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Deforestation could intensify climate change in Congo Basin by half
2014-04-15 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: By 2050, deforestation could cause temperatures in the Congo Basin to increase by 0.7 °C. The increase would intensify warming caused by greenhouse gases by half, according to a study by researchers at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Explosive population growth and inefficient agricultural practices are causing large-scale destruction of tropical rainforests in Central Africa. A team of researchers from the University of Leuven examined how these practices will affect longer-term temperatures...
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Climate change, coral reefs, deforestation and dengue Climate Change
2014-04-07 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tico Times: The 21st century will present gloomy challenges for Costa Rica and the rest of Latin America, such as the collapse of wildlife habitats, animal extinction, water scarcity and the spread of disease in an already vulnerable population. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) laid out this forecast on March 31, as one of its region-by-region follow-ups to the September global assessment on climate change. The reports collect over 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers...
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