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OSU researchers warn climate change will impact Eugene's drinking water
2013-07-28 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Register-Guard: The average temperature on Earth could increase by 3.6 degrees by the middle of this century, according to data from climate change researchers in nearly 20 countries. And that increase is enough to potentially affect the main source of Eugene-Springfield's drinking water, according to a study by Oregon State University scientists. The McKenzie River is the major source of drinking water in the Eugene-Springfeld area. The single-digit increase in temperatures predicted worldwide means the snowpacks...
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Obama Climate Change Strategy: Politically Realistic or Strategy for Disaster?
2013-07-28 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Real News Network: PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Baltimore. On June 25, President Obama made a speech announcing his new climate change policies. Was his strategy a guarantee of climate change disaster, or a reasonable, modest, measured approach, and in fact the only one that's actually politically possible? Well, we're going to debate that today. But first let's see what President Obama said. Here's a little clip. ~~~ BARACK OBAMA, U.S. PRESIDENT: I refuse to condemn...
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USAID, green groups target climate change in Guatemala
2013-07-26 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tico Times: A $25 million environmental project has been launched in Guatemala aimed at reducing the effects of climate change in the Central American nation. The program, Clima, Naturaleza y Comunidades en Guatemala (Climate, Nature and Communities in Guatemala, or CNCG), will operate in four regions of the country, with the objective of conserving natural resources and supporting efforts to reduce the consequences of extreme global weather changes. Guatemala is one of the countries most affected by...
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Canada: Climate change caused Calgary, Ontario flooding: Poll
2013-07-24 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Climate change caused by human activities was behind the flooding in Calgary and the recent storms in central Ontario. Thats the belief of 53 per cent of Canadians polled July 23 by Forum Research. Its also a belief more common among women (59 per cent) than men. In addition, eight in 10 of those polled believe the Earths climate overall is changing. Forum Research polled 1,782 Canadians who were 18 or over. The political backgrounds of those polled were also registered. Apparently,...
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Climate change, stress keeping butanding away, say local officials
2013-07-24 12:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquirer: They are sorely missed. Rising sea temperature due to climate change, stress and lack of food are keeping the whale shark, locally know as butanding, far from the coastal waters of this town and causing them to linger in other areas where plankton is abundant, a butanding interaction officer (BIO) said. Alan Amanse, chair of the BIO Board of Donsol, said sightings of butanding in waters here have dropped from eight last year to only two in the first half of this year, endangering the tourism...
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