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Hail Pelts Vulnerable Crops In Northern Iowa
2014-06-07 08:21:02| Agriculture - Topix.net
Severe thunderstorms popped up in parts of northwest Iowa Thursday afternoon and dropped golf ball-sized hail on vulnerable corn and soybean crops.
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Keystone XL pipeline vulnerable to attacks, NextGen study says
2014-06-04 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Keystone XL oil pipeline would be vulnerable to attacks threatening water supplies for millions of homeowners and farmers, according to a report by NextGen Climate, a political group led by billionaire activist Tom Steyer. Attackers could wreck remote pump stations along the pipeline's route in the northern Great Plains with just 4 pounds (1.8 kg) of readily available explosives, Dave Cooper, a former Navy Seal and a senior operative on the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, said in the 14-page...
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Gov. Scott's beachfront home vulnerable to changing climate
2014-05-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: This month, a new report written by a group of scientists said that climate change was not only real, but it was already affecting people in the United States, particularly in Florida, where 75 percent of all residents live near the coast. Three of those Florida coastal residents are among the state's most prominent Republicans -- Gov. Rick Scott, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush. Shouldn't they be worried? The day after the Third National Climate Change Assessment report came...
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Report: Hawaii vulnerable to climate change
2014-05-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Garden Island: A new report released last week says Hawaii should prepare for severe impacts resulting from global climate change, including rising temperatures sea levels, coastal erosion and diseased coral reefs. "This is an important report for us to consider in all areas of our operation moving forward," Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. said in a statement. The Third National Climate Assessment was released May 6 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program and includes a section dedicated to Hawaii and...
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Corn crops increasingly vulnerable to dry spells
2014-05-10 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: U.S. farmers can grow more corn than ever before thanks to genetic modifications and improved planting techniques, but the crops are also increasingly vulnerable to drought, researchers recently said. The study in the journal Science found that "densely planted corn appears to be unexpectedly more sensitive to water scarcity," raising concerns about future food supply as the planet warms. The United States is the largest exporter of corn in the world, shipping about 40 percent of the world`s...
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