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India: Climate change taking a toll on kids' health
2014-01-08 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Young Mary from Bangalore was suffering from incessant bouts of cough. Soon, the episodes started getting longer. Mary, 3, was treated for her bouts for some time, before doctors could zero in on the cause: climate change. Mary was a victim of diurnal temperature variation. The child was padded with woollens during cold mornings. As the day wore on, it would get hot but the woollens stayed, leaving her sweating. But during the night, the opposite would happen. Thinking that it wouldn't get too...
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Polar Vortex And Climate Change: Why Cold Weather Doesn't Disprove Global Warming
2014-01-06 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Theres nothing like a blast of winter weather to bring climate change skeptics out of the woodwork, asking if global warming can really exist if its cold outside. But most climate scientists will tell you that a warming climate does not mean that a period of eternal summer descends across the planet. No matter what climate trends are on Earth, we will still have seasons thanks to the tilted axis of our planet, which at present is tipping the Northern Hemisphere away from the sun, giving us shorter...
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Research In Focus - Climate Change Altering Profile of European Wine Sector
2014-01-06 13:00:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Climate change has significant implications for Europe's wine industry, according to a new just-drinks report. However, while rising temperatures are creating stern challenges for some of the region's most established wine-producing areas, wine production is becoming possible in northern regions where hitherto viticulture was not commercially viable. Ben Cooper reports.
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Climate change issues not sexy but deadly to ignore
2014-01-06 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: We hope that during the revelry of the Christmas holidays, enough of us took time to share the grief of our brothers and sisters in St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, and Dominica, who suffered great damage from deadly floods. We extend our sympathies with the full knowledge that Jamaica could easily have been affected by the unseasonal rains that wreaked such damage, given that swe share this geographical space called the Caribbean with the affected islands. Dr Ralph Gonsalves, the prime...
Climate Change Can Be Mitigated By Reducing Demand On Livestock, Scientists Say
2014-01-05 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: If climatologists had their way, wed be living on a diet of nuts and grains instead of beef and pork. Their reasoning? Livestock and the methane they produce are a major source of greenhouse-gas emissions around the globe. And now more than ever, many scientists are arguing for us to reduce our reliance on livestock to mitigate the effects of global warming. A new study published Dec. 20 in the journal Nature Climate Change makes the case for cutting back on our consumption of meat from cows,...
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