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Amazon Trees Face Extinction Crisis, but There's Hope
2015-11-20 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Deforestation adds up. New research finds that the Amazon region could lose more than half of its tree species by the year 2050 due to a combination of logging, agriculture, dams, fires, mining, climate change and human development. All told, at least 36 percent and as many as 57 percent of the Amazons more than 15,000 tree species should now be considered threatened with extinction, according to a paper published today in Science Advances. The paper, the work of 158 researchers from 21 nations,...
Agriculture Industry Crisis: Millions lost to virus plagued shrimp
2015-11-19 00:54:48| Agriculture - Topix.net
In October of 2015, Fyffes ceased buying products from Mediterranean Enterprises, causing a crash in the banana industry. This resulted in thousands of jobless Belizeans and millions of dollars in losses for one of the strongest income producers of the country, agriculture.
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Takata crisis dents keiretsu argument
2015-11-16 07:06:53| Automakers - Topix.net
That's a catastrophic turn of affairs for Takata after a run of quality glitches that have resulted in 19 million U.S. vehicle recalls and as many as eight deaths. Honda Motor Co.
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Silent Crisis: How Climate Change Drives People From Homes by Destroying Their Livelihoods
2015-11-14 05:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: According to a recent study, rising temperatures are a significant driver of permanent migration among poor farmers in Indonesia. The study found that temperature increases were far more likely to induce migration than rapid-onset hazards such as floods, due to their long-term and cumulative effects on household income. Based on the results, the researchers estimated that an additional 2°C rise in temperatures could force up to five percent of Indonesias population (12.4 million people) to migrate...
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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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