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Malaysia: Climate change will affect water supply
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Straits Times: CLIMATE change will affect all water-related sectors, including water supply and agriculture, resulting in drought, flood and degradation of coastal ecosystem. National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia's (Nahrim) Extension Study of the Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Regime and Water Resources of Peninsular Malaysia shows there will be an increase in rainfall magnitude and intensity in the future. "Global warming will affect peak flow, causing more extreme floods at river...
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Serengeti Wildlife to access Lake Victoria's water as climate change looms large
2014-08-23 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
eTurbo News: However, Bunda Legislator and a cabinet minister, Mr. Stephen Wasira, doesnt buy this idea, maintaining that the people were legitimate inhabitants in the area and should not be evicted. Mr. Wassira, who is a Minister of State in the President's Office (Social Relations and Coordination), proposed that TANAPA in collaboration with the ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources to establish a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Ghuba Speke. "What is necessary is free movement of wildlife, and...
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Driven by Climate Change, Algae Blooms Behind Ohio Water Scare New Normal
2014-08-04 14:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie that provoked last weekend's tap water ban in Toledo, Ohio-where nearly half a million people were told not to use water for drinking, cooking, or bathing-is a preview of similar problems to come around the world, scientists say, thanks in part to climate change. Northwest Ohio's water ban was lifted Monday morning, but experts say harmful algal blooms that can turn tap water toxic and kill wildlife are becoming more common in coastal oceans and in freshwater...
Farming practices & climate change root Toledo water pollution
2014-08-03 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The toxins that contaminated the water supply of the city of Toledo leaving 400,000 people without access to safe drinking water for two days were produced by a massive algae boom. But this is not a natural disaster. Water problems in the Great Lakes the worlds largest freshwater system have spiked in the last three years, largely because of agricultural pollution. Toledo draws its drinking water from Lake Erie. Residents were warned not to drink the water on Saturday, after inspectors...
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German water supply threatened as climate change boosts droughts
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: German water supplies will become increasingly threatened this century as climate change raises the risk of droughts and water shortages in the country. While Germany is considered water-rich, more water evaporates than falls as rain in the eastern part of the country, according to a report by a German parliamentary committee. Average temperatures may rise 3.5 degrees Celsius by 2100, resulting in more precipitation in the winter and less in the summer, the authors wrote. This will worsen the...
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