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Climate change may be reason ticks are spreading across Canada
2013-05-31 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Global News: Rising temperatures in Canada may be creating a safe haven for disease-carrying ticks, allowing them to spread across the country. According to the Canada Communicable Disease Report (2008), in the early 1990s, only one population of Ixodes scapularis tick (also known as the blacklegged tick), responsible for spreading Lyme disease, was known to exist. It was found on the north shore of Lake Erie, at Long Point. However, that is no longer the case. In fact, today, the blacklegged tick can be...
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Climate change is the defining issue of our time
2013-05-30 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder: During his State of the Union address, President Barak Obama proposed that the United States take the lead internationally to address climate change. He quoted John F. Kennedy, who said, Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. When thinking about this climate problem, many in communities of color do not feel that they are responsible for climate change. Its not the behavior of poor people and communities of color that has got the earth off balance. I am not asserting...
Canada: Climate change to impact BC agriculture: study
2013-05-30 18:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: British Columbia needs to produce more food while contending with rising seas, diminishing water resources and changing patterns of rain and drought, according to a new report by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. The idea that climate change will expand agricultural opportunities for B.C. farmers is false, says Erica Crawford, lead author of the report Strengthening BCs Agriculture Sector in the Face of Climate Change. "The scope, scale and pace of climate change are expected to...
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Sandy reopened debate on climate change and hurricanes
2013-05-30 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: After Hurricane Sandy slammed into the northeastern United States in late October, it reopened a question scientists have been keenly considering since Hurricane Katrina: How, exactly, is climate change influencing hurricane activity? Some environmental advocates directly linked climate change to Sandy's large size and destructive storm surge. "Folks, this storm is exactly the sort of thing climate scientists have been worried about for years," wrote Amanda Staudt, a senior scientist at the...
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Chris Christie: Climate change a 'distraction'
2013-05-29 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was soaking up the revelry around the Jersey Shores post-Hurricane Sandy reopening this Memorial Day, ceremoniously cutting a monstrous ribbon and leading President Obama and packs of cameras around the boardwalk. Christies handling of the superstorm earned him bipartisan praise and record-high popularity, but now almost eight months out since Sandy struck New Jerseys coast, Christies response to the storm is taking shape on political sides. NBCs Matt Lauer recently...
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