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Southern California sagebrush better suited to climate change, study finds
2013-04-01 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: California sagebrush in the southern part of the state will adjust better to climate change than sagebrush populations in the north, according to UC Irvine researchers in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology affiliated with the Center for Environmental Biology. The results of their study, which appears online in Global Change Biology, will assist land management and policy decisions concerning coastal sage scrub restoration. California sagebrush (Artemisia californica), also known...
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Climate Change Will Turn The Arctic From White To Green
2013-04-01 19:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: What we currently think of the Arctic -- a desolate white wasteland of snow and ice will soon turn to green, laden with trees and shrubs. The changing land will also speed warming. A recent study, published Sunday March 31 in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that green areas in the Arctic could grow up to 50 percent in coming decades. A warmer world means more environments that can support plants, which will now be able to grow at higher latitudes than they currently can. This changing...
Americans Want Climate Change Preparation, Don't Want to Pay for It
2013-04-01 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental Leader: An overwhelming majority of Americans want to prepare to minimize likely damage caused by global warming-induced sea-level rise and storms, but most citizens want people whose properties and businesses are located in hazard areas not the government to foot the bill for such measures, according to a survey conducted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Center for Ocean Solutions. Some 82 percent of those surveyed said that people and organizations should prepare for climate...
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Should Russia fear climate change forecasts?
2013-04-01 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RIA Novosti: In March, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations published forecasts for climate change in Russia. According to the Anti-Stikhiya Center, the temperature in the Arctic may rise by seven degrees Celsius by the end of the 21st century, as a result of global climate change. Experts note that the rate of climate change on Russian territory over the last hundred years has been between 1.5- and 2-times faster than elsewhere in the world. In addition, in the last decade, the speed of warming in...
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Climate Change Will Harm Mekong Basin Harvests
2013-03-31 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: One of the most fertile areas of south east Asia, the Lower Mekong Basin, faces a bleak future from the impacts of climate change, according to a U.S.-funded study. The lead author of the study, Dr. Jeremy Carew-Reid, says some of its findings are "very shocking.' Hotter and wetter rainy seasons and more long-lasting dry seasons in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam will jeopardize the region's reputation as one of the world's major producers of crops on which hundreds of millions depend....
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