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Climate change likely to steer away Sandy-like superstorms
2013-09-02 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A recurrence of Superstorm Sandy which barrelled head-on into the Atlantic coast, swamping New York City and large parts of New Jersey is less likely under climate change, new research suggests. Scientists expect stronger hurricanes under climate change, and possibly even more frequent storms especially those at category 3 and higher. But New York City and much of the seaboard will be at lower risk of taking a direct hit, the study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
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Crop-damaging pests spreading due to climate change; faster than their predators
2013-09-02 17:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GlobalPost: Pests that eat and damage crops are spreading both further north and south due to climate change, according to a new study. Researchers in Britain say that beetles, bacteria, funghi, worms, moths and other pests are moving at a rate of 16 miles per decade - that's faster than theoretical predictions in 2011 that found similar results. Both global warming and human transport are helping them spread, say scientists. The study looked at over 600 pests around the world and found that they were moving...
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Kerry calls climate change science 'irrefutable,' 'alarming'
2013-09-02 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Monday that scientific evidence for climate change is "irrefutable" and "alarming." He also urged the international community to take action to stop it. "The science is clear. It is irrefutable and it is alarming," he said in a video address broadcast at a a climate conference in the Marshall Islands, according to AFP. "If we continue down our current path, the impacts of climate change will only get worse." Kerry said that climate change is a global...
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Climate change makes pests move north from the tropics
2013-09-02 14:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of crop pests are advancing away from the tropics at a rate of nearly two miles a year, research has shown. The mostly likely explanation for the trend is said to be climate change as rising temperatures make new habitats more inviting. Pest invasions driven by global warming have serious implications for agriculture and food security, according to scientists. Already, between 10% and 16% of global crop production is lost to pests such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, insects and worms. ...
Study: Climate change driving spread of crop pests
2013-09-02 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The potential impact of climate change on food production has again been highlighted with the publication of a new study warning that rising temperatures are enabling the spread of crop pests into new latitudes. The paper from scientists at the University of Exeter and the University of Oxford, published in the journal Nature Climate Change this week, calculates that certain crop pests are heading towards the North and South poles at a rate of three kilometres a year, expanding the area where...
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