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Did Dust Bowl's ravages end in 1940s? New study says no
2015-10-31 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A recent study led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Goodrich Chair of Excellence Thanos Papanicolaou could very well change the way we view the health of our nation's soil, even potentially altering history books. The paper, soon-to-be published in the Journal of Geophysical Research--Biogeosciences, focuses on modeling carbon budgets in agricultural areas. A carbon budget is one measure of the amount of health or energy in a particular area. The study found that carbon budgets in...
Extreme Weather Ravages the West Coast
2014-09-16 13:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Climate deniers are gloating that the California wildfire season isn`t as bad as seasons past or as predicted in the spring, although that`s probably small comfort to the families being evacuated from homes in Orange County near the Cleveland National Forest this weekend. And the fire season isn`t over, and neither is the hot, dry weather with temperatures in the triple digits. The drought continues its negative impacts on California communities and agriculture. An NBC news report last week said...
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Strong pound 'ravages' WPP results
2014-08-26 10:05:01| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Global advertising giant WPP sees profits rise in the first half of this year, but says it has been hit by the "ravages" of a strong sterling.
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Obama food aid ravages Third World farmers
2014-07-27 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they are feeding starving people, writes James Bovard. But the truth is the reverse - it is undermining indigenous agriculture in recipient countries - creating famine and chronic malnutrition, while sabotaging self-sufficiency. Despite uplifting rhetoric, Obama is perpetuating a program that sabotages foreigners' self-sufficiency. President Obama proclaimed two years ago: "As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States...
How Palm Oil Ravages Rainforests, Endangers Wildlife & Destroys Communities
2014-07-18 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Agriculture plays a massive role in todays global economy. Its easy to not realize that your salads fresh tomatoes are likely flown in from the Netherlands, its asparagus is picked by a Peruvian farmer and the dressing has palm oil harvested in Indonesia. Our complicity in an agricultural system that ships food products across the world via air, land and sea becomes a political decision, one that impacts the environment on a global scale. And palm oil, a popular ingredient in nearly 75 percent...
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