je.st
news
Tag: change
Climate change will make food less nutritious: Study
2014-06-07 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Plants make food from carbon dioxide in the air, using energy from sunlight. So, if carbon dioxide levels in the air are going up due to climate change, plants should be making more food, right? Wrong, says a new study published last week in the science journal Nature. According to the study conducted by a team of US, Australian and Japanese scientists, carbon dioxide emissions are slowly making the world's staple food crops less nutritious. Wheat, maize, soybeans and rice will see their levels...
Can the Va. GOP rise to the challenge of climate change?
2014-06-06 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Review Times: The National Climate Assessment released last month tells us that climate disruption and its heat, droughts and floods are already upon us, bringing abrupt, at times catastrophic, change to the United States. It also tells us that things will continue to worsen, especially if we do not act. For most Republican Virginia lawmakers, perhaps thats a ho-hum development just one more example of federal fiddling and misguided research. Little response can be anticipated from them. Democrats may hold...
Tags: change
rise
challenge
climate
3D Is a Dumb Gimmick: How Amazon Could Really Change Phones
2014-06-06 21:38:50| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
The "Amazon Phone" coming on June 18th could change the mobile-phone industry, but silly 3D interface tricks won't do it.
Tags: change
really
amazon
phones
Npower to change bill-chasing method
2014-06-05 19:34:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The energy company Npower is to change the way it pursues former customers, following a number of complaints.
Tech Has Big Role to Play in Climate Change Battle
2014-06-05 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
The Obama administration once again has trained its spotlight on climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency this week announced a plan to cut carbon pollution, a leading cause of climate change, by an average of 30 percent nationwide by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. Power plants account for 40 percent of carbon pollution, the biggest driver of climate change.
Sites : [1118] [1119] [1120] [1121] [1122] [1123] [1124] [1125] [1126] [1127] [1128] [1129] [1130] [1131] [1132] [1133] [1134] [1135] [1136] [1137] next »