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Climate change is fueling forest disturbances, study shows
2014-08-05 03:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Climate change is already altering the environment. Long-lived ecosystems such as forests are particularly vulnerable to the comparatively rapid changes in the climate system. A new international study published this week in Nature Climate Change shows that damage from wind, bark beetles, and wildfires has increased drastically in Europe's forests in recent years. "Disturbances like windthrow and forest fires are part of the natural dynamics of forest ecosystems, and are not, therefore, a catastrophe...
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Wildfires Play Bigger Role in Climate Change than Previously Thought
2014-08-04 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Wildfires and other types of fires involving plant matter play a much bigger role in climate change and human health than previously thought, according to a recent study. Scientists have long known that biomass burning - burning forests to create agricultural lands, burning savannah as a ritual, slash-and-burn agriculture and wildfires - figures into climate change and public health. But this study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, is the first to measure the degree...
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Driven by Climate Change, Algae Blooms Behind Ohio Water Scare New Normal
2014-08-04 14:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie that provoked last weekend's tap water ban in Toledo, Ohio-where nearly half a million people were told not to use water for drinking, cooking, or bathing-is a preview of similar problems to come around the world, scientists say, thanks in part to climate change. Northwest Ohio's water ban was lifted Monday morning, but experts say harmful algal blooms that can turn tap water toxic and kill wildlife are becoming more common in coastal oceans and in freshwater...
Not on My Balance Sheet: Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, and Stranded Assets
2014-08-04 12:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: This week is shaping up to be rough for the US coal industry. The EPA is holding hearings on plans to dramatically cut carbon-dioxide emissions released from US power plants and the Obama administration just published a report on the economic consequences of waiting to act on climate change. Its enough to make one wonder if the US might get serious about climate change. But whether these actions are enough for a group of investors to win the argument over stranded assets is another question. ...
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Farming practices & climate change root Toledo water pollution
2014-08-03 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The toxins that contaminated the water supply of the city of Toledo leaving 400,000 people without access to safe drinking water for two days were produced by a massive algae boom. But this is not a natural disaster. Water problems in the Great Lakes the worlds largest freshwater system have spiked in the last three years, largely because of agricultural pollution. Toledo draws its drinking water from Lake Erie. Residents were warned not to drink the water on Saturday, after inspectors...
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