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Adaptation: As Australia prepares for new weather extremes, political opposition mounts
2013-04-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Australia is no stranger to extremes. The country has long experienced extreme heat, prolonged drought and severe wildfires. It's about to get worse. In the coming decade and beyond, the nation should gird itself for even more extremes caused by climate change, say the authors of a new report from the country's Climate Commission, an independent body of experts appointed to report on what climate change will mean for the nation. New images of the Earth at night show a brightness in largely...
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Adaptation: The most urgent response to climate change
2013-04-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment Health: We live in a world that is never far from the brink, a world where, unfortunately, constant action is the only thing keeping many potential cataclysms at bay. Such tireless efforts are not always enough, and many challenges require even greater attention. Such is the case with climate change. We are stuck with the effects weve made for ourselves, and were going to have to bear them out. Period. The increasingly dire situation, one that humanity is only now just learning to cope with, has...
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Americans support climate change adaptation
2013-03-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: While some Americans may still not be convinced that greenhouse gas emissions are heating up the planet, there does appear to be an emerging consensus that the country should prepare for the potential impacts of a changing climate. Superstorm Sandy may have been a turning point, as images of flooding in downtown Manhattan and shoreline devastation in New Jersey dominated the airwaves for a few days. Americans may have seen Sandy as a sign of things to come, according to a new survey by the Stanford...
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Poll finds Americans favour adaptation to climate change
2013-03-29 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: A majority of people in the United States believe the planet is warming -- and they want coastal communities to start preparing for rising seas and stronger storm surges that will result, according to a new national poll. Researchers at Stanford University in California say 82% of US adults believe climate change is already occurring. An equal percentage favor enacting policies to help coastal areas increase their resilience to rising waters and extreme weather. Just over three-fifths of survey...
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PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation
2013-03-23 17:30:18| Green Car Congress
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