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Impacts of Climate Change on Arctic Wildlife and Ecosystems
Environment  (tags: News, world, arctic, Polar Bears, Wildlife, Ice melting )

Katie
- 16 hours ago - ecoworldly.com
While changes in Earth ecosystems from predicted warming have been reported in nearly all biomes (biological communities), recent climate change seems to be impacting the Arctic region the most.
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China Unveils Carbon Target for Copenhagen Deal
Environment  (tags: News, copenhagen summit, China, Carbon targets, environment )

Katie
- 1 day ago - uk.reuters.com
China unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday, a carbon intensity goal that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to a summit in Copenhagen next month hoping to aid a global climate deal.
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Plan to Boost UK Woodland to Tackle Climate Change
Environment  (tags: News, UK, plantations, Climate Change )

Katie
- 3 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Millions of trees should be planted to cover an extra 4% of the UK in woodland in order to tackle climate change, the Forestry Commission has recommended.
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Global Body Needed to Direct Green Technology, G77 Says
Environment  (tags: News, world, environment, copenhagen summit, green technology )

Katie
- 4 days ago - guardian.co.uk
A green technology body with powers to direct a worldwide transition away from a high-carbon economy is needed to combat climate change, according to the world's developing nations.
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Greenhouse Gas Concentrations at Highest Level Since Second World War
Environment  (tags: News, UN, environment, climatechange, globalwarming, greenhouse gases )

Katie
- 4 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Concentrations of greenhouse gases, the major cause of global warming, are at their highest levels since the Second World War and still climbing, the UN has warned.
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Woodland Used to Prevent Flooding
Environment  (tags: News, world, trees, plantations )

Katie
- 4 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A £25,000 project has started to explore more eco-friendly ways of preventing severe river flooding in North Yorkshire.
7 comments
Melting Sea Ice Dilutes Water, Endangers Sea Life
Environment  (tags: world, News, melting ice, Sea life, endangers )

Katie
- 8 days ago - ca.reuters.com
Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found.
23 comments
Ice Retreat Creates New CO2 Store
Environment  (tags: News, Environment, co2, antarctic, Ice )

Katie
- 10 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Retreating ice in Antarctic has allowed tiny aquatic plants to flourish and absorb 3.5 million tonnes of carbon from the ocean and atmosphere annually.
22 comments
Global Temperatures Will Rise 6C By End of Century, Say Scientists
Environment  (tags: News, Study., temperature rise, globalwarming, environment, 6C )

Katie
- 10 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Global temperatures are on a path to rise by an average of 6C by the end of the century as CO2 emissions increase and the Earth's natural ability to absorb the gas declines, according to a major new study.
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Carbon Sinks Keep Pace With Rising Emissions
Environment  (tags: news, world, CO2emissions, climate-change, environment )

Katie
- 11 days ago - planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
The proportion of the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere that is absorbed by natural carbon sinks like soils, forests and the oceans has remained almost unchanged over the last century and a half, even as CO2 levels have soared.
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Greenland Ice Loss 'Accelerating'
Environment  (tags: News, environment, globalwarming, Climate Change, ice melting, greenland )

Katie
- 15 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Greenland ice sheet is losing its mass faster than in previous years and making an increasing contribution to sea level rise, a study has confirmed.
9 comments
Amazon's Low Salt Content Keeps Carbon Emissions at Bay
Environment  (tags: News, study, world, amazon, Amazon Rainforest, carbon emissions )

Katie
- 17 days ago - news.preview.nationalgeographic.com
Supposedly the most robust of the world's rain forests, the Amazon jungle suffers from "chronic malnutrition" due to a lack of salt, according to the lead scientist behind a new study.
9 comments
Can Closing the Ozone Hole Also Help Combat Climate Change?
Environment  (tags: News, environment, Ozone Layer, climatechange )

Katie
- 19 days ago - scientificamerican.com
Finding alternatives to refrigerants such as hydrofluorocarbons will help prevent the ozone hole being healed at climate's expense.
9 comments
Kenya's Man-Eating Lions Not as Man-Hungry as Previously Thought
Environment  (tags: News, lion, hunting, kenya )

Katie
- 24 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
According to legend, the infamous Tsavo man-eating lions dined on 135 people near a Kenyan labor camp prior to their capture in 1898.The results suggest that the lions hunted together but didn't always share food.
2 comments
Climate Protesters 'Swoop' on London
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, economy, business, society, protest, activists, London, global-warming, ClimateChange, climatechange, environment, green, humans, world, news )

SirRobert
- 93 days ago - cnn.com
An estimated 1,000 climate change activists were converging on their target-center of London's financial district on Wednesday, for a week-long protest intended to highlight the dangers of economic growth on the environment.
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