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Floods could affect twice as many people worldwide within 15 years
2015-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: River flooding could affect 54 million people worldwide in 2030 as more extreme rainfall and the rapid expansion of cities double exposure to inundation, according to a new analysis. Currently, 21 million people are affected annually by floods. The project by several research organizations in the Netherlands and the World Resources Institute developed the first public tool that shows the estimated flood risk in most countries and how it's expected to rise over the next 25 years. The project, called...
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Floods could affect nearly 2.7m people in Pakistan by 2030: Study
2015-03-05 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tribune: As many as 2.7 million people could be affected yearly by river-floods in Pakistan by 2030; while the number of people globally affected by the floods every year could reach 54 million, a study said on Thursday. According to the report, prepared by the US-based World Resources Institute think-tank and four Dutch research groups, it estimated that people being affected by the river-floods could reach up to 2.7 million people by 2013. Currently, an estimated 715,000 people in Pakistan are affected...
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Megatrends in agriculturehow will they affect your ranch?
2015-02-24 22:26:00| Beef
The times, they are achanging. But then again, they always have been, especially in agriculture. What are the megatrends in agriculture and how will those looming changes affect you? BEEF Editors' Blog read more
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Layoffs at Franciscan Media Will Not Affect Books, Publisher Says
2015-02-21 01:08:25| Grocery - Topix.net
Franciscan Media, the Cincinnati-based company that publishes Catholic-interest books under its Servant Books and Franciscan Media imprints, as well as a flagship magazine, St. Anthony Messenger, has laid off 27 employees, about half of its staff. Franciscan Media CEO and publisher Father Dan Kroger told PW most cuts were in back-office positions, plus two in marketing, one audio producer, and nine full- and part-time employees at its call center in Cleveland.
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Gas Prices Don't Affect Electric-Car Sales: Finally The Word Gets Out
2015-02-19 19:15:20| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
After all, the argument goes, if buyers can't expect to save as much by cutting fuel costs, they'll be less inclined to buy a plug-in, right? Now that significant sales data from the current period of low gas prices is available, that's becoming more apparent. After examining several studies of 2014 and early 2015 car sales, the Los Angeles Times concluded that falling gas prices don't flatten sales of green cars in a recent report.
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