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Can cover crops help farmers combat climate change, drought?
2015-11-19 19:52:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
As harvest season ends and farmers in the United States ready themselves for winter, one small change could make a huge difference in their soils health and the health of our climate-impacted world: planting cover crops. read more
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Jamaicas aging water systems falter under intense heat and drought
2015-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: This past summer Jamaicans sweltered through their third consecutive year of reduced rainfall resulting in wild fires, a crop-killing drought and daily water cuts. As temperatures exceeded 93.7 F (34.2 Celsius) in several areas, the Meteorological Service urged Jamaicans to "Wake up to the realisation that climate change is already a fact of life." Some of the hottest days on record had been recorded in July with even higher temperatures predicted for August. With storage running low and an...
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Calif. Drought Adds To The Perils Of Endangered Chinook Salmon
2015-11-18 11:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: For the second year, there's a diminishing count of juvenile salmon migrating downstream away from their spawning grounds in northern California. The drought isn't the only problem the salmon face.
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One-Third of Papua New Gineans Suffering Drought Crisis
2015-11-13 08:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: An estimated one-third of the population of Papua New Guinea, the most populous Pacific Island state, is now suffering in from the countrys worst drought this century and experts predict El Ninos influence will carry on through March 2016. Dickson Guina, Chairman of the National Disaster Committee, told IPS that 2.4 million people across most of the nations 22 provinces are confronting a critical lack of food and water. There are also reports of many schools and hospitals forced to close as water...
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California Climate and Health, Part I: Drought Stirs Up Trouble for States Air Quality
2015-11-12 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Healthline: Part 1 of : California Climate and Health, Part I: Drought Stirs Up Trouble for States Air Quality The policies that made California a model of how big, developed economies can thrive while safeguarding the environment did not originate in some statewide sense of kumbaya. They were a desperate response to serious air quality problems in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Fresno. Bad air is a serious drag on public health, driving up rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma, and death....
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