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Climate scientists trained to be on hot seat
2016-08-04 06:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MPR: Testimony from scientists can be crucial to lawmakers, judges and juries. But explaining complex topics like climate can be a challenge. A program at St. Paul's Mitchell Hamline School of Law is pairing scientists with lawyers to improve communication. "We're training scientists to be lawyers ... getting them to understand how important it is to not tweet, not make jokes, not do things that would be discovered that would hurt the credibility of their research," said Mitchell Hamline professor...
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Climate scientists are under attack from frivolous lawsuits
2016-07-07 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Todays climate scientists have a lot more to worry about than peer review. Organizations with perverse financial incentives harass scientists with lawsuit after lawsuit, obstructing research and seeking to embarrass them with disclosures of private information. On June 14th, an Arizona court ruled that thousands of emails from two prominent climate scientists must be turned over to the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E), a group that disputes the 97% expert consensus on human-caused climate...
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Scientists Say Climate Change Damaging National Parks
2016-07-04 19:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPBS: President Barack Obama speaks by the Sentinel Bridge in the Yosemite Valley, in front of Yosemite Falls which is the highest waterfall in the park at Yosemite National Park, Calif., on June 18, 2016. The Obama family traveled to Yosemite to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of America's national park system. Scientists Say Climate Change Damaging National Parks July Fourth is one of the busiest weekends for national parks across the country. But visitors to parks this summer,...
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Climate scientists: Australian uranium mining pollutes Antarctic
2016-06-30 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Climate scientists: Australian uranium mining pollutes Antarctic Uranium mining in Australia is polluting the Antarctic, about 6,000 nautical miles away. University of Maine climate scientists made the discovery during the first high-resolution continuous examination of a northern Antarctic Peninsula ice core. Ice core data reveal a significant increase in uranium concentration that coincides with open pit mining in the Southern Hemisphere, most notably Australia, says lead researcher Mariusz...
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Native elders, scientists talk action, plans for fighting climate change in Alaska villages
2016-06-26 06:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fairbanks Daily: The group of Alaska Natives sat in a circle inside the log hall and recounted the signs of climate change theyve seen in their corners of the state. There was no snow on the ground until November in Hooper Bay last year. Only ice, said Gladys Hale-Abraham, which provided broken bones for the elderly or young children who took tumbles on the frozen paths. Beverly Hugo, of Barrow, was laid up over last winter with a broken ankle from a slip and fall after unusual winter rains turned walkways to...
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