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Climate change causes malaria to 'creep up' to higher altitudes putting millions more at risk
2014-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: In 2012, an estimated 660,000 people worldwide died from malaria, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite increased prevention and control measures that have decreased malaria mortality rates by more than 23 percent since 2000, experts say that climate change will put millions more people at risk of contracting the deadly mosquito-borne disease. Scientists have speculated for some time that climate change will push mosquitoes, which thrive in warm environments, into areas that were previously...
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Calf-Feeder Prices Higher Amid Light Receipts
2014-03-08 15:28:00| Beef
Demand was strongest for stocker cattle weighing 600-750 lbs. Feeder and stocker cattle sold steady to $4 higher while Feeder Cattle futures received mid-week pressure. read more
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Warmer Temperatures Push Malaria to Higher Elevations
2014-03-06 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers are reporting the first hard evidence that malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that infects more than 300 million people each year, creeps to higher elevations during warmer years and falls back down to lower altitudes when temperatures cool. "Traditionally, we think of malaria as a disease with limited prevalence in highland regions, but we are now seeing a shift due to climate change. Our latest research suggests that with progressive global warming, malaria will creep up the mountains...
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STEM Higher Ed Council Formed to Increase America's STEM Talent Pipeline
2014-03-06 17:29:00| Transmission & Distribution World
STEMconnector has announced its newest initiative - the STEM Higher Education Council -- a national forum for college and university leaders. read more
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Higher DDG margins benefit ethanol producers
2014-03-06 16:21:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Energy Information Administration The increased corn harvest in 2013 brought lower corn prices, lowering the corn input costs for ethanol producers. Those producers are also benefiting from improving margins for dried distillers' grains (DDG), an important supplement for animal feed that is the major co-product of ethanol production from corn. read more
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