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Average Summer Temperatures in U.S. Have Risen Up To 5 Degrees Since 1970
2014-06-20 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Summer temperatures in the U.S. have been rising on average 0.4 degrees F per decade since 1970, or about 2 degrees F overall, but the Southwest and West regions have borne the brunt of those increases, according to an analysis by Climate Central. In the Southwest, temperatures have risen an average of 0.6 degrees per decade, with a few localized areas warming as much as 0.9 degrees per decade. In the West, some parts of California and Nevada have warmed 1.32 degrees F per decade, or more than 5...
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US: Children's footwear duties have risen dramatically
2014-05-02 16:35:52| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new report by the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has revealed dramatically rising duties on children's shoes.
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Solomon Islands: Where the Sea Has Risen Too High Already
2013-04-30 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The deceptively calm waters of Langa Langa Lagoon on the west coast of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands is home to thousands of people who have lived on artificial islands for centuries. For generations the islanders in this south-west Pacific nation have employed tenacity and ingenuity to maintain their existence on these tiny low-lying man-made atolls, devoid of freshwater and arable land. But climate change is now the greatest threat to their survival. "The seas are rough and the tides...