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Rise of Genghis Khan Linked to Unusual Rains in Mongolia
2014-03-12 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A conventional historical narrative holds that the rise and expansion of the Mongol Empire -- first under Genghis Khan and, later, his progeny and successors -- were propelled by a deteriorating climate in the Mongolian steppe. Fleeing drought, the narrative runs, Ghengis Khan's Golden Horde pushed west, south and east in a bid for expansion that would someday form the world's largest contiguous empire. Indeed, climate records indicate that the arid, landlocked steppe was seized by decades of...
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U.S. safety regulators probe GM recall linked to 13 deaths
2014-02-28 15:42:30| Automakers - Topix.net
U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into whether General Motors Co reacted fast enough in its recall of more than 1.6 million cars over an ignition-switch defect linked to 13 deaths in crashes.
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South America glacier decline linked with global warming
2014-02-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Geologists are getting better at unraveling the mysteries of historic glacial episodes, as technology helps understand how the ice sheets respond to climate change. One recent research project led by scientists from Dartmouth University suggests that temperature is the driving factor in shaping the size of Peru`s Quelccaya Ice Cap. The 17-square mile glacier in the Andes has been shrinking dramatically in the past few decades, making it a global warming symbol. The findings support the idea...
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1 dead, babies ill from listeria linked to cheese
2014-02-22 04:23:24| Biotech - Topix.net
One person has died and three newborns have become ill in an outbreak of listeria linked to Hispanic-style cheese.
Climate Change Linked Increased Suicide in Australia
2014-02-19 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Suicide rates in Australia increase with prolonged temperature increases, according to Xin Qi, a researcher from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, who suggests that climate change will result in increased suicide rates. As part of his Ph.D. research, Qi and his collaborators analyzed the socioenvironmental drivers of suicide rates in Australia over the last two decades, finding that variations in temperature, paired with spikes in unemployment, had a correlation to increased instances...
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