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Climate change clips wings of migratory birds: ornithologist
2015-10-11 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: It takes the dexterity of a lacemaker to remove the tiny bird caught in nets strung between pine trees on Poland's Baltic coast, a veritable paradise for dozens of migratory species. Polish ornithologist Jaroslaw Nowakowski delicately unravels the Goldcrest, among Europe's smallest bird species, placing it inside a muslin bag before moving it to a make-shift laboratory in a tent for measuring and tagging with rings. The hulking professor says studies by the University of Gdansk over the last...
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Marine Predators Key for Keeping Climate Change in Check
2015-10-10 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: It's no secret that greenhouse gas levels across the globe are approaching worrying levels, trapping heat and warming our seas. Marine habitats full of vegetation are some of the best 'carbon-sinks' out there, naturally mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. New research has found however, that if ocean predators decline, so will these essential seagrass beds, salt marshes, and mangroves. "People typically think of predators and people as being in conflict," marine scientists Mike Heithaus, a researcher...
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Why climate change could leave Horn of Africa parched
2015-10-10 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monitor: Climate change is drying out the Horn of Africa at an alarming rate, say scientists. Paleoclimatologists examined past moisture trends and found that the current drying trend is extreme, according to a paper published Friday in the journal Science Advances. What "our paleoclimate records tell us is that this drying is really unusual in the context of the last 2,000 years," says study lead author Jessica Tierney, a paleoclimatologist at the University of Arizona. "As greenhouse gases rise,...
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Twenty nations vulnerable to climate change seek more action
2015-10-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Twenty of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, will form a new group on Thursday to press for tougher action to curb warming. Draft documents for a meeting of finance ministers in Lima, Peru and seen by Reuters, said the 20 represented 700 million people in low- and middle-income nations that were arid, landlocked, mountainous or vulnerable to rising sea levels. The Vulnerable 20 (V20) group's draft action...
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NFU Appreciates Interagency Climate Change and Food Security Report, Suggests Contributors Also Examine Food System Consolidation and Climate Change
2015-10-09 15:45:43| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson said the organization of 200,000 family farmers, ranchers and fishermen appreciated the recent interagency report on climate change and food security, noting that it will be helpful in making future policy decisions
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