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Drowned Tropical Forests Exacerbate Climate Change
2014-09-11 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: Big dams built in the tropics to produce hydroelectricity have long been highly controversial - and data gathered in Laos by a French team studying methane emissions confirms that dams can add to global warming, not reduce it. In many rocky regions low on vegetation and population, such as in Iceland and other northern mountainous regions, the production of electricity from hydropower is clearly a net gain in the battle against climate change. In Asia, Africa and South America, however, masses...
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As Climate Change Hits Home, Americans Call for Action
2014-09-11 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The World Meteorological Organization announced this week that climate change pollution has reached record levels. Carbon pollution alone -- one of the most potent greenhouse gases -- had its biggest spike in 30 years. These measurements tell an alarming story about what is happening in our atmosphere. To understand what they mean here on earth, we just have to look outside the window. When fifth-generation Iowa farmer Matt Russell gazes out over his farm, he sees cycles of intense drought and rain...
Climate change accelerating death Western forests
2014-09-10 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The iconic pine and aspen forests of the Rocky Mountains are dying off at an alarming rate thanks to conditions exacerbated by climate change - drought, insect infestations and wildfires - a new report says. Colorado alone could lose 45% of its aspen stands over the next 45 years, says the report released Thursday by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. Pine bark beetles alone have killed 46 million acres of trees across the west, an area nearly the size...
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Report: Climate change transforming Rocky Mountain forests
2014-09-10 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Channel: Climate change is forever altering forests in the Rocky Mountain region with wildfires, insects and unexplained tree die-off, according to a new report. Published Wednesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, the report is titled "Rocky Mountain Forests at Risk." It finds that climate changes are driving the "triple assault" that is threatening the landscapes of Rocky Mountain, Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. Temperatures in the region have...
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Climate change could 'fundamentally alter' US forest
2014-09-10 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Wildfires, insects and drought are crippling forests in the western United States' iconic Rocky Mountains, scientists warned on Wednesday, urging more efforts to stop global warming. "If left unchecked, the climate change that is driving this triple assault could fundamentally alter these forests as we know them," said the report by the Union for Concerned Scientists. Researchers found that in the American West, "temperatures have risen on average about two degrees Fahrenheit (about one degree...
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