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United Kingdom: Nicholas Stern: 'I got it wrong on climate change it's far, far worse'
2013-01-26 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Lord Stern, author of the government-commissioned review on climate change that became the reference work for politicians and green campaigners, now says he underestimated the risks, and should have been more "blunt" about the threat posed to the economy by rising temperatures. In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Stern, who is now a crossbench peer, said: "Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected,...
Kingdom Suite sees greater integration with IHS data products
2013-01-26 17:37:31| Oil IT Journal - www.oilit.com
8.8 release integrates with US and international data. Seismic package gets real time makeover.
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United Kingdom: Endangered voles set to return
2013-01-26 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An endangered species is set to return to a Northumberland forest more than 30 years after it was wiped out. Conservationists at Kielder Water & Forest Park plan to reintroduce water voles to the area after they disappeared. The animals have not been spotted in the area since the 1970s. Forestry Commission ecologist Tom Dearnley said they were "extremely keen" to see the project go ahead at Kielder. Mr Dearnley said: "Areas like Kielder Burn and the North Tyne are good water vole...
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United Kingdom: Climate change back on the agenda at forum meeting
2013-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oxford Mail: HUNDREDS of people, including some of Britains finest environmental minds, will meet today for the fourth Oxford Climate Forum (OCF). Global warming is on the agenda, and students from across the UK are being asked to help solve the problems presented by climate change. The three-day event started last night and continues today at 5.30pm at the Said Business School in Park End Street. Tomorrow, Oxford Hub in Turl Street, which is helping to coordinate the event, is staging a day of action,...
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Animal kingdom is smaller than we thought (but thats good news)
2013-01-24 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: How many species are there? It was a question that fascinated Charles Darwin, and generations of biologists who followed him, with recent estimates ranging from a few million to as many as 100 million now scientists believe the true number of animals and plants is nearer to 5 million. The incredible diversity of life on Earth and the sheer scale of the taxonomic problem have mesmerised biologists trying to figure out the total number of living species. But a group of biologists believes the...
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