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Western towns hard-hit by climate change unite, target coal for funds
2015-05-04 04:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Ten Western mountain towns feeling the effects of climate change are launching a campaign that targets the coal industry, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars a year from companies to help communities adapt. The "Mountain Pact" towns in Colorado and neighboring states contend that, because coal is a major source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases linked to climate change, the industry should pay more to help deal with the impact. In a letter being sent this week to federal officials, lawmakers...
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Climate Change Speeds Extinctions
2015-05-04 03:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientist: If increases in greenhouse gases stay on pace, species will go extinct at an ever-increasing rate, according to a study published last week (May 1) in Science. In the worst-case scenario, global warming will contribute to wiping out one of every six species. Perhaps most surprising is that extinction risk does not just increase with temperature rise, but accelerates, curving upward as the Earth warms, Mark Urban, a University of Connecticut ecologist and the author of the study, told Smithsonian.com....
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Climate change could push a sixth of species to extinction: study
2015-04-30 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate change could drive up to a sixth of animals and plants on Earth to extinction unless governments cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, according to a U.S. study published on Thursday. Species in South America, Australia and New Zealand are most at risk, since many live in small areas or cannot easily move away to adapt to heatwaves, droughts, floods or rising seas, said the report in the journal Science. The study averaged out 131 previous studies of climate change, whose projections...
Climate change could eventually claim a sixth of the world's species
2015-04-30 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: Up to one-sixth of the species on Earth could disappear if climate change remains on its current course, according to a new analysis of more than 100 smaller studies. All the studies are in pretty good agreement: The more warming we have, the more species well lose, says Dov Sax, a conservation biologist at Brown University who was not involved in the work. This is really important to know, from a policy viewpoint. Industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming greenhouse...
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Climate change a risk to health of Australians: Report
2015-04-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Doctors and scientists fear global warming will lead to more disease, death and violent conflicts as nations fight for food and water. In a new report, 60 researchers warn climate change will have devastating impacts on the health of Australians as the world warms by a predicted minimum of two degrees over the next century. They fear extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and cyclones will affect Australia's food security while ecosystem changes will increase diseases such as dengue and...
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