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Olympians to Obama: climate change is jeopardising winter sports' survival
2013-04-09 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Olympic medallists in snowboarding and skiing have called on Barack Obama on to save winter sports by taking ambitious measures against climate change. In a letter to the White House, 75 champions, including pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones and Olympians Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Jacobellis said a run of record warm years and sporadic snowfalls jeopardised the survival of their sports and a winter tourism industry worth $12bn a year. "As professional athletes, representing a community of 23 million...
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Is a Game of Thrones Winter Coming?
2013-04-05 16:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: George R.R. Martin`s wildly popular Game of Thrones saga--whose third season just launched on HBO--is, on the broadest level, a story driven by climatic change. "Winter is coming," warn the ill-fated Starks, a family of northern nobles who help guard the realm from the frozen beyond. In Martin`s world, winters and summers vary in length and can for last years or even a generation--and as the books advance, a devastating winter begins to descend, forcing southward migrations and an intense test of...
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Winter Is Finally Releasing Its Chilly Grip on the U.S
2013-04-03 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: After more than a month of colder-than-average weather in the U.S., warmer days are finally on the way. According to the Climate Prediction Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), above-average temperatures are expected across the eastern U.S. from April 8-16, and above-average temperatures are also favored in the East, South, and Southwest for the April-June time period. The warmth will be especially welcome after an unusually cold March gripped much...
American Winter Premiere on HBO
2013-04-01 22:33:49| PortlandOnline
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American Winter debuts to sold-out crowds
2013-04-01 22:20:40| PortlandOnline
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