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New climate services program in Rwanda aims reach one million farmers
2016-03-25 06:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Agriculture contributes to one-third of Rwanda's gross domestic production and remains the main source of subsistence for the majority of the country's population. Farming employs eight out of ten Rwandans. Despite its importance, the sector remains highly vulnerable to current and projected climate and weather variability. Severe flooding in 2007, for example, caused an estimated US$22 million in two districts alone. Recurrent hail and wind storms, heavy rains and prolonged droughts take frequent...
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Global adoption of vegan diet could save 8 million lives by 2050, says study
2016-03-24 08:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Celebrities like Morrissey, Natalie Portman and even Arnold Schwarzenegger have been preaching the gospel of vegetarianism for some time. Now, they have scientific evidence to back some of their claims. A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that widespread adoption of vegetarian or vegan diets could millions of lives and trillions of dollars by 2050. Imbalanced diets, such as diets low in fruits and vegetables, and high in red and processed meat,...
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Justices uphold $5.8 million award against Tyson Foods
2016-03-22 16:28:21| Food - Topix.net
The Supreme Court has ruled for more than 3,000 workers at a Tyson Foods Inc. pork-processing plant in Iowa in a pay dispute with the company. The justices voted 6-2 on Tuesday to reject new limits Tyson asked them to impose on the ability of workers to band together to challenge pay and workplace issues.
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Human carbon release rate is unprecedented in the past 66 million years of Earth's history
2016-03-21 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The earliest instrumental records of Earth's climate, as measured by thermometers and other tools, start in the 1850s. To look further back in time, scientists investigate air bubbles trapped in ice cores, which expands the window to less than a million years. But to study Earth's history over tens to hundreds of millions of years, researchers examine the chemical and biological signatures of deep sea sediment archives. New research published today in Nature Geoscience by Richard Zeebe, professor...
ADB commits $123.3 million to improve Manila's water supply
2016-03-21 07:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday it would lend $123.3 million to the Philippines to modernize water supply in the capital, Manila, to reduce the risk of shortages as demand for water rises in the megacity. The loan will allow the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, a government-owned company supplying raw water to Manila to build a fourth tunnel, allowing it to upgrade other existing tunnels, the Manila-based lender said in a statement. "The Angat transmission system provides...
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