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Climate change could displace half a million people from islands
2015-10-06 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Residents of the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific know they have it bad. Flooding is on the rise and many face the real possibility that their island homes will disappear by the end of the century. Now, a new study projects things could even be worse than previously thought for low-lying island atolls around the world, which are home to half a million people and also host several key U.S. military installations. Studying the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, scientists from the U.S. Geological...
Citigroup, citing climate change, will reduce coal financing
2015-10-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, said it will cut back on financing for coal mining projects, in the latest blow to the industry thats viewed as a key contributor to global warming. Citigroup said its credit exposure to coal mining had declined materially" since 2011 and that the trend would continue into the future. The policy applies to companies that use mountaintop removal methods as well as coal-focused subsidiaries of diversified mining companies, according to the New York-based...
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Want to 'see' climate change? Check your thermometer
2015-10-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Scientists often use satellites, supercomputers or high-tech arrays of instruments to show how the climate is changing. But now researchers at the University of Reading have shown how climate change can be visible, even at just one location, with the simplest instrument of all: a thermometer. In research published today, the scientists say it is often difficult to decipher trends from an individual temperature record, due to the inherent variability of local weather. This means that many people...
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Climate Change And Extreme Weather Linked To Low Birth Weight
2015-10-06 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The world has learned much in recent years about the harmful health effects of climate change, such as heat-related deaths, respiratory and heart problems caused by air pollution, and emotional disorders that result from the consequences of extreme weather. Now researchers have found that it poses a surprising new danger: low birth weight. In a first-of-a-kind study, scientists from the University of Utah spent two years examining the relationships between fetal development and pregnant women`s...
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In fight to stop climate change, forests are vital weapon
2015-10-06 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Forests are undervalued assets in meeting the twin global challenges of our time: achieving prosperity and safeguarding climate stability. Its time we gave them the attention and finance that they deserve. Last week, dozens of countries announced a late-breaking wave of commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the climate change summit in Paris this November. While such pledges are welcome, they are not yet sufficient to avert catastrophic global warming. Tropical forests provide...
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