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Report Sees Major Food Shortage as Climate Change Danger
2015-07-17 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Insurance Journal: Climate change reports and studies abound lately - as you will note from a previous column - but one recent report gives potentially the starkest prediction yet of what impacts climate change could have. The report from Lloyd's of London, "Food System Shock: The insurance impacts of acute disruption to global food supply," isn't focused on climate change, but the author of the report calls it out as "an exacerbating factor." The report notes that a shock to the global food supply could trigger...
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Protesters heckle Clinton over climate change
2015-07-16 23:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A group of protesters demanded Hillary Clinton take a strong stance on climate change on Thursday, chanting to interrupt the Democratic presidential candidate during a town hall event in New Hampshire. Clinton was asked about her stance on banning fossil fuel extraction on public land, something she said she couldnt support until we get alternatives into place, according to CNN. An audience member followed up, saying she was disappointed by the answer and asking if it was because of campaign...
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How Climate Change Could Threaten Nutrition Of Millions
2015-07-16 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The world already has a hard time properly allocating crucial nutrients to its 7.125 billion residents - and a new study published in The Lancet Wednesday suggests that global warming is only going to increase that challenge. According to the World Health Organization, zinc deficiency currently impacts a little more than thirty percent of humans across the globe. An important mineral found in shellfish, red meat, seeds, legumes, and cereal grains, zinc helps the immune system function properly,...
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Climate change brought record temps, rising seas in 2014
2015-07-16 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: If the latest report from America's top weather experts is an indication, it's becoming really hard to deny global warming. Temperatures last year across the world reached record highs, according to the "State of the Climate in 2014" report from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Weather and Climate. Sea levels continued to rise and glaciers kept shrinking while record concentrations of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide were recorded in...
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Vatican to Hold Meetings on Climate Change and Human Trafficking
2015-07-16 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: The Vatican is set to hold a conference on climate change and sustainability next week, a month after the pope said changes in the global climate have made the Earth look like an immense pile of filth. The climate change meeting, which will be held July 21 and 22 alongside a meeting on human trafficking, was announced on Wednesday at a press conference in the Vatican. Both meetings will be attended by mayors from countries around the world to discuss how cities can help contribute to the solution...
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