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Five trends in Africas rapid urbanization
2016-07-29 07:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Citiscope: Africas cities are growing fast. But the trend lines and context of that growth vary widely across the continent. Thats a major theme in the 15th edition of the African Economic Outlook, published recently by the African Development Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development and the United Nations Development Programme. The report includes an entire section devoted to the theme of sustainable cities. The 400-page publication examines both the challenges and opportunities...
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US calls for rapid progress on greenhouse-gas pact
2016-07-22 09:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: US Secretary of State John Kerry urged UN nations on Friday to reach a deal to cut the use of a family of powerful greenhouse gases and take a big step towards keeping global warming in check. Officials from nearly 200 countries are meeting this week to hammer out an agreement to cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are used in refrigeration, aerosols and air conditioning, by amending the landmark Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol succeeded in slashing the use of chlorofluorocarbons...
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Hygiena-Food Safety Solutions and Rapid Hygiene Monitoring
2016-07-19 17:17:00| Food Processing Technology
Life science company Hygiena International specialises in verification systems, which use ATP bioluminescence. Testing systems are used to quickly verify hygiene, quality and food safety.
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Florida's coral reef system in rapid decay, scientists say
2016-06-27 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The most terrifying thing lurking under the waters of the Atlantic Ocean may not come with razor sharp teeth. Scientists say Florida's coral reef system, the third-largest in the world, is in rapid decay, with a variety of threats edging the delicate ecosystem closer to collapse sooner than anyone believed possible. "We didn't think this would happen for another 50 or 60 years," said Chris Langdon, a marine biologist at the University of Miami, who published a new report on the health of the reef...
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Indonesia: Rapid deforestation taking place in Jambi
2016-06-12 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: An area of forest the size of eight soccer fields is lost every hour in Jambi, Sumatra, leaving forests in the province in a critical condition, according to a conservation organization. Today, there are only about 1 million hectares of forest left in Jambi, or one-fifth of the provinces total area of about 50,000 square kilometers. The size of forest loss in Jambi is quite big and the province is struggling to preserve its remaining forests, Rudi Syaf, chairman of the Indonesian Conservation...
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