's key research bodies which has the task of preparing the nation to handle the impacts of global warming is running out of money. The National Climate Change Adaptation Research facility has been going for about five years but the Federal Government hasn't extended its funding and so from June it's expected to be wound up. Here's Environment reporter Sarah Clarke. SARAH CLARKE: Set up by the Howard government, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research...
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Climate change important in Keystone approval, says premier
2013-02-26 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Alberta Premier Alison Redford talked to CBC Power & Politics about her meetings with U.S. officials in Washington, D.C., last weekend on the debate to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. In her interview with Evan Solomon, Redford acknowledged that U.S. officials are making a link between approving the pipeline and what Canada is doing about climate change on a federal level. "We need to make sure we are addressing issues around climate change in a way that gives decision makers comfort...
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Tom Ridge: 'Climate change is a national security threat'
2013-02-25 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Patriot-News: "The U.S. national security community, including leaders from the military, homeland security, and intelligence, understand that climate change is a national security threat," Ridge said. "They're not talking about whether or not it is occurring -- it is," Ridge said. "They're talking about addressing the problem and protecting the American people. It's time Washington does the same." Ridge, a former Homeland Security secretary, appeared in Washington as part of an effort by the Partnership...
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Climate Change Is Cutting Humans Work Capacity
2013-02-25 01:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: It's not just the heat, it's the humidity that gets you. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds climate change has reduced humanity's ability to work by making the planet hotter and muggier. That one-two punch has already cut the world's working capacity by 10 percent since humans began burning large amounts of oil, gas, coal and other fossil fuels at the start of the Industrial Revolution, found the analysis, which was published Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. By 2200,...
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Climate change linked to declines in labour productivity
2013-02-25 00:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation: Increases in humidity caused as a result of climate change are reducing labour productivity and its only likely to get worse over time, argue researchers from Americas National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In an article published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, the researchers say humidity is already reducing peoples working capacity by 10% during peak months of heat stress around the world, and this is likely to grow to 20% by 2050. The researchers say even if the...
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