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Climate Change Will Double Area Burned In U.S. Wildfires By 2050, Report Warns
2013-04-04 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateProgress: Wildfires in the U.S. will be at least twice as destructive by 2050, burning around 20 million acres nationwide each year, according to a federal report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scientists from the U.S. Forest Service, who authored the report, found regions such as western Colorado - which already experienced its most destructive wildfire in history last summer - will face an even greater risk fire risk: those regions are expected to face up to a five-fold increase in acres...
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Climate change means a big financial hit for some industries
2013-04-04 18:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minnesota Public Radio: Last year was an expensive year for insurers. Global economic losses from natural and man-made disasters totaled $186 billion. Extreme weather events in the United States were the most expensive -- Hurricane Sandy alone caused $70 billion worth of damage. On Climate Cast, Kerri Miller and MPR News' Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner talked about the economic impact of climate change. Here is an edited transcript of their conversation: Kerri Miller: We've been reading a report from the international...
Obama on climate change: 'The politics of this are tough'
2013-04-04 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obama told Democratic donors late Wednesday that he must sharpen his argument for action on climate change and green energy at a time when many families are still struggling financially. He said, "The politics of this are tough." [T]he thing that Im going to have to try to work to persuade the American people a little more convincingly on is this notion that theres a contradiction between our economy and our environment -- it's just a false choice, Obama said at a San Francisco...
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Climate change threatens food security of urban poor
2013-04-04 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: The spectre of widespread hunger could return to haunt some of the worlds largest cities as a result of climate change, a new report warns. It says the combination of rising populations, soaring food prices and uncertain harvests will impact heavily on what it calls the urban poor, who do not have direct access to food. The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) study argues there is too much focus on rural food production and not enough on ensuring poor people can...
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Feds Project Climate Change Will Double Wildfire Risk in Forests
2013-04-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: The hotter, drier climate will transform Rocky Mountain forests, unleashing wider wildfires and insect attacks, federal scientists warn in a report for Congress and the White House. The U.S. Forest Service scientists project that, by 2050, the area burned each year by increasingly severe wildfires will at least double, to around 20 million acres nationwide. Some regions, including western Colorado, are expected to face up to a fivefold increase in acres burned if climate change continues on...
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