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Scientists look for climate change clues in wildfire soot
2013-08-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KUOW: You may know that on a hot, sunny day its better to be sitting in a white car than a black one. White reflects sunlight, while black absorbs more of it. The same concept applies to researchers trying to figure out what effect wildfires have on climate change. And part of the answer is whether the smoke particles are dark or reflective. Outside of a white, paint-peeling hanger in Pasco, sits a glossy, small science plane. It looks like some kind of fancy jet airliner for executives. But onboard,...
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Climate Change Deniers Are Fighting Back
2013-08-16 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Members of Congress have gotten far too comfortable with their extreme anti-science views going unchallenged. So we knew our new campaign holding some of the biggest climate deniers in House and Senate accountable would ruffle a few feathers. But the strong reaction we're seeing is a reminder of just what we're up against, and how hard they're fighting to keep their constituents in the dark about their extreme views. Earlier this week, the League of Conservation Voters launched a nearly $2 million...
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Is Climate Change Threatening Maine's Staple Foods?
2013-08-16 21:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: If you're eating in Maine in the summertime and blueberries and lobster aren't on the menu, you're doing something wrong. The crustacean and fruit have deep roots in the state, but their production is under threat. Climate change, among other factors, is bringing unwanted visitors to both crops--a bacteria that feeds on lobster shells and fruit flies that wreck wild blueberries--posing an unprecedented threat to two of the state's biggest industries. Maine's blueberry crop--which brings more than...
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Ancient climate change picked the crops we eat today
2013-08-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Thank climate change for our daily bread. High levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere after the last ice age drove us to cultivate wheat. Farming arose in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East 10,000 years ago. Over the next two millennia, people all over the world took up the practice. This suggests that some global event triggered this simultaneous development. A spike in atmospheric CO2 seen after the last ice age has been put forward as the culprit - the gas was released from the...
Google Cuts Carbon Footprint But Funds Climate Change Deniers
2013-08-15 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Google`s self-confessed obsession with building energy efficient data centers and buying renewable energy has paid off. The search engine giant announced Tuesday that it reduced its carbon footprint by nine percent in 2012. But its recent funding of right-wing climate deniers has undermined its reputation as a green corporation. Jolanka Nickerman, Google`s "Carbon Czarina," blogs that in 2012 Google emitted 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, before purchasing high-quality carbon offsets...
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