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Warming Arctic's Global Impacts Worse Than Predicted | SYS-CON CANADA - 2 views

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GLAND, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 09/02/09 -- The new report, Arctic Climate Feedbacks: Global Implications, outlines dire global consequences of a warming Arctic that are far worse than previous projections. Peer-reviewed by the world's top climate scientists, this report reinforces that there's no time to waste in tackling climate change, because this meltdown will have major implications for people around the world - not just in the Arctic.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">GLAND, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 09/02/09 -- The new report, Arctic Climate Feedbacks: Global Implications, outlines dire global consequences of a warming Arctic that are far worse than previous projections. Peer-reviewed by the world's top climate scientists, this report reinforces that there's no time to waste in tackling climate change, because this meltdown will have major implications for people around the world - not just in the Arctic.</div>

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WWF - Arctic conservation - 0 views

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The Associated Press: Beetles, wildfire: Double threat in warming world - 1 views

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From Colorado to Washington state, an unprecedented, years-long epidemic of mountain pine beetle has killed 2.6 million hectares (6.5 million acres) of forest. The insect has struck even more devastatingly to the north, in British Columbia, where clouds of beetles have laid waste to 14 million hectares (35 million acres) - twice the area of Ireland. It is expected to kill 80 percent of the Canadian province's lodgepole pines before it's finished.

Farther north, in the Yukon, the pine beetle isn't endemic - yet. Here it's the spruce bark beetle that has eaten its way through 400,000 hectares (1 million acres) of woodland, and even more in neighboring Alaska, in a 15-year-old epidemic unmatched in its longevity and extent.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From Colorado to Washington state, an unprecedented, years-long epidemic of mountain pine beetle has killed 2.6 million hectares (6.5 million acres) of forest. The insect has struck even more devastatingly to the north, in British Columbia, where clouds of beetles have laid waste to 14 million hectares (35 million acres) - twice the area of Ireland. It is expected to kill 80 percent of the Canadian province's lodgepole pines before it's finished. <br /> <br /> Farther north, in the Yukon, the pine beetle isn't endemic - yet. Here it's the spruce bark beetle that has eaten its way through 400,000 hectares (1 million acres) of woodland, and even more in neighboring Alaska, in a 15-year-old epidemic unmatched in its longevity and extent.</div>

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Climate Change - Strengthening Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific - ADB.org - 0 views

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Climate Change - ADB Programs: Strengthening Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific

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Climate Change | Globalissues | Allianz Knowledge - 0 views

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Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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McKinsey: What Matters: Climate change - 0 views

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Global Warming- Science - The New York Times - 1 views

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The addition of that single word "very" did more than reflect mounting scientific evidence that the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes and burning forests has played a central role in raising the average surface temperature of the earth by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900.
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Author & Book Views On a Healthy Life! - LIVING GREEN - 2050: 75 Million Possibly... - 0 views

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Oxfam Australia says that climate change could leave up to 75 million people in the Asia-Pacific region homeless by 2050. The Future is Here: Climate Change says that these island nations are already suffering from drought, food shortages and rising water levels.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Oxfam Australia says that climate change could leave up to 75 million people in the Asia-Pacific region homeless by 2050. The Future is Here: Climate Change says that these island nations are already suffering from drought, food shortages and rising water levels.</div>

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Kerry: Climate change will depend on China - 0 views

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"Unless we act dramatically and act fast, science tells us our way of life is in jeopardy," [Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Kerry] said.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Unless we act dramatically and act fast, science tells us our way of life is in jeopardy," [Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Kerry] said.</div>

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Click Here to View the Webcast of the Press Conference - 1 views

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Editorial - A Lesson on Warming - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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World Forum - Global Calls to Action, Global Warming, Politics, State of the World Forum, N... - 0 views

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Busting Climate Myths: 1. Scientists Disagree - 1 views

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shared by Dennis Richards on 22 Jul 09 - Snapshot

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A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated.

It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity.

The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated. <br /> <br /> It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity. <br /> <br /> The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change.</div>

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Dennis Richards on 22 Jul 09

A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated.

It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity.

The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change.

San Francisco Chronicle : The Thin Green Line : Cameron Scott

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated. <br /> <br /> It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity. <br /> <br /> The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change. <br /> <br /> San Francisco Chronicle : The Thin Green Line : Cameron Scott <br /> </div>

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IPCC Chief Raps G-8, Calls for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts After 2015 - NYTimes.co... - 0 views

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shared by Dennis Richards on 21 Jul 09 - Snapshot

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Though simultaneously praising the 2-degree commitment as "clearly a big step forward" in international talks, IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri told reporters here yesterday that G-8 leaders failed to heed warnings that global greenhouse gas emissions levels must peak by 2015. Nations must also start to come up with concrete plans for rapidly slashing emissions afterward, Pachauri said.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Though simultaneously praising the 2-degree commitment as "clearly a big step forward" in international talks, IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri told reporters here yesterday that G-8 leaders failed to heed warnings that global greenhouse gas emissions levels must peak by 2015. Nations must also start to come up with concrete plans for rapidly slashing emissions afterward, Pachauri said.</div>

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - 0 views

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Ban invites world leaders to 'unprecedented' UN climate change summit - 0 views

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"Climate change is the greatest challenge facing this and future generations," he said at a press conference in New York. "Emissions are rising and the clock is ticking."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Climate change is the greatest challenge facing this and future generations," he said at a press conference in New York. "Emissions are rising and the clock is ticking."</div>

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Climate change odds much worse than thought - MIT News Office - 0 views

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shared by Dennis Richards on 28 May 09 - Snapshot

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The new projections, published this month in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate, indicate a median probability of surface warming of 5.2 degrees Celsius by 2100, with a 90% probability range of 3.5 to 7.4 degrees. This can be compared to a median projected increase in the 2003 study of just 2.4 degrees.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The new projections, published this month in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate, indicate a median probability of surface warming of 5.2 degrees Celsius by 2100, with a 90% probability range of 3.5 to 7.4 degrees. This can be compared to a median projected increase in the 2003 study of just 2.4 degrees.</div>

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Groups See Added Risks From Change in Climate - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Dennis Richards on 04 May 09 - Snapshot

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The coalition members, who are supporting one another's initiatives, include insurance companies like Travelers and Fireman's Fund, the Wharton School, the Nature Conservancy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Calvert Investments and other groups.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The coalition members, who are supporting one another's initiatives, include insurance companies like Travelers and Fireman's Fund, the Wharton School, the Nature Conservancy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Calvert Investments and other groups. <br /> <br /> </div>

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