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Climate Changes Faster Than Species Can Adapt
Environment  (tags: species, climate-change, global-warming, nature, wildlife, world, CO2-emissions, endangered, Anima-lWelfare, environment, extinction, study, research, science, animals )

PinkMindy
- 163 days ago - terradaily.com
Study finds: Earth climate through 2100 will be changing 100+ times faster than the normal rate at which global species can adapt to survive.
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CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY: At Least 74 Percent of Current Warming Caused By Us
Environment  (tags: research, climate-change, climate, globalwarming, ecosystems, environment, destruction, humans, protection, pollution, world )

Cal
- 171 days ago - enn.com
A new methodology to tease out how much current climate change is linked to human activities has added to the consensus that behind global warming is us.
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The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization: Coming to the American West?
Environment  (tags: water, water crisis, climate-change, climate, ecosystems, globalwarming, environment, conservation, humans, habitat, habitatdestruction, wildlife, research )

Cal
- 172 days ago - alternet.org
Think of the coming Age of Thirst in the American Southwest and West as a three-act tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions.
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NASA's NPP Environmental Mission Acquires 1st VIIRS HD Image
Environment  (tags: npp, npoess, viirs, nasa, space, satellite, data, study, environment, climate, climate-change, global-warming, world, news, science, tech, technology, weather, u.s., america, computers, interesting, research )

PinkMindy
- 182 days ago - nasa.gov
Climate Change Study -- This visible infrared high-resolution image is of a swatch of Eastern North America. More intense data is expected to arrive in mid-December.
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Save the Grand Canyon From Coca Cola! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: grand canyon, coca cola, destruction, environment, green, healthconditions, humans, nature, pollution, protection, research, Sustainabililty )

Lindsey
- 185 days ago - change.org
On November 10th, the New York Times exposed the real reason the National Park service scrapped their common sense plan to ban the sale of disposable bottled water in Grand Canyon National Park: pushback from Coca Cola, a major park funder.
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Massive Oyster Die-Offs Show Ocean Acidification Has Arrived
Environment  (tags: animals, ecosystems, environment, ocean acidification, destruction, globalwarming, humans, pollution, CO2emissions, world, protection, water, research, oceans )

Cal
- 186 days ago - e360.yale.edu
The acidification of the world's oceans from an excess of CO2 emissions has already begun, as evidenced recently by the widespread mortality of oyster larvae in the Pacific Northwest
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Ten-Point Plan to Save the Oceans
Environment  (tags: oceans, environment, destruction, protection, pollution, humans, politics, research, world, conservation, water, habitat, ecosystems, government, green )

Cal
- 189 days ago - enn.com
The world has made lacklustre progress in meeting most of the commitments it made 20 years ago to safeguard the oceans, says a report
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Persian Gulf Boom Is Spoiling Environment: Canadian Study
Environment  (tags: research, protection, environment, destruction, ecosystems, world, humans, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, conservation )

Cal
- 191 days ago - canadaka.net
Manmade islands, booming populations, overfishing and heavy use of fossil fuels have wreaked havoc on the Persian Gulf environment and more should be done to prevent further damage, a Canadian study said Wednesday.
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Africa's Nile, Limpopo at Risk From Climate Change
Environment  (tags: research, climate-change, climate, environment, ecosystems, destruction, habitat, weather, protection, nature, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, climatechange, world )

Cal
- 193 days ago - uk.reuters.com
Climate change is likely to lead to increased average rainfall in the world's major river basins but weather patterns will be fickle and the timing of wet seasons may change, threatening farming and foodstocks, experts said
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NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index - Updated 2011
Environment  (tags: environment, CO2-emissions, greenhouse-gases, carbon-dioxide, methane, cfc, climate-change, global-warming, noaa, world, interesting, news, report, index, science, tech, technology, humans, study, forests, nature, pollution, research )

PinkMindy
- 196 days ago - esrl.noaa.gov
CO2 emissions still dominate the total radiative forcing of climate change, leading methane CH4, nitrous oxide NO2 and combined CFC release into Earth's upper atmosphere. Including an alarming report of an incredible 29% increase since 1990. See graphs...
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Moratorium on Arapahoe County Fracking - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: animals, climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, green, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, habitat, healthconditions, humans, nature, oceans, p )

Ruth
- 201 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
"This petition asks for relief from harm, from unlawful denial of rights, and from uncompensated loss, related to oil and gas drilling, by asking for a moritorium on drilling in Arapahoe County until such harms or insults are cured."PLEASE SIGN,SEND.
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Protect New York's Drinking Water From Fracking - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: animals, climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, government, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, nature, ocean )

Ruth
- 202 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
"Our water is under threat.New York is a battleground in the national debate about dirty gas drilling called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." The gas industry is eager to drill, and some state leaders are hungry for potential revenue."PLEASE SIGN,SEND
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Biggest Jump Ever Seen in Global Warming Gases
Environment  (tags: destruction, environment, globalwarming, humans, pollution, protection, research, science )

Carrie
- 203 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The new figures for 2010 mean that levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago.
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ANALYSIS: The Triumph of King Coal: Hardening Our Coal Addiction
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, economy, environment, pollution, dirty coal energy, coal power, King Coal, coal addiction, humans, energy, research, politics )

Cal
- 205 days ago - e360.yale.edu
Despite all the talk about curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the world is burning more and more coal. The inconvenient truth is that coal remains a cheap and dirty fuel -- and the idea of "clean" coal remains a distant dream.
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Food Democracy Now | 24 Hours to Kill the
Environment  (tags: Environment, Farms, Farmers, Organic Food, protection, conservation, Sustainabililty, endangered, government, politics, research, pollution, healthconditions, stae-owned )

Elizabeth
- 206 days ago - action.fooddemocracynow.org
Right now 4 members of the House and Senate ag committees are meeting to rush the 2012 Food and Farm Bill to the Super Committee and steal any chances for reforms for local, organic and healthy food until the next Farm Bill comes up in 2017.Add your name.
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