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Scientists say Climate Change, Dams Threaten Mekong Livelihoods
2013-03-29 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Scientists meeting in the Thai capital have warned extreme weather caused by climate change will reduce fish stocks and major crops in the Mekong River Basin if countries in Southeast Asia fail to adapt. However, they also warn dam building, much of it for hydropower, is the largest single threat to fisheries that sustain millions of people. An estimated 60 million fishermen and farmers depend on the Mekong River for its rich nutrients and abundant fish. A new study by a group of scientists...
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Federal climate change wildlife conservation plan hazy on specifics
2013-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: On Tuesday, President Barack Obamas administration unveiled the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, the culmination of two years worth of work and conversations between federal and state agencies, private companies, tribal leaders and everyday citizens. Rising sea levels, warmer temperatures, loss of sea ice and changing precipitation patterns trends scientists have connected to climate change are already affecting the species that we care about, the services...
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Climate change threatens food security of urban poor Report
2013-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GNA: Policies to increase food security in developing countries focus too much on rural food production and not enough on ensuring poor people could access and afford food, especially in urban areas. This is contained in a report published on Thursday by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and made available to the GNA. . It warns that climate change would only make this policy gap worse because climate change impacts would affect not only harvests but also the systems...
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San Diego, bracing for climate change, studies its weaknesses
2013-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A collection of experts are assembling in San Diego to wrestle with the city's seesaw climate challenges that include heat-sparked wildfires on one side and increased floods from rising seas on the other. The meeting will pull together insurers, real estate developers and officials from the area's largest infrastructure projects, like the airport and the city's sprawling seaport, to probe climate impacts on the city and identify ways to prepare for more. Climate scientists and city planners will...
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Two Key Climate Change Concepts Are Misunderstood
2013-03-28 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: There is widespread confusion about the near-term benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and that misunderstanding may be complicating the formidable task of reducing manmade global warming, argue two climate researchers in Science in a story published Thursday. The scientists, Damon Matthews of Concordia University in Montreal and Susan Solomon of MIT, make the case that policymakers, the media, and to some extent the public have misunderstood the implications of two key concepts -- the...
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