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AUDIO: Has global warming stalled?	17.5.2013	BBC News - Science & Environment
Has global warming plateaued? As the critics say, the past decade has seen hardly any change in global air temperatures. If warming has stalled, what are the implications for climate change policy? The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports.
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The need for critical science journalism	16.5.2013	Guardian: Science
Too much contemporary science writing falls under the category of 'infotainment' The bulk of contemporary science journalism falls under the category of "infotainment". This expression describes science writing that informs a non-specialist target audience about new scientific discoveries in an entertaining fashion. The "informing" typically consists of giving the reader some historical background surrounding the scientific study, summarises key findings and then describes the significance and implications of the research. Analogies are used to convey complex scientific concepts so that a reader without a professional scientific background can grasp the ideas driving the research. Direct quotes from the researchers also help illustrate the motivations, relevance, and emotional impact of the findings. The entertainment component varies widely, ranging from an enticing or witty style of writing to the choice of the subject matter. Freaky copulation techniques in the animal kingdom, discoveries ...
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Warming seas changing what fish are for dinner, study says	16.5.2013	MSNBC
Warming seas changing what fish are for dinner, study says
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World Bank rethinks stance on large-scale hydropower projects	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Despite their disruption, can dams help the organisation work towards ending poverty while keeping carbon emissions down? The World Bank is making a major push to develop large-scale hydropower, something it had all but abandoned a decade ago but now sees as crucial to resolving the tension between economic development and the drive to tame carbon use. Major hydropower projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo , Zambia , Nepal and elsewhere – all of a scale dubbed "transformational" to the regions involved – are part of the bank's fundraising drive among wealthy nations. Bank lending for hydropower has scaled up in recent years, and officials expect the trend to continue. Such projects were shunned in the 1990s, in part because they can be disruptive to communities and ecosystems. But the World Bank is opening the taps for dams and related infrastructure as its president, Jim Yong Kim, tries to resolve a quandary at the bank's core: how to eliminate poverty while adding as little as ...
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Environmental risks of leaving the EU are huge	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Membership of the European Union has been a boon to the UK's wildlife and habitats – and human health is better as a result The UK's membership of the European Union has rocketed up the political agenda in recent weeks, but if Lord Lawson and Nigel Farage get their way, a go-it-alone Britain would be far from green and pleasant. An analysis for Friends of the Earth, published today by the EU policy expert Dr Charlotte Burns from the University of York, provides a damning critique of UK environmental performance over decades, and highlights the huge risks of EU withdrawal. The UK really was once the dirty man of Europe. We had the highest level of sulphur dioxide emissions in Europe, resulting in acid rain that devastated Scandinavian forests. Our seas were akin to open sewers as we pumped human effluent in them as part of a "dilute and disperse" approach to pollution – the result of which I vividly recall from family holidays. And our drinking water was contaminated with a cocktail of ...
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Politics and climate change go hand-in-hand	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Though Sarah Palin has reversed her policy since she was governor, it is undeniable that Alaska is changing fast Guardian US interactive team Feilding Cage Gabriel Dance Richard Sprenger Suzanne Goldenberg
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'Best estimate' of melting ice caps	14.5.2013	BBC News - Science & Environment
Experts have come up with their most accurate estimate yet for the impact of melting ice sheets and glaciers on sea level.
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Two environmental milestones worth noting	14.5.2013	Seattle Times: Opinion
Virtually all of the scientific community is in agreement on the global path toward major climate change. Even the handful of climate-change deniers will want to note the news out of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. The New York Times last Friday reported researchers atop the volcano on the Big Island measured a
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GROVER the NASA rover takes on Greenland ice sheet	14.5.2013	New Scientist: Opinion
GROVER the NASA rover takes on Greenland ice sheet
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Arctic expedition to study impact of climate change on plankton	14.5.2013	Guardian: Science
French schooner returns to north as scientists research effects on organisms that form basis of marine ecosystem Tara will soon set sail for the Arctic again. The famous schooner will cast off from Lorient in Brittany on Sunday 19 May for a seven-month expedition via the Northeast Passage along Russia's Arctic coast, returning through the Northwest Passage. The goal of the 25,000km Tara Oceans Polar Circle Expedition , with some 15 scientist on board, is to search for planktonic organisms, including viruses, bacteria, protists and metazoans , all vital resources that need to be studied in their own environment while there is still time. "This is a vital and urgent task," said Chris Bowler, a biologist at the École Normale Supérieure graduate school and research centre, and head of research at France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). "The Arctic is one of the most productive planktonic regions on the planet, so we have to get there before humans start interfering." The ...
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UN discusses role of technology for sustainable development (Cached)	14.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
New York, May 14 : Senior United Nations officials, policymakers, civil society representatives and other stakeholders gathered Monday at UN Headquarters in Here for a special Economic and Social Council forum on mobilizing science, technology and innovation for sustainable development.
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UN urges coordinated response to CO2 'danger zone' (Cached)	14.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
New York, May 14 : In the face of "clear and present danger," the United Nations climate change body is warning that a stepped-up coordinated response is needed to fend off the impacts of climate change after the world's carbon-dioxide concentrations surpassed their highest level in 4 million years.
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Space tourism won't hurt environment, says Richard Branson (Cached)	14.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
Melbourne, May 13 : Richard Branson has said that his firm Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered space tourism flights will have only a minor impact on the climate change.
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Great Barrier Reef is at risk even if it doesn't make Unesco's danger list \| Graham Readfearn	13.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
UN World Heritage Committee to rule on whether fossil fuel industry threatens Australia's reef, but its coral is already in peril It might be regarded as some sort of sick joke that the Great Barrier Reef happens to nestle beside the heart of Australia's fossil fuel export boom. When the coal ships leave the Queensland ports, the two become one as the captains make passage through the 2300 kilometre/1430 mile-long reef – the world's largest. Now environment groups and the United Nations World Heritage Committee have decided this joke just isn't funny any more. WWF Australia, the Australian Marine Conservation Society and Greenpeace are all engaged in campaigns to "save the reef" from the ravages of climate change and the construction of multi-billion dollar port facilities to ship coal and gas around the world. Greenpeace describes it as "one of the biggest environmental battles in our nation's history" and is pushing a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience. Next month in ...
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One-third of animal species will be hit by climate change, scientists warn	13.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Plant and animal species could see dramatic losses as habitats become unsuitable and ecosystems collapse One-third of common land animals could see dramatic losses this century because of climate change, scientists predict. More than half of plants could be hit the same way as habitats become unsuitable for numerous species. The collapse of ecosystems would have major economic impacts on agriculture, air quality, clean water access, and tourism. Global temperatures are set to rise 4C above preindustrial levels by 2100 if nothing is done to stem greenhouse gas emissions. This could have a hugely destructive effect on thousands of common as well as rare and endangered species around the world, according to the researchers. An estimated 57% of plants and 34% of animals were likely to lose half or more of their habitat range. But the damage would be greatly reduced if emissions were scaled down in time, the study shows. Losses are reduced by 60% if global warming is cut to 2% ...
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We've Hit the Carbon Level We Were Warned About. Here's What That Means.	13.5.2013	Mother Jones
This interactive explainer originally appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Over the last couple weeks, scientists and environmentalists have been keeping a particularly close eye on the Hawaii-based monitoring station that tracks how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere, as the count tiptoed closer to a record-smashing 400 parts per million. Thursday, we finally got there : The daily mean concentration was higher than at any time in human history, NOAA reported Friday. Don't worry: The earth is not about to go up in a ball of flame. The 400 ppm mark is only a milestone, 50 ppm over what legendary NASA scientist James Hansen has since 1988 called the safe zone for avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, and yet only halfway to what the IPCC predicts we'll reach by the end of the century. "Somehow in the last 50 ppm we melted the Arctic," said environmentalist and founder of activist group 350.org Bill McKibben, who ...
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Decline fear for plants and animals	12.5.2013	BBC: Front Page
More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change, a study suggests.
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China forecasts seven typhoons in 2013 (Cached)	12.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
Beijing, May 12 : Between seven and nine typhoons will land along China's coastal areas this year, the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre said Sunday.
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College Divestment Campaigns Creating Passionate Environmentalists	10.5.2013	NPR Health Science
Taking a page from the playbook of decades past, college students are once again pressuring schools to pull investment funding from specific sectors. This time it's big oil and coal companies. But these campaigns have effects beyond the university — they're launching a new generation of activists.
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Recent study examines effects of climate change on cutthroat trout	9.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
Colorado’s cutthroat trout live life on the edges, at high elevations and in isolated pockets other trout haven’t been able to reach. It appears to have toughened them up, according to a recent study looking at climate change’s impact on the species.
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