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Climate Change Worsens Wildfires: Blazes Increase by 2050
2013-08-30 13:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science World Report: Wildfires have become a major issue as they blaze across acres of land, consuming trees, dry grass, houses and anything else in their path. We may have to get used to more of these fires in the future, though. It turns out that climate change may be worsening wildfires and that by 2050, the wildfire season will be about three weeks longer, twice as smoky and will burn a wider area in western states. As our climate continues to change, global conditions are shifting. Some areas are becoming drier...
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Climate change mitigation essential for even the most common species
2013-08-30 12:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: It is well known that climate change will impact a great many species and ecosystems. The ranges of many species will change, ecosystem services will be disrupted, and biodiversity will be lost. But a new study has asked previously overlooked questions: What will happen if we try to stop climate change? What benefits would this bring in terms of avoiding biodiversity loss? And what will happen if we do nothing? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that, should temperatures reach...
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United Kingdom: Fracking debate brings climate change closer to home
2013-08-30 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Many of those who deny that climate change is taking place reached that position as a result of their opposition to windfarms. This, for example, was the route taken by David Bellamy, who stumbled disastrously into the debate a decade ago. During one of our discussions, he set me the following challenge: "Why are the so-called greens backing a cartel of multinational companies which are hell bent on covering some of the best of our countryside with so-called windfarms, which can neither provide...
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The era of climate change 'denial' is over
2013-08-28 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: 350.org, the US-based environmental campaign group which aims to build a "global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis", has launched a new petition. It wants it supporters to urge the World Meteorological Organization to name hurricanes after "deniers and obstructionists". Its ClimateNameChange.org website says: Since 1954, the World Meteorological Organization has been naming extreme storms after people. As scientific evidence shows that climate change is creating increasingly frequent...
Climate change could turn Greenland green by 2100
2013-08-28 07:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change could bring about the greening of Greenland by the end of the century, scientists predict. Today only four indigenous tree species grow on the island, confined to small areas in the south. Three-quarters of Greenland, the world's most sparsely populated country, is covered by a barren ice sheet. But by the year 2100 swaths of verdant forest could be covering much of its land surface, according to experts. "Greenland has .. the potential to become a lot greener," said lead...
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