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Climate change heats up 'quants' v old school forecast battle
2014-06-11 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Computer scientists are picking a new fight with old school meteorologists, claiming finally to have cracked the code on weather forecasting at a pivotal, profitable moment for the field, as climate change roils commodities markets and industries. Banks and traders are reporting outsized profits, and losses, on everything from natural gas to grains as severe weather causes extra price volatility; power grid operators are struggling with bouts of extreme cold or droughts that crimp supplies while...
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Climate change gulf looms between Barack Obama &Tony Abbott
2014-06-11 05:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change may be the most significant long-term challenge facing the planet, Barack Obama has said in a newly aired TV interview, emphasising the growing differences with Tony Abbott who insists it is certainly not the most important issue facing the world. As Obama and Abbott prepare for their first formal meeting in Washington on Thursday, the differences between their positions on global warming are clearer than ever, and according to diplomatic sources the president will not seek to downplay...
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Republican congressman Jeff Miller rejects climate change, asking why did dinosaurs go extinct?
2014-06-11 05:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News.com.au: MAN made climate change is not real, just ask the dinosaurs. A US congressman from Florida has challenged the idea of man made climate change by asking the question: "why did the dinosaurs go extinct?". During a MSNBC interview, Republican Jeff Miller said climate change had been going on for thousands of years. "It changes. It gets hot, it gets cold. It`s done it for as long as we have measured the climate," Mr Miller said on Monday. But when questioned about whether current climate...
Climate change could lead to China-India water conflict
2014-06-10 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Melting Himalayan glaciers and erratic rainfall could exacerbate tensions between central Asian countries later this century, warn defence analysts in a new report. They say droughts or extreme rains linked to climate change could place growing populations in China, India and Pakistan under increased stress. Based on latest research by the UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the study has been published by the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change and Cambridge...
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Hawaii: Gov. signs climate change bill
2014-06-10 01:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KITV: Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed on Monday House Bill 1714 (Act 83), a measure that establishes an interagency climate adaptation committee under the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop a sea-level rise vulnerability and adaptation report addressing statewide impacts to 2050. Related Scientists say Hawaii's climate... Global warming will stress Hawaii's... Bevy of significant, less publicized... DLNR begins forest protection project... Hawaii lawmakers debate bills ahead... Act...
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