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Peak oil, climate change and pipeline geopolitics driving Syria conflict
2013-05-13 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The civil war in Syria has been devastating, generating a death toll fast approaching 100,000, while uprooting millions of civilians from their homes. But as the US and Russia signed an unprecedented accord on Wednesday in search of a political solution to an increasingly intractable conflict, its underlying causes in a fatal convergence of energy, climate and economic factors remain little understood. The UN high commissioner for human rights has offered a conservative under-estimate of the...
Seeking gamers: Document power plants, fight climate change
2013-05-13 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Sometimes, drinking a few beers after class can save the planet. A just-launched online "game" dreamed up during one such beer-drinking session aims to do that by encouraging people around the world to supply much needed data about the world's power plants that burn fossil fuels. While the general whereabouts of these plants is known, in much of the world details are fuzzy on the kind of fuel they burn and how much electricity they produce, explained Kevin Gurney, a senior sustainability scientist...
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The effect of climate change on iceberg production by Greenland glaciers
2013-05-13 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SPX: While the impact of climate change on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet has been widely studied, a clear understanding of the key process of iceberg production has eluded researchers for many years. Published in Nature this week, a new study presents a sophisticated computer model that provides a fresh insight into the impact of climate change on the production of icebergs by Greenland glaciers, and reveals that the shape of the ground beneath the ice has a strong effect on its movement....
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Study: Climate change will cut habitats by 2080
2013-05-12 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Global warming will destroy more than half of the habitats of most plants and a third of animals by 2080, biologists conclude, unless steps are taken to limit greenhouse gases. Over the past century, average global surface temperatures have increased about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Academy of Sciences. This global warming is largely due to burning fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, which retain heat and warm the atmosphere. Temperatures worldwide are expected...
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Climate Change Will Cause Widespread Global-Scale Loss of Common Plants and Animals, Researchers Predict
2013-05-12 21:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: More than half of common plants and one third of the animals could see a dramatic decline this century due to climate change, according to research from the University of East Anglia. This means that geographic ranges of common plants and animals will shrink globally and biodiversity will decline almost everywhere. Plants, reptiles and particularly amphibians are expected to be at highest risk. Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, Amazonia and Australia would lose the most species of plants...
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