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US oil exports would worsen global warming, govt auditors say

2014-10-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: Allowing United States oil producers to export crude would not only sway markets at home and abroad, it would also worsen global warming and present other environmental risks, the Government Accountability Office said in a new survey of experts. "Additional crude oil production may pose risks to the quality and quantity of surface groundwater sources; increase greenhouse gas and other emissions; and increase the risk of spills," said the report. That finding dampened what otherwise read as...

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Stanford scientists say greenhouse gases worsen California drought

2014-09-30 02:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Californias catastrophic drought has most likely been made worse by man-made climate change, according to a report released Monday by Stanford University, but scientists are still hesitant to fully blame the lack of rain on climate change. The research, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society as part of a collection of reports on extreme weather events in 2013, is one of the most comprehensive studies linking climate change and California's ongoing drought, which has...

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Melting permafrost could worsen water quality in Rockies

2014-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Colorado Independent: Heavy metals concentrations are increasing in the Snake River, near Keystone, Colorado, and some scientists think global warming may be a factor. We may not yet know exactly how global warming will affect all the complex parts of Rocky Mountain ecosystems, but its not for lack of trying. Scientists are prodding the soil, counting wildflowers, measuring winds and gauging snowfall nearly every day to unravel the mysteries of the anthropocene, this present-day geological epoch in which humans are...

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Invasive species worsen damage from Hawaii's storms

2014-08-22 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Damage from Hurricane Iselle, which recently battered Hawaii's Big Island, was exacerbated by invasion of non-native tree species, say experts who have studied the transformation of Hawaii's native forests. Iselle, which made landfall on the Big Island on August 7, was the third-strongest tropical cyclone to hit Hawaii since 1950. It caused upwards of $50 million in damage, mostly from lost fruit harvest and impacts on infrastructure and housing. Much of the damage was caused by downed trees,...

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