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Soil crisis brought about by climate change may hit global food production, claims alarming new research
2016-04-06 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The world is facing a soil crisis that could badly hit food production, according to alarming new research. A 17-year study into the effect of global warming on microbes the tiny bacteria, fungi and other micro-organisms that determine soil health reveals them to be far less adaptable to changing conditions than expected. It raises concerns the microbes will not be able to carry out essential functions, such as breaking down leaves and other organic matter in a process which converts them...
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Leading the Climate Change Resistance
2016-04-05 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Climate change is the harsh reality of today, and its impacts are undeniable for nations such as ours. Global warming is leading to unprecedented rise in sea level, and for a low lying nation like Bangladesh, that means widespread inundation. Changing weather patterns are also wreaking havoc on agricultural production which is dependent on regular patterns of rainfall, heat and cold. Frequency and intensity of droughts, floods and cyclones are on the rise. And millions of hapless victims are finding...
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Climate change threat to public health worse than polio, White House warns
2016-04-04 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change poses a serious danger to public health worse than polio in some respects and will strike especially hard at pregnant women, children, low-income people and communities of color, an authoritative US government report warned on Monday. The report, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, formally unveiled at the White House, warned of sweeping risks to public health from rising temperatures in the coming decades with increased...
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Climate change is affecting nature's spring ballet
2016-04-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Columbus Dispatch: Biology erupts in spring. Nature comes to life, and life comes to nature. Flowers, bursting buds on trees and vocal songbirds appear almost as if they were part of a well-choreographed ballet. Indeed, it is a ballet, and the choreographer is natural selection. But lately the ballet company is in trouble. Some dancers are falling out of step. The stages on which this traveling company performs for a few days in the spring and fall are disappearing, threatening the very existence of some dancers....
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GOPs climate change minimizers are risk deniers
2016-04-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: I just think we have much bigger risks, Donald Trump told us last week. We had asked the Republican presidential candidate about human-caused climate change, a phenomenon in which he said he is not a big believer. Dont good business leaders hedge against risks, spending something now to avoid potentially negative outcomes later? I think our biggest form of climate change we should worry about is nuclear weapons, he responded. Trump is not alone among Republicans in citing other scary problems...
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