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Climate change threatens 50 years of progress in global health, study says
2015-06-23 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change threatens to undermine half a century of progress in global health, according to a major new report. But the analysis also concludes that the benefits to health resulting from slashing fossil fuel use are so large that tackling global warming also presents the greatest global opportunity to improve peoples health in the 21st century. The report was produced by the Lancet/UCL commission on health and climate change, a collaboration of dozens of experts from around the world, and...
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Climate change could undermine the last 50 years of health advances
2015-06-23 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Climate change threatens to undermine the last 50 years of advances in medical health, scientists have warned as they published a major report outlining the threat of global warming. The authors from University College London and the University of Cambridge called for major policy changes to cut pollution including phasing out coal-fired plants and investing in green cities, energy and transport. Without major change they say climate change could be sufficient to trigger a discontinuity in the...
Climate change to shrink size of bread
2015-06-23 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times Live: Long-term global warming could cause loaves of bread to shrink in size due to a reduction in the amount of protein in grains, Australian scientists have found. Loaves based on 2050 atmospheric carbon dioxide levels predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were baked by researchers at the Victorian government and Melbourne University. They emerged smaller and crumpled compared to their present-day counterparts. The scientists discovered that rises in carbon dioxide will increase...
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3 Things That Will Change Electronic Entertainment Forever
2015-06-22 18:58:18| TechNewsWorld
E3 -- perhaps the biggest and most important gaming conference in the world -- took place last week. Sony and Microsoft came ready to do battle, Nintendo showed up, and we were up to our armpits in little companies doing amazing things with virtual reality. However, companies that weren't at the event likely have more to say about the future of gaming than those that had a big presence there.
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White House outlines long-term costs of inaction on climate change
2015-06-22 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Failure to act on climate change could cause an estimated 57,000 deaths in the United States from poor air quality by 2100, the Obama administration argued in a new report Monday that warns of dire effects of global warming. The report underscores the costs of inaction on climate change as well as the benefits from taking action now. The administration estimates that 12,000 people in 49 U.S. cities could die from extreme temperatures in 2100. The report comes as Republicans in Congress seek...
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