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Researchers say Lake Superior water temperature on the rise
2016-09-11 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A warmer Lake Superior could improve the chances of catching salmon and other species as well as provide benefits for the Great Lakes shipping industry. MPR News reported that the average surface water temperature for the entire lake hit 68.5 degrees Fahrenheit. University of Minnesota-Duluth researchers have found that summer surface temperatures in Lake Superior have increased by 5 degrees over the past 30 years. Jay Austin, a physicist with the Large Lakes Observatory at UMD, attributes...
The alarming number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon
2016-09-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MongaBay: From the speeding boat, the jungle was a single block of green, its shades recycled across the riverbank and reflected on the thick, black water. The steam rolling from the trees was as foamy as the tracks we were leaving. Birds cut the clouds with their multicolored feathers. The forest around us was dense, hot, all humming and watching. The hard light confused our senses. Daniel was silent, scratching his head and reinforcing my suspicion that we were lost. But he is at home in the jungle. He...
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Louisiana floods: The water is gone, and the work begins
2016-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The stench isn't so bad anymore inside the three-bedroom house in north Baton Rouge where Rodney Davis has been living since the water receded. Volunteers tore out the hallway carpet. They hauled fouled furniture to the curb. And in a few rooms, they removed four feet of soggy drywall, exposing the skeleton of the home's wood frame. But the job is far from done. Ruined walls still hang in a bathroom, the den and the kitchen. And mold threatens to creep toward the ceiling. "I bought a cot,...
At The Sacred Stone Camp, A Coalition Joins Forces To Protect The Land
2016-09-10 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Camp of the Sacred Stone is full of all manner of people - kids, elders, lawyers, laid-back hippies, and representatives of several Native American tribes - all gathered alongside the Standing Rock Sioux Nation to resist construction of a controversial oil pipeline that would cut across the American heartland. Since construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline brought protesters to the encampment in April, organizers say nearly 200 tribes have offered support. Celebrities, environmentalists,...
10% of Earths Wilderness Has Disappeared Since the 1990s
2016-09-10 03:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mental Floss: Not so long ago, the majority of the Earth was blanketed in forests and jungles, vast deserts, and sprawling savannas. But these days, the Earths wilderness is rapidly eroding. The Verge reports that, according to a recent study published in Current Biology, 10 percent of the Earths wilderness has disappeared in the last two decades alone. Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society analyzed satellite and survey data since the 1990s in order to measure the loss of the Earths untamed...
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