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Climate change seen as greatest threat by global population
2015-07-17 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change is what the worlds population perceives as the top global threat, according to research conducted by the Pew Research Center, with countries in Latin America and Africa particularly concerned about the issue. It is followed by global economic instability and the Islamic State militant group. The survey, conducted in 40 countries and taking in the views of more than 45,000 respondents, attempts to measure perceptions of global threats. In 19 of the 40 countries polled, climate change...
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Australia tops world for climate change denial: study
2015-07-17 07:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Nearly one in five Australians do not believe in climate change, making the country the worst in the world for climate sceptics, a study of almost 20,000 people has found. The research by the University of Tasmania found 17 per cent of Australians thought climate change was not real, compared with 15 per cent of people in Norway, 13 per cent of New Zealanders and 12 per cent of Americans. The study, published in the journal Global Environmental Change, was based on data collected as part of...
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Climate Change Meets Drought In California
2015-07-17 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Public Radio News: Federal climate scientists say it was a record warm June for California and four other western states. The NOAA State of the Climate report was released July 16. NOAA forecasters said 2014 year was the warmest on record for the state. And climate change research says California will be dryer, with snow coming earlier in the winter and melting sooner in the Sierra Nevada, along with an increase in severe wildfires throughout the western U.S. Jay Famiglietti is a Senior Water Scientist with NASA's...
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Report Sees Major Food Shortage as Climate Change Danger
2015-07-17 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Insurance Journal: Climate change reports and studies abound lately - as you will note from a previous column - but one recent report gives potentially the starkest prediction yet of what impacts climate change could have. The report from Lloyd's of London, "Food System Shock: The insurance impacts of acute disruption to global food supply," isn't focused on climate change, but the author of the report calls it out as "an exacerbating factor." The report notes that a shock to the global food supply could trigger...
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How Climate Change Could Threaten Nutrition Of Millions
2015-07-16 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The world already has a hard time properly allocating crucial nutrients to its 7.125 billion residents - and a new study published in The Lancet Wednesday suggests that global warming is only going to increase that challenge. According to the World Health Organization, zinc deficiency currently impacts a little more than thirty percent of humans across the globe. An important mineral found in shellfish, red meat, seeds, legumes, and cereal grains, zinc helps the immune system function properly,...
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