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Carbon tax, threatened Down Under, warms up US climate debate
2013-09-13 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The promise to rescind Australia's carbon tax is causing some conservatives to throw bouquets, but climate advocates are downplaying the impact that the federal election Down Under might have on American efforts to price emissions. Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott, of the conservative Liberal Party, made the nation's 1-year-old carbon tax a key theme in his campaign against incumbent Kevin Rudd, whose Labor Party elevated climate change to the peak of public policy as natural disasters whiplashed...
As West Warms, Wildfires Expected to Double by 2050
2013-09-10 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Yosemite National Park's Rim Fire dashed the plans of many campers over Labor Day weekend. The iconic views of Half Dome and Yosemite Valley's sheer granite walls disappeared behind a sudden influx of thick smoke the night of Aug. 30, just before most visitors arrived for the holiday. The air quality was deemed to be unhealthy for outdoor activities, according to California air quality officials. Smoke from the still-burning fire continues to cause unhealthy air quality levels for sensitive people...
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Pests shift poleward as planet warms
2013-09-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Crop-damaging pests are moving towards the poles at a rate of more than 25 km (16 miles) a decade, aided by global warming and human transport, posing a potential threat to world food security, a study showed on Sunday. The spread of beetles, moths, bacteria, worms, funghi and other pests in a warming world may be quicker than for many types of wild animals and plants, perhaps because people are accidentally moving them with harvests, it said. Scientists based in Britain studied more than 600 types...
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Changes in store as Ohio warms
2013-08-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newark Advocate: Bugs are lasting longer, birds are moving north and ice fishing on Lake Erie is becoming a lot more difficult. Ohio is warming, but not just anecdotally. The numbers dont lie. In the 1900s, the states temperatures have increased by roughly a degree, and projections show they could rise much faster in the new century. And while climate change is sometimes thought about in terms of glacial melting and coastline loss, it has had real effects on Ohio, effects that likely will become more dramatic...
Plants in U.S. Southwest Moving Higher as Climate Warms, Study Shows
2013-08-15 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Numerous plant species on a mountain in the southwestern U.S. are migrating to higher elevations as the climate gets warmer and drier, according to a new study. After comparing the results of a recent survey of 27 plants found on Mount Lemmon, a 9,157-foot peak near Tucson, Ariz., with a similar survey conducted in 1963, researchers at the University of Arizona found that three-quarters of the plants have shifted their range significantly upslope in the last five decades. In some cases, researchers...
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