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Australia: Climate change: Diseases, heatwaves, lost jobs to impact human health, experts warn
2015-04-30 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australia's top doctors and scientists are urging the Government to show leadership on climate change after a new report warned human health would feel the most immediate impacts of global warming. The report from the Australian Academy of Science was endorsed by the Australian Medical Association and highlighted unemployment, population displacement and social inequality as potential impacts to society. "Whether it be more heatwaves, tropical diseases moving to new areas or lost jobs in farming,...
Amazon rainforest losses impact on climate change, study shows
2015-04-21 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Human activity has removed more than one-tenth of trees and plants from the Amazon rainforest since the 1960s, a study shows. Widespread removal of trees has contributed to a rise in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, increasing the potential impact of climate change, researchers say. Deforestation of the Amazon accounted for 1.5 per cent of the increase in carbon dioxide levels seen since the mid-nineteenth century, the team says. However, this …
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Top Beijing Scientist: China Faces 'Huge Impact' Climate Change
2015-03-22 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: China's top weather scientist has made a rare official acknowledgement: climate change, he says, could have a "huge impact" on the country's crop yields and infrastructure. Zheng Guogang, the head of China's meteorological administration, tells Xinhua news agency that China is already experiencing temperature increases that outpace those in other parts of the world. As a result, China - the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases - faces a possible "ecological degradation," he says. "As...
Climate change: China official warns huge impact
2015-03-22 11:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Climate change could have a "huge impact" on China, reducing crop yields and harming the environment, the country's top weather scientist has warned, in a rare official admission. Zheng Guogang told Xinhua news agency that climate change could be a "serious threat" to big infrastructure projects. He said temperature rises in China were already higher than global averages. China, the world's biggest polluter, has said its emissions of gases that cause climate change will peak by 2030. However,...
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Impact of climate change on corn, soybeans
2015-03-19 19:34:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Read more about the impact of warmer temps and higher C02 rates on crops. Interstitial Ads Frequency: -1
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