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As climate change broils the Arctic, John Kerry apologizes
2013-05-16 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: "Hello, world? Hey, John Kerry here. Just wanted to apologize for all those decades of America`s non-leadership on that crazy global warming thing. But now we`ve decided to start making some nice sounds about the issue. Hope you can hear me making them over the din of the Arctic ice breaking up behind me." OK, so the Secretary of State didn`t actually say that. But the leader of the department that will rule on the climate-changing Keystone XL pipeline proposal has begun apologizing for the nation`s...
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Technology is key to conquering climate change in long run, Harper says
2013-05-16 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Technological change will prove to be the key to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a blue-chip audience on Thursday. Simply imposing emissions targets or trying to cap economic growth to reduce emissions isn't going to work, Harper said during a question-and-answer session at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. "I am convinced that, over time, we are not going to effectively tackle emissions unless we develop the lower-emissions technology in energy...
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Climate change threatens global fish stocks
2013-05-16 00:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: Ocean warming has already affected global fisheries in the past four decades, a new international study has found, driving up the proportion of warm-water fish being caught and posing a threat to food security worldwide. The new study, conducted by researchers from the University of Tasmanias specialist Ocean warming has already affected global fisheries in the past four decades, a new international study has found, driving up the proportion of warm-water fish being caught and posing a threat...
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Ahead of June climate change talks, UN body urges coordinated response to CO2 danger zone
2013-05-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UN News: In the face of "clear and present danger," the United Nations climate change body is warning that a stepped-up coordinated response is needed to fend off the impacts of climate change after the world`s carbon-dioxide concentrations surpassed their highest level in 4 million years. "The world must wake up and take note of what this means for human security, human welfare and economic development," said the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana...
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Climate change to halve habitat for over 10,000 common species
2013-05-13 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Even as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history last week, a new study in Nature Climate Change warns that thousands of the world's common species will suffer grave habitat loss under climate change. "While there has been much research on the effect of climate change on rare and endangered species, little has been known about how an increase in global temperature will affect more common species," says lead author Rachel...
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