Climate Change
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Too few women in U.N. climate jobs? Ban names 19-man panel
Reuters Environment Blog &bull 2 Hours Ago
A women's group is criticising the United Nations for appointing only men to a 19-strong panel of experts to work out how to raise billions of dollars to fight climate change. The new panel, to be co-chaired by British Prime… Full Story »
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Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change
Climate Change News Digest &bull 3 Hours AgoThe increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. In the March 12 edition of the journal Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental… Full Story »
Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them
sponsored listing • Shopping.comWhile changes in emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are projected to be slow, there are indications that the impacts of climate change on environment and society could, at least on a regional basis, be abrupt. This book explores science behind and possibilities of such changes...Full Story »
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Central American shrimp, lobster fast disappearing
Climate Change News Digest &bull 3 Hours AgoIllegal fishing and climate change are decimating shrimp and lobster populations in Central America, threatening a two-billion-dollar industry and 136,000 jobs, regional experts said Thursday. Full Story »
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Debunk Climate Change Deniers with Your Phone!
www.care2.com via @vegebot &bull TodayHello, I saw this on Care2 and thought you'd like it as well. Global warming: it's a myth, a crock, a conspiracy of evil scientists scrounging for more grant money, a World Government socialist takeover plot, a latte liberal's loony lark, and hey, look, it's cold out today! We've all been there, faced with climate change skeptics who are just dying to argue with any action designed to reduce the damage that human activity is causing… Full Story »
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Climate change pushing bird species 'towards extinction:' US
thoora.com via @thooraSciTech &bull TodayClimate change is pushing some bird species 'towards extinction,' US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released. Full Story »
Chelsea Green Publishing - Journey For The Planet
sponsored listing • Shopping.comJourney for the Planet: A Kid's 5-Week Adventure to Create an Earth-Friendly Life is a fun, engaging illustrated workbook for every child who wants to......Full Story »
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The Associated Press: Interior: Climate change threatens migratory birds
www.google.com via @EarthAdapt &bull TodayAUSTIN, Texas Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined scientists and conservation organizers at an Austin news conference to… Full Story »
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Sarewitz: Why Climate Science Won't Solve Climate Change
The Breakthrough Institute &bull Today
The conventional wisdom among greens and liberals for the last 20 years has been that more climate science research would lead to political consensus but as Breakthrough Senior Fellow Dan Sarewitz points out, that hasn't happened. When people hold strongly… Full Story »
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Climate change makes birds shrink in North America
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull YesterdayQuite why this happens is not clear, but it prompted one group of scientists to ask the question: would animals respond in the same way to climate change? Full Story »
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Arctic Seed Vault largest in the world
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull YesterdayReaching the half million mark brings mixed emotions, because while it shows that the vault at Svalbard is now the gold standard for diversity, it comes at a time when our agriculture systems are really sitting on a knife's edge,"… Full Story »
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Temperature rise spreads malaria, scientists insist
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull YesterdayIt is widely believed that vector-borne diseases are set to worsen with climate change. But the links are complex and some argue that vector-borne diseases in certain areas might actually decrease with climate change (see Climate complexities stoke disease controversies). Full Story »
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New U.N. Climate Change Group is All Male
NYT: Dot Earth &bull Yesterday
A group of women are upset that a new United Nations climate change financing group has 19 members, but no women. Full Story »
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US Congressman pushes for bird-friendly buildings
Monga Bay &bull Yesterday
Birds may see pleasanter skies in the US soon, if Congressman Mike Quigley has his way. Quigley, a democrat from Illinois, has introduced legislation that would require all federal buildings to become bird-friendly, potentially saving the lives of millions of birds every year. "Building collisions are arguably the single greatest man-made killer of birds. From three hundred million to one billion birds or more die each… Full Story »
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Industrial Agriculture Climate Change Animal Blawg
animalblawg.wordpress.com via @animalblawg &bull YesterdaySantos was interesting. First, who knew there was a significant mountain range between Rio Sao Paulo? Even having flown this route many times, I was surprised by the size and extent of the range which we drove over. My talk… Full Story »
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A New Unit for (Saved) Energy
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ &bull Yesterday
Pioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic field. And now, the Rosenfeld, proposed as a unit for… Full Story »
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Dead zones on the rise: An editorial
www.nola.com via @DonEWG &bull YesterdayOxygen levels in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans are declining and dead zones are spreading, a worrisome development that scientists say could be a result of climate change. Rising ocean temperatures interfere with natural circulation that brings oxygen-poor water… Full Story »
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Conservation Groups, Scientists, Economists Call for Senate to Act on Climate
Wildlife Promise &bull Yesterday
Nobel Prize-winning economists and scientists will deliver a letter to the U.S. Senate today, urging lawmakers to require immediate cuts in global warming emissions. The letter was signed by more than 2,000 prominent U.S. economists and climate scientists, including eight… Full Story »
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Women's Rights, Population and Climate Change: The Debate Continues
Climate Change News Digest &bull YesterdayClimate and Capitalism recently published a debate between Betsy Hartmann and Laurie Mazur about campaigns that promote family planning and reproductive health programs as means of slowing population growth and fighting global warming. We subsequently published a reply to Laurie… Full Story »
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New Naomi Oreskes Talk Available
Climate Change News Digest &bull YesterdayDemocracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy. Although all public relations… Full Story »
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Why GM Has No Place in a World in Transition
Climate Change News Digest &bull YesterdayI was disappointed to read Mark Lynas's piece in New Statesman, "Why We Greens Keep Getting It Wrong". The piece builds on Lynas's previous much publicised conversion to nuclear power, arguing that if we are to apply the scientific rigour that underpins climate science to all other areas of life, in the same way that nuclear power is supported by the science, so is GM. While I strongly disagree with him on both, I want here to challenge Lynas's conversion to GM, and the belief that if we are serious about climate change, we have no option other than to… Full Story »
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UN brings in top scientists to review IPCC report on Himalayan glaciers
Climate Change News Digest &bull YesterdayThe UN called in the world's top scientists today to review a report by its climate body, four months after public confidence in the science of global warming was shaken by the discovery of a mistake about the melting rates of Himalayan glaciers. In an announcement at the UN in New York Ban Ki-moon,… Full Story »
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