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The growing threat from methane
2014-04-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Over the short term, methane is 80 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. The White House has launched plans to control methane emissions from most US sources, but as Living on Earth's Helen Palmer reports, evidence from prehistory suggests methane was a major factor in Earth's largest extinction, and warming projections warn of ballooning emissions in the future. Transcript CURWOOD: Every so often, a cluster of stories come along around the same time that make you think...
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Riksbank Keeps Rates Unchanged as Deflation Threat Seen Fading
2014-04-10 04:40:34| Appliances - Topix.net
Sweden's central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged in a bet that an economic recovery will put an end to the threat of deflation.
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UK air pollution 'major threat to biodiversity
2014-04-07 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Nitrogen pollution, which played a major role in the UKs recent air quality crisis, represents a potentially deadly threat to many animal and plant species, according to a government adviser. Nitrogen oxide (NO2), which is mostly emitted by traffic vehicles and industry, is one the main causes of the air pollution that engulfed parts of Britain last week, affecting many peoples health. However, experts have said that pollution does not only affect humans, but is threatening wildlife as well....
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COLUMN-China's grain trader deals pose a threat to 'ABCDs': Maguire
2014-04-04 15:46:50| Agriculture - Topix.net
The largest players in the global agriculture trading industry are likely to be cut out of a growing share of world crop trade following the recent move by China's trading arm COFCO to acquire majority stakes in Nidera and Noble Group Ltd's agriculture businesses.
Scientists Focus on Polar Waters As Threat of Acidification Grows
2014-03-31 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A few weeks from now, in the waters off the Tasmanian coast, marine ecologist Jonny Stark of the Australian Antarctic Division and a team of biologists and technicians will piece together an underwater laboratory. Once they get the technology hooked up and running, they will promptly disassemble the hoses, instruments, pumps, and plastic panels and crate it all up. This is merely a dress rehearsal, and in much kinder conditions than those anticipated for the performance later this year in Antarctica....
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