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US scientists in fresh alert over effects of global warming
2013-01-12 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Global warming is already having a major impact on life in America, a report by US government scientists has warned. The draft version of the US National Climate Assessment reveals that increasing storm surges, floods, melting glaciers and permafrost, and intensifying droughts are having a profound effect on the lives of Americans. "Corn producers in Iowa, oyster growers in Washington state and maple syrup producers have observed changes in their local climate that are outside of their experience,"...
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Federal Scientists Detail Stronger Evidence of Global Warming in National Climate Assessment
2013-01-12 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A map depicts temperature changes over the past 20 years, compared to the average between 1901 and 1960. "The period from 2001 to 2011 was warmer than any previous decade in every region," according to the National Climate Assessment. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released its draft National Climate Assessment on Jan. 11, just a week after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed the U.S. experienced its warmest year on record. According to the Letter...
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Scientists Call for Common Ground on Climate Change
2013-01-10 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Extreme heat, drought, storms and other weather disasters are increasingly fueled by climate change and affect everyone regardless of political affiliation. Now two scientistsone who has usually voted for Republicans, the other for Democratshave come together to urge leaders of both parties to find bipartisan solutions to human-caused climate change.
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Scientists Awarded Grant to Probe Genetic Resistance for PRRS
2013-01-10 18:46:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Iowa State University A team of researchers at Iowa State University (ISU) has received a $3 million grant to study genetic resistance to the costliest disease threatening the pork industry and transfer this technology to the industry. The researchers, led by Jack Dekkers, an ISU professor of animal science, will seek to identify genes in pigs that make them less susceptible to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), a viral disease that costs U.S. pork producers about $664 million a year. read more
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Hottest on record: 2012 was America's warmest ever year, scientists say
2013-01-08 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Temperatures in the United States have reached record levels, making 2012 by far the hottest year in the history books. A year of negligible winter, punishing heat waves, drought, and monster storms, such as Sandy, contributed to the record year in the continguous United States, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National Climatic Data Center. Temperature differences are ordinarily measured by fractions of degrees, but 2012 was a full degree Fahrenheit hotter than the previous...
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