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Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says
WASHINGTON -- Climate change could lead to the widespread loss of common plants and animals around the world, according to a new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Weather, Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Citizen scientists: Help crowd-source climate change research
Citizen scientists, environmentalists and anyone who lives near a power plant -- your services are requested. Climate change scientist Kevin Robert Gurney needs your help in a grand undertaking: the mapping of all the power plants in the world. It's a...
Tags: Environmental Issues, European Union, Google Inc., Weather, Arizona State University
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Global warming ruins SoCal Mother's Day
News flash: Global warming hits California! That’s right -- the Golden State has become the Golden Baking State, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. For example, in Johnny Carson’s “beautiful downtown Burbank” on...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Weather, Larry Ellison, Mother's Day
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Earth's climate changed dramatically when CO2 hit 400, study says
Wondering where Earth’s climate is headed with an atmosphere that is 400 parts per million carbon dioxide? An arctic bare of ice sheets, forested in pine and fir, with summer temperatures about 14 degrees Fahrenheit higher than today were...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Weather, Conservation, Ecosystems, Science and Technology
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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Weather, China
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Fort Lauderdale scientist recognized as 'Champion of Change'
A Fort Lauderdale-based scientist who has made a career of understanding the environment and the impact of climate change was honored as a "Champion of Change," part of President Barack Obama's Winning the Future Initiative, at an April 11 ceremony at the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Marine Science, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Google Inc., Weather
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The year 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record
The United Nation’s weather agency has confirmed that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since record keeping began in 1850, and the 27th consecutive year that global land and ocean temperatures were above average. Last year exceeded the global...Tags: Environmental Issues, Weather, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Oceans, Typhoon Bopha (2012)
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Rising temperatures increase health risks
Summer is almost here, and with it likely some blistering hot days. A recent study suggests the elderly should beware when the temperature spikes, because they face an increased risk of winding up in the emergency room short of breath on those days. And...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Health, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Heat Stroke
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Senator Says God won't Save Us from Climate Change Doom
Michael McAuliff writes for the Huffington Post about Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's rebuttal to those who contend God would never allow mankind to destroy the planet: Although Whitehouse did not name names, some of his Senate colleagues could be counted as...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Bible, Weather, Sheldon Whitehouse, Religion and Belief
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Governor Rick Scott warns sequester puts Florida at risk in hurricane season
The federal sequester could hurt Florida's ability to recover after a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. Further, he said National Guardsmen are to be furloughed and won't...
Tags: Regional Authority, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, Oceans, National Hurricane Center
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Mailbag: Balboa Island story left out link to global warming
Re. "Flood risk: Bane of Balboa Island's existence," (May 5): I was surprised no mention was made of the reason the Federal Emergency Management Agency revised its flood maps — global warming. FEMA's conservative estimate of sea rise, according to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Religion and Belief
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Applying Torah values to our diets
Since Shavuot is z'man matan Torateinu (the commemoration of the giving of the Torah to the Israelites on Mount Sinai), many dedicated religious Jews admirably stay up the entire first night of Shavuot to hear talks about and discuss Torah teachings....Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Diets and Dieting, Judaism, Torah
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