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Crimea crisis could raise global food prices, triggering social unrest
2014-03-21 12:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The crisis in Crimea could cause instability and unrest in the Middle East and North Africa by causing a spike in global food prices, researchers from Anglia Ruskin University have warned. Experts from the universitys Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) have said that the fallout from Crimeas vote to join Russia could have much wider implications. Ukraine had been expected to become the worlds third largest exporter of grain in 2014, but the recent unrest has caused observers to question...
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Avast Warns of 'Data Breach Crisis' as XP Support Ends
2014-03-21 02:35:14| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Avast says Windows XP users' systems will be "six times" more likely to be attacked than those running Windows 7.
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Avast Warns of 'Data Breach Crisis' as XP Support Ends
2014-03-20 22:34:35| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Avast says Windows XP users' systems will be "six times" more likely to be attacked than those running Windows 7.
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World facing water-energy crisis - UN
2014-03-20 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in the coming decades, the UN said Friday. In a report published on the eve of World Water Day, it said the cravings for clean water and electricity were intertwined and could badly strain Earth's limited resources. "Demand for freshwater and energy will continue to increase over the coming decades to meet the needs of growing populations and economies, changing lifestyles and...
Planting forests may ease Beijing pollution crisis
2014-03-18 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Planting an army of trees in the Chinese capital Beijing could help combat the citys severe air pollution crisis, but such a strategy should not be seen as an easy way out, a scientist has said. Writing for the Conversation, Jun Yang, an associate professor at Tsinghua University`s Centre for Earth System Science, says that Beijing has been affected as much as the next city by polluted air. The capital recently introduced a new pollution-monitoring plan in response to growing concern over...
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