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United Kingdom: Worst March snow for 30 years brings chaos
2013-03-23 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: A severe weather alert was issued for large parts of the country hit by icy conditions, heavy snow and winds of up to 60mph. North-west England, south-west Scotland and Northern Ireland were worst-affected. At one point, the whole of Belfast was blacked out after a storm shut down the city's high-voltage transmission network. Other areas saw almost a foot of snow. In Cumbria, more than 70 motorists were left stranded by drifts up to 15ft deep, while in Lancashire, the body of a 27-year-old...
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United Kingdom: Spring is in limbo as cold stops plants coming into bloom
2013-03-22 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Spring is currently in limbo with few signs of wild flowers. The perishing cold has stopped lots of plants in their tracks, although there have also been some benefits, with snowdrops and crocuses enjoying an unexpectedly long flowering season. And when the weather was a lot milder earlier in March, the very earliest spring flowers managed to get going, such as colt's foot, which looks like a dandelion, and lesser celandine, a golden star-shaped flower and cousin of the buttercup. The lesser celandine...
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Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories
2013-03-22 15:07:28| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
series:Coral Reefs of the WorldThe tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs. Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse. Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected. Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity ...
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United Kingdom: RSPB and Ecotricity team up to create renewable energy nature reserves
2013-03-22 02:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Wind farms have long been characterised as being harmful to wildlife, but thanks to a pioneering new partnership between the RSPB and one of the UK's leading wind farm developers they could soon become established as valuable wild life habitats. The charity has this week officially launched a partnership with Ecotricity that will see the two organisations work together on selecting new wind farm locations, establishing new wildlife habitats at renewable energy projects, and reducing the environmental...
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United Kingdom: MSPs' warning over climate change targets
2013-03-22 01:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: THE Scottish Government has been urged by four Holyrood committees to improve its approach to climate-change targets. MSPs welcomed ministers ambition but urged them to look again at key areas. Without further effort, the government risked missing some annual targets and should promote a step-change in public attitude to climate change, the reports said. They added that details were lacking and communities must be made to feel part of the solution. Last October, it was revealed carbon-emission...
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