Global Climate Change Action

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Stephen Harper, giant pandas, and climate change
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At the same time, Harper has gone to considerable lengths to sabotage international efforts to address climate change, which, according to the World Wildlife Fund, is threatening the habitat of the remaining 1600 to 2500 pandas (depending on the ...

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Phl adopts measures to mitigate climate change
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines can do its part in helping control climate change and potentially earn P47 billion in the process, according to the the Department of Agriculture (DA). During his speech at the recent APEC Summit on Climate Change ...

Telegraph.co.uk
How's that global climate change conspiracy going, again?
Tehran Times
That's right: scientists studying the effects of climate change, researching and publishing their research. But I thought they were all engaged in a wide-ranging conspiracy to cover up the lack of warming? Nope. As always, when we learn something ...
The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years, study showsThe Guardian
Himalayan glaciers have lost no ice in the past 10 years, new study revealsFox News
Melting glaciers on the Himalayas not contributing to sea level riseTelegraph.co.uk

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MEST to soon develop National Climate Change Policy Framework
Vibe Ghana
The Ministry of Environment Science and Technology is developing a National Climate Change Policy Framework (NCCPF) to provide strategic direction and co-ordinate the national framework to address issues of climate change broadly in the country.

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ScienceAlert
Climate change affecting Antarctica faster than previously thought: study
BusinessGhana
Climate change is affecting the world's last great unspoiled wilderness of the Antarctic faster than previously thought, according to a New Zealand-led international team of researchers. The scientists, led by Professor Craig Cary, of the University of ...
Climate change speeds up microbial changeEconomic Times
Antarctica's Dry Valleys And Seal Mummies Reveal Microbial ChangeHuffington Post

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ScienceAlert
Climate change speeds up microbial change
Economic Times
SYDNEY: Climate change could affect Antarctica's Dry Valleys more rapidly than previously expected, particularly the microbial communities in the soil, a study reveals. "We used to think that microbial change took place slowly over centuries," said ...
Climate change affecting Antarctica faster than previously thought: studyBusinessGhana
Antarctica's Dry Valleys And Seal Mummies Reveal Microbial ChangeHuffington Post

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Voice of America (blog)
2 Celsius is low estimate for climate change by 2100: study
Vancouver Sun
The estimates, compiled by five scientific institutes, will be handed to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for consideration in its next big overview on global warming and its effects. The report - the fifth in the series - will ...
Debate Over Global Warming/Climate Change Heats UpVoice of America (blog)
'Access To Birth Control Is A Fundamental Component Of Climate Survival'Huffington Post
Letter: Down to earthNaples Daily News
The Horn -ThomasNet Industrial News Room
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PreventionWeb (press release)
Climate change? It's not all bad
West Sussex Today
I attended a meeting with others from industry last week, to hear government's latest plans to deal with climate change; they call it building resilience to climate change. The government has published its 'Climate Change Risk Assessment', ...
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment shows the East of England needs to adaptDunmow Broadcast
The impacts of climate change on North East businessesnebusiness.co.uk (blog)
IPCC report on climate change and risk coming soonPreventionWeb (press release)
Horticulture Week
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Voice of America (blog)
Debate Over Global Warming/Climate Change Heats Up
Voice of America (blog)
(Photo: Argo Project Office) Many say it was his testimony on climate change before the US Congress in 1988, that was responsible for increasing awareness of global warming and climate change, bringing the issue to the forefront of the public's ...
2 Celsius is low estimate for climate change by 2100: studyVancouver Sun
Letter: Down to earthNaples Daily News
Guest lecturer says global warming probably not human-causedThe Horn
ThomasNet Industrial News Room
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Mother Jones
Climate Change Bird Atlas
Mother Jones
There's an interesting database online through the US Forest Service called the Climate Change Bird Atlas. It's based on another database, the Climate Change Tree Atlas (both are forecasts for eastern forests and birds). One leads to the other, ...

Los Angeles Times
Valentine's Day destroyed by climate change?
Los Angeles Times
By Dean Kuipers Let's face it, climate change is incredibly un-sexy. We don't care how many nude protesters are involved. But it's about to get worse. A new mini-report from the environmental group Climate Nexus points out that climate change is poised ...
The Perfect Time To Heart A Climate ScientistOPB News

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Scientific American (blog)
Farmers May Have Kicked Off Local Climate Change 3500 Years Ago
Scientific American (blog)
By David Biello | February 10, 2012 | 2 Humans may have been causing climate change for much longer than we've been burning fossil fuels. In fact, the agrarian revolution may have started human-induced climate changes long before the industrial ...
Did Early Man Contribute to Central Africa Climate Change?Voice of America
Makeup of rain forest may have been altered by farmersLos Angeles Times
Humans may have helped the decline of African rainforests 3000 years agoPhysOrg.com
Mongabay.com -Science AAAS -Cosmos
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Why Stephen Harper is probably incapable of recognizing the reality of climate ...
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In his eagerness to export Canadian oil and gas, Harper seems remarkably blasé to the reality of climate change. For many years, this has puzzled me. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence should recognize that ramping up the use of fossil fuels will ...
Canada-China partnership ready for the 'next level'CBC.ca

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Older maternal and paternal age are jointly associated with having a child with autism, according to a recent study.

Weekday delivery is no better than night/weekend delivery for infants with birth defects, according to a new study. Researchers found that infants with birth defects that were delivered at night or over the weekend fared just as well as those delivered on a weekday -- they stayed at the hospital for the same amount of time, were admitted to the NICU at the same rate, and were given antibiotics or got help breathing just as often.

One undergraduate student will depart university with not only a degree but also a possible patent for his invention of an efficient way to create protein libraries, an important component of biomolecular research.

Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, researchers report.

Cancer risks. Investment alternatives. Calories. Numbers are everywhere in daily life, and they figure into all sorts of decisions. A new article examines how people who are numerate -- that's like literacy, but for numbers -- understand numbers better and process information differently so that they ultimately make more informed decisions.

Top-heavy structures are more likely to maintain their balance while hovering in the air than are those that bear a lower center of gravity, researchers have found. Their findings are counter to common perceptions that flight stability can be achieved only through a relatively even distribution of weight—and may offer new design principles for hovering aircraft.