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Shocking study: Climate change could decimate penguin population by 60% this century
2016-07-04 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BABW News: The Adélie penguin survives on dry rocks to protect it's young but mounting climate changes will bring wetter weather that will make it hard for the penguin to adapt and survive. Climate change is at it again and this time it`s affecting penguin populations in Antarctica. Warmer sea waters are to blame for the possible rapid decline of the Adélie penguins. The penguin usually prefers rocky, ice-free areas to live and breed so warmer climates in the past have proven advantageous for them. However,...
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Update national soil mapping data to mitigate climate change effects: Agri chief
2016-07-04 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Raksyon: In order to prepare the country for the effects of climate change especially on agriculture, newly appointed Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny" Pinol has ordered the updating of soil analysis data nationwide. Pinol said national soil testing and sampling is very vital in determining which region of the country could grow which crop best based on soil components and fertility. Also, it would effectively guide the DA and the farmers in determining what nutrients are deficient in the soil...
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Climate change makes flood more likely, more damaging, experts say
2016-07-04 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Charleston Gazette-Mail: National Weather Service graphic A map from the National Weather Service shows the intensity of the rains that brought floods to the region. Heavy rainstorms like those that caused last week's devasting flooding across a 12-county region of West Virginia are almost certainly made more frequent and more intense by global warming that is fueled by the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions, some of the nation's top climate science experts say. A half-dozen climate scientists from around the country...
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Climate change: big four banks' lending to Australian renewables projects falls
2016-07-04 03:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias big four banks lending for Australian renewable energy projects has tumbled in the first half of 2016, despite all of them spruiking their continuing support for the sector. Based on public announcements from the banks and their customers, the activist group Market Forces has found only two financing deals were closed this year in the Australian renewables sector. The National Australia Bank lent money to a windfarm in South Australia and both NAB and Westpac helped finance one...
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Small Island States adopt new climate change strategy
2016-07-03 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: The Small Island States of the Pacific Islands Forum have adopted a new climate change strategy to ensure their vulnerabilities are addressed as part of the regional policy agenda. The strategy was agreed to by leaders from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu at a meeting last week in Palau. The Forum Secretariat's Development Co-operation Advisor, Alfred Schuster, says addressing climate change is one of the top priorities of the strategy. He says the Small Island...
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