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Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Canadian auto sales nudge higher in March House OKs bill calling for weather, not climate, forecasts More baby deer are dying in France because of climate change

Canadian auto sales nudge higher in March  Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 05:16 PM PDT By Susan Taylor TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian auto sales inched just 0.2 percent higher in March from a year earlier, figures on Tuesday showed, but an independent auto industry analyst said the modest increase masked a solid performance during severe winter weather, especially in comparison with the record sales of March 2013. Canadian sales rose to 157,060 vehicles in March from 156,680 the year before, marking the second-best March on record, said Dennis DesRosiers of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. Truck sales climbed 5.1 percent to 90,851 vehicles from 86,475 last year, while car sales went in the opposite direction, falling 5.7 percent to 66,209 vehicles, the DesRosiers report said. That trend is also evident in year-to-date figures, with truck sales up 6.3 percent and auto sales down 6.2 percent. Full Story	Top
House OKs bill calling for weather, not climate, forecasts  Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 03:29 PM PDT The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced a bill that would require U.S. government weather agencies to focus more on predicting storms and less on climate studies. The bill to "prioritize weather-related activities" at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other agencies was introduced in 2013 by Oklahoma Republican Jim Bridenstine after dozens of state residents were killed in a series of severe tornadoes. Although the term "climate" does not appear in the text of the bill, Bridenstine's office has said the intent of the measure was "shifting funds from climate change research to severe weather forecasting research." The measure also directs the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) to develop better forecasting capabilities and improve tornado and hurricane warning systems. Opponents, including some environmental groups, have criticized the bill as a way to undermine efforts to address climate change. Full Story	Top
More baby deer are dying in France because of climate change  Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 02:00 PM PDT According to a UN report released yesterday, climate change is already having an effect on human health, agriculture, and water supplies across the globe. Now, a new study released today in PLOS Biology makes the case that even one of the most robust animal populations around — the roe deer of France — are having trouble keeping up with the pace of changing temperatures. Using population data spanning the last 30 years, researchers demonstrated that roe deer in the Champagne region of France have not been able to adjust their birthing season to face the earlier onset of spring vegetation (these food sources are now appearing two weeks earlier than they did in 1985). Jean-Michel Gaillard, a French biologist at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and co-author of the study, explained in an email to The Verge that "this increasing mismatch causes increased mortality of newborn fawns," because the deer's food is running out too early. Full Story	Top

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