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Climate change case now overwhelming warn scientists
2013-09-18 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: With the IPCC report not yet published, there is already heated debate about what it will say, and about the implications of its findings for human development. The scientists` statement is unequivocal, and is not based on whatever the IPCC may publish. They say: "The body of evidence indicating that our civilisation has already caused significant global warming is overwhelming." The statement comes from 12 members of the recently established Earth League, which describes itself as "a voluntary...
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New climate change map adds a new factor: people
2013-09-17 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: In making the new map, published this week in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, a team of scientists have factored humans modifications to their environment into a new calculation of the relative threats that climate change poses to the worlds different regions. These alterations to the worlds landscapes seen in burgeoning cities, industrial centers, and farmland have already weakened certain regional ecosystems, putting them at a disadvantage as manmade changes to the global...
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Adapting to climate change in Bangladesh
2013-09-17 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Natural disasters -- particularly tropical cyclones, tornadoes, storm surges and flooding -- occur frequently in Bangladesh. With changing weather patterns, these disasters are predicted to become both more frequent and more intense. During the past century, over 400 tropical cyclones have struck Bangladesh's coast, causing widespread devastation and death. Earlier this year, Cyclone Mohasen hit Bangladesh, forcing thousands of people into emergency accommodation, causing flooding and crop...
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Climate Change Impacts on Marine Life
2013-09-17 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: I recently reported on the threats facing common and widespread species that are affected by global warming - those species had rarely been studied in relation to climate change before. Now, a new study has also revealed the threat of rising temperatures to an additional group of species that is not often discussed in the scientific literature or in the media - marine life. Despite covering 71% of the Earth's surface, our knowledge of the effects of climate change in oceans is limited compared to...
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Study shows projected climate change in West Africa not likely to worsen malaria situation
2013-09-16 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: As public-health officials continue to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers are trying to predict how climate change will impact the disease, which infected an estimated 219 million people in 2010 and is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide among children under age 5. But projections of future malaria infection have been hampered by wide variation in rainfall predictions for the region and lack of a malaria-transmission model that adequately describes the effects of local rainfall...
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