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Climate change may reduce corn, wheat crop yields
2014-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Rising temperatures caused by climate change increase the odds that corn and wheat yields will slow even as global demand for the crops for food and fuel increases in the next 10 to 20 years, according to a study published in Environmental Research Letters. There is as much as a 10 percent chance the rate of corn yields will slow and a 5 percent probability for wheat because of human-caused climate change, said David Lobell, the associate director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment...
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Rubin: Climate change inaction will kill economy
2014-07-25 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin says climate change is a "present danger" to the U.S. economy. In a Washington Post op-ed, Rubin writes that the U.S. should incorporate climate change-related finances into yearly budget expenditures for the federal government. "While we cant define future climate-change risks with precision, they should be included in economic policy, fiscal and business decisions because of their potential magnitude," Rubin writes. Rubin's op-ed comes as the Senate...
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Climate change ravaging Antarctic fur seals
2014-07-24 00:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A food shortage likely caused by climate change is shrinking a South Antarctic fur seal colony and changing the profile of its surviving members, researchers said Wednesday. South Georgia island's Antarctic fur seal pups have a lower average birth weight, and there are fewer breeding adults -- who hold out longer to reproduce than in the past, according to study results published in the journal Nature. Only the biggest animals survive to adulthood and reproduce. These are classic symptoms...
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Scientists converge to tackle climate change health problems
2014-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A diverse group of researchers in fields from urban planning to infectious disease will come together in Brisbane today to talk about the risks to health from climate change. The group has been brought out by the Australian Academy of Science, with the help of an endowment from the UK Royal Society, to come up with solutions before health problems associated with climate change get out of hand.
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Tanzania: Climate change could mean low crop yield, more malaria cases
2014-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily News: EXPERTS say Tanzania is currently suffering high economic costs due to extreme events due to climate change. The costs include low crop yields due to drought and floods, as well as increased cases of malaria and other diseases. Tanzania's economy is dependent on the climate, since a large proportion of the gross domestic product (GDP) is associated with climate sensitive activities, particularly agriculture. Therefore climate variability, such as extreme events like droughts and floods, has led...
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