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COP 20 Lima US Center Panel Presenters Natalya Gallo (Scripps Inst.), Nelson A. Lagos (CiCC) on: Ocean acidification, ocean deoxygenation & upwelling impacts on the marine eco-systems & communities that depend on sea harvesting for their livelihoods. This can be associated with the impacts of climate change and/or greater CO2 ...
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October, 2016
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19 October
COP 22 – Climate Change Conference Special Feature – Coming Soon
The COP 22 Climate Change Conference feature coming soon to Mother Channel. The full and event and all the sideshows.
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19 October
COP 20 US Center Presenter on ocean acidification impact on El Locos region
COP 20 Lima US Center Panel Presenter on: Ocean acidification & upwelling impacts on the El Locos fishing region in Chile & other coastal Latin American countries. Dr Laura Ramajo has studied ocean acidification from the warm Meditteranean Sea to the cold Pacific ocean. For the last 7 years researchers ...
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19 October
COP 20 US Center Panel Speakers on Ocean Acidification & Adaptation
COP 20 Lima,US Center Panel Speaker Dr. Carol Turley, Snr Scientist at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK, speaks on CO2 emissions intensifying global ocean acidification at an unprecedented rate and it’s impacts on all marine species. Dr. Elizabeth Jewett (NOAA) introduced the panel speaker, Dr Carol Turley, amongst others, and ...
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19 October
COP 20 Panel Speakers on Murau Austria & Global Green Energy implementation
COP 20 Lima Panel Speakers Heinz Kopetz and Prof. Dr. Tanay Sidki Uyar speak on the successful implementation of Green Renewable Energy over the past 14 years by the local community of Murau in Austria and Bio-energy to play an important role in the implementation of Green Energy globally. Two ...
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16 October
The Electric Vehicle Revolution?
This week Jason Sole and Mother Channel cover the emergence of the electric vehicle, the impacts of it on the local market, the technologies it utilises and the storage systems behind it. The links for the story are here below: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/13/electric-car-sales-set-to-pass-2m-landmark-globally-by-end-of-2016 http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/10/germanys-bundesrat-votes-to-ban-the-internal-combustion-engine-by-2030/ http://insideevs.com/by-2020-electrified-vehicles-will-take-7-of-the-global-automotive-market/ Specifically covered with this release is the ...
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12 October
COP 20 IFOAM Panel Speakers on Organic Smallholder farming
COP 20 Lima Panel Speakers from the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) on: The inclusion of positive Small-holder Organic Farming climate change impacts in the IPCC climate action negotiation agenda. Agriculture is at the forefront of climate change impacts with, droughts, floods & extreme weather impacting on food ...
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12 October
COP 20 WMO Dep. Sec. General Lengoasa on Climate Report
COP 20 Lima WMO Dep. Sec. General Lengoasa on World Meteorological Conference provisional statement on the state of the Climate in 2014. The year 2014 is on track to be the warmest year on record. Near-surface ocean temperatures have been particularly high. The Arctic sea ice extent was again below its ...
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10 October
COP 20 Climate Change impacts on Smallholder Farmers in SE Asia
The main reason for the press conference is the increasing problems in the Mekon River region. This is about millions of smallholder farmers and the threats to their livelihood, that are coming from climate change in that region. The Mekon river is one of the largest river basins in the ...
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9 October
Trans Atlantic Conveyor Slowing, Bees on the Endangered List, Methane and Soil Health
Jason Sole covers the weeks news wrap up of some reports issued regarding the transatlantic conveyor. The conveyor or overturning current is what is responsible for moving warmth from the South to the North, the full article is available here: http://phys.org/news/2016-10-atlantic-ocean-slowdown-tied-southern.html . We also cover the new study done on the effects ...
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