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Large Rise in CO2 Emissions Sounds Climate Change Alarm
2013-03-08 18:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: The chances of the world holding temperature rises to 2C the level of global warming considered "safe" by scientists appear to be fading fast with US scientists reporting the second-greatest annual rise in CO2 emissions in 2012. Carbon dioxide levels measured at at Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii jumped by 2.67 parts per million (ppm) in 2012 to 395ppm, said Pieter Tans, who leads the greenhouse gas measurement team for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The record...
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Sudanese Official Sounds Warning Bell About Environmental Situation
2013-02-13 08:37:31| Sugar Industry News
Khartoum The Sudanese minister of Environment and Forestry Hassan Abdel-Gadir Hilal said that the suspected Israeli airstrike on a military complex near the capital last year left behind serious environmental threats due to the explosion of small particles that spread in the air.
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This is What a Melting Glacier Sounds Like
2013-02-07 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: If a glacier melts in the Arctic and theres no one around, does it make a sound? Jonathan Perl thinks it does. The City College of New York musicologist was asked by climatologist Marco Tedesco to translate data records on Greenlands melting ice into sound. The result is a series of sonifications, on display through next week at CCNYs POLARSEEDS exhibit, that combine quantitative data with music to create an audio snapshot of climate change. Steady, long-term changes that are invisible to the...
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AIA Sounds the Alarm on Economic Downturn Report
2013-01-30 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
According to Marion C. Blakey, President and CEO of AIA, contraction of the U.S. economy in the fourth quarter underscores AIA's warning for the past 18 months that severe across the board budget cuts—both to defense and non-defense discretionary spending—threaten to throw the economy into a tailspin. In less than 30 days, unless Congress and the White House act, sequestration will kick in, leading to higher unemployment, reduced tax revenue, and lower consumer spending. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Obama sounds strong on climate change, but what next?
2013-01-25 19:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Miami Herald: Climate change, it seems, is no longer a dirty phrase for Democrats to disavow. President Barack Obama promised in his second inaugural address to respond to climate change, casting it as a moral obligation and warning that failing to take action "would betray our children and future generations." It's not just a responsibility to his fellow Americans, Obama said Monday, but to "all posterity." Persuading Americans that they should care about climate change _ or have a duty to do so _ is one...
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