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Case Study: AFLs Optical Sensing Cables Measure Effects of Climate Change in the Antarctic
2014-10-15 17:36:00| Offshore Technology
AFL's optical sensing cables were recently deployed through the McMurdo Ice Shelf and into the Ross Sea in Antarctica, as part of a study to measure the effects of warming ocean water on glacial ice.
Measuring How Climate Change Affects Africas Food Security
2014-10-15 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: For the past 40 years Josephine Kakiyi, 55, has been cultivating maize, beans and vegetables on her small plot of land in the remote area of Kwa Vonza, in Kitui County, eastern Kenya. Even though this has always been a hot and semi-arid region, over the last 15 years Kakiyi has noticed that the rainfall has reduced and become increasingly unpredictable. She doesn't exactly know why this is happening. The only thing she knows for sure is that "now it's harder to say when it will rain." But...
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DOD Says Climate Change Could Threaten National Security
2014-10-14 17:58:12| ENR.com: Headline News
Pentagon hopes to integrate climate change considerations into planning.
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Climate change: Sea levels steady for 6,000 years before rapid rise in past 150 years, study reveals
2014-10-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Sea levels remained steady for thousands of years before recent rapid rises, a study led by the Australian National University shows. The study looked at the fluctuation of ocean levels over the past 35,000 years, based on ice volume changes around the world. The researchers have described the study as the most comprehensive paper of its kind looking at the period. ANU's Professor Kurt Lambeck said sea levels were oscillating by no more than 20 centimetres over several millennia. "In...
Pentagon Addresses Climate Change, Calls It A 'Threat Multiplier'
2014-10-14 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Tribune: Referring to climate change as a threat multiplier, United State Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday that rising global temperaturesclimbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events could compound security challenges faced by the U.S. military. His remarks were included in the foreword to a report released by the Pentagon on Monday. In the report, titled Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, Hagel said that uncertainty in climate change projections cannot be an excuse for delaying...
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