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United Kingdom: Met Office promises new tools to better understand global warming
2013-09-13 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Better predictions of how extreme weather events will be affected by climate change and improvements in models to help understand more local impacts are set to improve understanding of global warming in the future, according to the UK's Met Office. The conclusions are part of a public briefing document prepared by scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre, in advance of the release of a landmark report from the UN's climate science panel due later this month. The Intergovernmental Panel on...
United Kingdom: Balcombe protesters to be evicted
2013-09-09 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: More than 100 protesters against fracking company Cuadrillas exploratory drilling programme in Balcombe must vacate the area by nine oclock on Tuesday morning after being served with an eviction order this afternoon. The six-week protest outside a potential fracking site in the West Sussex village was dealt a blow as a representative of the county council, flanked by bailiffs, visited the camp along the grass verges of the London Road with the order. You must cease your occupation of the...
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United Kingdom: 2.5m Teesside flood defences 'overwhelmed' during downpours
2013-09-08 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Multimillion-pound flood protection schemes on Teesside were "overwhelmed" during torrential downpours on Friday evening, leaving 60 homes inundated. Cleveland fire brigade received nearly 240 calls for help during the flooding, which washed away two cars. Their drivers escaped. Cathy Kelly, owner of the Spa hotel in Saltburn, said she had never known weather like it. "A couple of cars look like they have come off the road and were completely covered by the water," she said. "There were lots...
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United Kingdom: Cuadrilla's Balcombe drilling may have broken noise rules
2013-09-08 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: A noise monitoring report commissioned by Cuadrilla showed that sound levels during drilling peaked 20pc higher than allowed. But the report said other "local activity' was probably to blame - as spikes were also seen when it was not drilling - and suggested that protesters and police may also have led to increased noise. Planners at West Sussex County Council said it was not clear "whether there has been a breach of condition' and that they had pressed Cuadrilla to quieten their operations...
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United Kingdom: Save our voles: Water vole numbers down a fifth in just three years
2013-09-06 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Water vole numbers across the UK have dropped by more than 20 per cent in just a few years, crushing the hopes of a comeback that followed positive numbers in 2010, according to experts. The stubby-nosed creatures used to be widespread throughout the countrys waterways, but a number of factors have seen populations plummet by as much as 95 per cent in the past four decades. Information from the water vole database shows that in the face of habitat loss, weather extremes and the deadly and...
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