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Oceans may explain slowdown in #climate change: study
By Environment Correspondent Alister DoylePosted 2013/04/07 at 1:04 pm EDT OSLO, Apr. 7, 2013 (Reuters) — Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists said after unveiling new research showing that oceans have helped mitigate the effects of warming since […]
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On #Climate Change, a Do-Nothing Strategy is Not Risk-Free | PropertyCasualty360
March 14, 2013
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On Climate Change, a Do-Nothing Strategy is Not Risk-Free By Evan Mills | March 13, 2013 Whatever insurers may think about the presence or causes of climate change, one thing is certain: the business climate is changing, rapidly. New technologies are entering the market for saving and supplying cleaner energy in buildings, transport, and industry—and […]
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Tropical mod brings climate change to Skyrim | Polygon
March 14, 2013
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Tropical mod brings climate change to Skyrim By Dave Tach on Mar 13, 2013 at 12:00p @dptach Tropical Skyrim – A Climate Overhaul, a recently updated mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, replaces the often desolate expanses of Bethesda’s fantasy role-playing game world with a tropical setting. Tropical Skyrim takes the rainy, snowy climate […]
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Large rise in CO2 emissions sounds #climate change alarm | Environment | guardian.co.uk
March 8, 2013
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Large rise in CO2 emissions sounds climate change alarm Hawaii’s Mauna Loa observatory, where record CO2 increases are being documented (Photograph: Richard Vogel/AP) The chances of the world holding temperature rises to 2C – the level of global warming considered “safe” by scientists – appear to be fading fast with US scientists reporting the second-greatest […]
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The Scariest #Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier | Mother Jones
March 8, 2013
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The Scariest Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier Average global temperature over the last ~2,000 years. Note the massive uptick on the far right side. Courtesy Science/AAAS Back in 1999, Penn State University climate scientist Michael Mann released the climate change movement’s most potent symbol: The “hockey stick,” a line graph of global temperature over […]
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Investors Embrace #Climate Change, Chase Hotter Profits – Bloomberg
March 8, 2013
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Investors Embrace Climate Change, Chase Hotter Profits The costs of adapting to climate change may reach $130 billion a year by 2030, creating opportunities for a host of investors. Photos: Getty Images Investing in climate change used to mean financing the fight against global warming. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and other firms took […]
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Warming Lakes: #Climate Change Threatens the Ecological Stability of Lake Tanganyika
March 8, 2013
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Warming Lakes: Climate Change Threatens the Ecological Stability of Lake Tanganyika A fishing village on Lake Tanganyika. Photo by Catherine O’Reilly. Tropical lakes in East Africa don’t grab headlines the way polar bears do, but climate change is having an effect on them, too. Although the changes are not as visible as melting polar ice […]
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April 11, 2013
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