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Climate change projects in Northern Ghana said not to be doing well
2013-04-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ghana Business News: Three out of the 11 districts in the Northern Region are performing creditably well in the implementation of climate change projects under the $88.6 million, Ghana Social Opportunities Projects (GSOP), Mr Sabastian Salia Yiah, Regional Infrastructure Engineer said. Aside East Gonja, Saboba and Kpandai Districts, who have cultivated and maintained the mango and cashew trees, the remaining Districts plantation had been burnt by wild fire and this is a worrying situation, he said. Mr Yiah disclosed...
Climate change will threaten wine production, study shows
2013-04-09 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Bid adieu to Bordeaux, but also, quite possibly, a hello to Chateau Yellowstone. Researchers predict a two-thirds fall in production in the world's premier wine regions because of climate change. The study forecasts sharp declines in wine production from Bordeaux and Rhone regions in France, Tuscany in Italy and Napa Valley in California and Chile by 2050, as a warming climate makes it harder to grow grapes in traditional wine country. But also anticipate a big push into areas once considered...
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Will climate change decimate the wine industry?
2013-04-09 04:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: First we find out that carbon dioxide emissions are bad for oysters, and now a study indicates that rising global temperatures could also drastically affect wine production. Thats right: Greenhouse gases might ruin the romantic strategies of people everywhere -- or, at least, result in some extra costs and environmental harm to keep these ancient aphrodisiacs readily available. Research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that 19 to 73 percent of the...
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Gallup Poll Shows American Concern About Climate Change Is Rising
2013-04-09 04:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Much like one theory surrounding the changing global temperatures - Americans concern over climate change has gone in cycles - rising for several years and falling for a few years. According to a new Gallup poll, Americans concerns on climate change are on the rise, with 58 percent of respondents saying they worry a great deal or a fair amount about global warming. U.S. worry about global warming is heading back up after several years of expanded public skepticism, a Gallup statement...
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Climate Change in the Southeastern U.S. Could Mean Endless Severe Thunderstorms
2013-04-09 00:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic Cities: Scientists who probe the atmosphere is search of tomorrow's weather have already picked up signs of major heat waves looming for American cities, particularly eastern 'burgs like Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Now NASA is giving us a heads-up that residents of yet more cities might soon face increased risks of getting frizzled by lightning or charley-horsed by walnut-sized hailstones. The space agency has released new weather models based on a 2007 study by Purdue University's Robert Trapp,...
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