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Climate Change Could Kill Half a Million Annually by 2050

2016-03-03 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The impacts of climate change on the global food supply could lead to more than 500,000 deaths a year by 2050, according to a new study in the Lancet. Droughts, floods and other climate-related impacts will hurt crop yields and reduce the amounts of fruits and vegetables available. On average, the consumption of fruits and vegetables will drop 4 percent by 2050, leading to an increase in malnutrition and disease, particularly in less developed countries. Without climate change, the study found...

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Report: TPP would increase net farm income by $4.4 billion annually

2016-02-29 18:11:00| National Hog Farmer

By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Net farm income will increase by $4.4 billion annually with passage and implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement according to the American Farm Bureau Federations newly released economic analysis. read more

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Forest loss increased annually for 25 yrs at oldest Amazon mega-dam

2016-01-14 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Researchers examining changes in forest cover encircling the Amazons oldest mega-dam have found that hundreds of square kilometers of forest have been lost each year of the dams 25-year history. The study, published in Applied Geography late in 2015, was undertaken by an international team from the US, Brazil, and the Netherlands. They describe the Tucuruí dam, constructed in the 1980s, as an ideal case for understanding the long-term impact of mega-dams on rainforest loss. Great rivers across...

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