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Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean
2013-05-08 15:37:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmond Augustin and other fishermen living along the shorelines of the southern Caribbean island, there's nothing theoretical about the threat of rising sea levels. "The sea will take this whole place down," Augustin said as he...
Honey bees under threat: a political pollinator crisis
2013-05-08 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The recent revival in controversies surrounding dying honey bees has brought global attention to issues farmers, beekeepers, politicians and environmental campaigners have long been aware of. Honey bees are in danger. Honey bees play a critical role in pollinating the crops people eat and, as such are both part of the big business of agriculture and a big business in their own right. Bees are important, environmentally and economically. The debate over what to do about dying honey bees is one...
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Arctic faces further threat from ocean acidification
2013-05-07 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Arctic ecosystem, already under pressure from record ice melts, faces another potential threat in the form of rapid acidification of the ocean, according to an international study published on Monday. Acidification, blamed on the transformation of rising levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the air into carbonic acid in the sea, makes it harder for shellfish and crabs to grow their shells, and might also impair fish reproduction, it said. Cold water absorbs carbon dioxide more...
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Verizon pressures Vodafone with dividend threat - report
2013-05-03 11:26:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said the operator's priority for cash is paying off debt coming due rather than pay-outs to shareholders. The comments, reported by the Wall Street Journal from an investor meeting, appear aimed at putting pressure on Vodafone to consider Verizon's proposal of selling its 45 percent stake in their joint venture Verizon Wireless. Specifically, McAdam said the priority for Verizon Wireless's cash flow will be to pay down the USD 5 billion in debt coming due by mid-2014 before making pay-outs to owners. The comments were reported in a note by JP Morgan Chase analyst Philip Cusick, who hosted the meeting 30 April, and confirmed by a person familiar with the matter to the paper. At the meeting with investors, McAdam said the company remains interested in buying Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless but doesn't believe a premium is warranted. The CEO also told investors that the company could look to international investments or acquisitions as another way to provide growth over the long term.
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Does H7N9 Chinese Flu Pose a Threat for Pigs?
2013-04-29 21:01:00| National Hog Farmer
By Albert Rovira, DVM, University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory A recent outbreak of avian influenza virus in China has made headlines in the mainstream media during the last several weeks. As of April 28, 24 people have died and 122 have been reported as being infected. read more
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