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Climate change and desertification a threat to social stability - UN
2014-04-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: William Tell, in popular legend, takes a stand against a system that undermined his human dignity tyranny and oppression. He refused to bow down before the hat of the evil bailiff Gessler, but was then forced to shoot an apple off his sons head with a crossbow. This tale has a universal message. When you are pushed into a corner, your freedom and liberty are under pressure and your family and future are threatened, you take a stand. So why are we ignoring the fundamental threats to the liberty...
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Revision of climate change policy scheme nears completion
2014-04-17 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Gleaner: JAMAICA'S CLIMATE Change Framework Policy and Action Plan could receive parliamentary approval early this new financial year, following a series of public consultations to inform amendments to the document. "We have gone through the consultation stage. It is now at the Green Paper stage. The feedback received is now being included in the draft policy document with a view to having approval from Cabinet and Parliament early in this financial year. We are moving towards it becoming a White Paper,"...
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Climate Change Cause Of Coqui Frog's Altered Calls
2014-04-16 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Changes in the Puerto Rican climate over the past three decades have caused small but significant changes to the coqui frog, the territory`s national animal. UCLA biologists have found that not only have male coquis become smaller, but their mating call has also become shorter and higher pitched. Authored by Peter Narins, UCLA distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology and of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Sebastiaan Meenderink, a UCLA physics researcher, the study examined...
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Climate change and deforestation increasing forest fire risk in Amazon
2014-04-16 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A combination of climate change and deforestation is making the Amazon rainforest increasingly vulnerable to devastating forest fires, a new study has said. The Amazon is one of the most important ecosystems on the planet. It is estimated that about 10% of all known species live in the 5.5 million sq km rainforest. The region is also called the lungs of the Earth, because its trees remove considerable amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, therefore lessening climate change. Despite its...
Fire Caused by Climate Change, Deforestation Trouble For Amazon
2014-04-16 08:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Auto World: Fires caused by climate change and deforestation could mean trouble for the trees of the Amazonian rainforest, according to a new study. Biologists from Brazil's Amazon Environmental Research Institute and the Woods Hole Research Center in the U.S. conducted field experiments to figure out how severe drought accelerates forest dieback. Research was published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Traditionally, fires are caused by natural forces in the Amazon....
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