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Southern California sagebrush better suited to climate change, study finds
2013-04-01 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: California sagebrush in the southern part of the state will adjust better to climate change than sagebrush populations in the north, according to UC Irvine researchers in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology affiliated with the Center for Environmental Biology. The results of their study, which appears online in Global Change Biology, will assist land management and policy decisions concerning coastal sage scrub restoration. California sagebrush (Artemisia californica), also known...
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Research Finds Drier Climate Will Spread Diarrhea
2013-04-01 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Diarrhea, which kills 1.5 million children annually, is likely to become more prevalent in many developing countries as the climate changes, a report says. But the authors found an unexpected twist in the way the climate is likely to affect the disease. Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, says climate drives a large part of diarrhea and related disease, increasing the threat which a changing climate poses to vulnerable...
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Michigan a leader in outdated gas lines, report finds
2013-04-01 06:05:33| Energy - Topix.net
Michigan is one of the nation's leaders in the amount of outdated, leaky cast-iron and wrought-iron natural gas pipes, according to a report published Sunday.
Jury finds fault with Stew Leonard's
2013-03-29 17:56:09| Grocery - Topix.net
A jury on Thursday, March 28, 2013 awarded nearly $120,000 to an Easton woman injured when she fell outside the Norwalk Stew Leonard's store six years ago.
Poll finds Americans favour adaptation to climate change
2013-03-29 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: A majority of people in the United States believe the planet is warming -- and they want coastal communities to start preparing for rising seas and stronger storm surges that will result, according to a new national poll. Researchers at Stanford University in California say 82% of US adults believe climate change is already occurring. An equal percentage favor enacting policies to help coastal areas increase their resilience to rising waters and extreme weather. Just over three-fifths of survey...
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