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Warmer Climate Threatens Africas Vital Cassava Crop
2013-05-11 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: A plant which is a staple food crop for millions of people across Africa is at risk from disease as regional temperatures rise, scientists say. The plant, cassava, is a significant source of food and income, and is an important industrial crop, and there is concern that serious food shortages may result and poverty worsen. Experts say the spread of the disease could halve cassava production and threaten the diets of 300 million people. Experts say the spread of the disease could halve cassava...
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2013-05-02 06:52:53| Footwear - Topix.net
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Investing in healthy forests vital for transition to green economy, UN says
2013-04-19 04:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Big News Network: Investing in healthy forests is not only vital for human and environmental well-being but also crucial in the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient green economy, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Over a billion people worldwide depend on forests for shelter, jobs, food, water, medicine and security. Forests also serve as carbon sinks and stabilize global climate, regulate water cycles and provide habitats for biodiversity while hosting a wide variety of genetic resources....
Water as vital to national security as defense, U.N. says
2013-03-22 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation over a resource likely to be disrupted by more frequent floods and heatwaves, it said. "In the past few decades, definitions of security have moved beyond a limited focus on military risks and conflicts,"...
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NIST Microscope Measures Nanomagnet Property Vital To 'Spintronics'
2013-03-19 05:21:46| rfglobalnet News Articles
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscope able to view and measure an important but elusive property of the nanoscale magnets used in an advanced, experimental form of digital memory.
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