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Super typhoon Nepartak hits Taiwan, disrupts power supplies, transport

2016-07-08 05:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Super typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan on Friday, driving thousands of people from their homes, disrupting power supply and forcing the cancellation of more than 600 flights, emergency authorities said. Television showed images of tipped-over motorcycles and large signboards being ripped from buildings and swept across roads in southeastern Taiwan, where the year's first typhoon made landfall. By afternoon, the typhoon moved into the Taiwan Strait, weakening as it headed towards China's southeastern...

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Climate disrupts UK wildlife calendar

2016-07-07 09:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Home: In a warming world, in which spring arrives ever earlier and rainfall patterns shift, some species may not be able to cope with change. A major scientific survey warns that plants may flower before insects are ready to pollinate them, and the birds that time their nest cycles to the season for insects might find their prey in short supply. Scientists in the UK have just published the largest ever study of ecosystems and the changes in the seasons. They report in Nature journal that a consortium...

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Australian storm disrupts everything from internet to shipping

2016-06-06 05:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Giant waves, cyclone-strength winds and torrential rain swept three people to their deaths on Australia's east coast on Monday after the storm forced hundreds to flee their homes. Waves up to five meters (17.5 feet) were pounding much of the east coast, including Sydney, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of further danger as the storm moves south. Two bodies were found in cars washed away in flood waters while a man was swept off the rocks south of Sydney's surfing beach of Bondi, police said....

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