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Climate Change Threatens East Africa's Food Security
2014-01-11 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The report, East African Agriculture and Climate Change, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), looks at threats to food supplies in 11 countries in East and Central Africa -- Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Agriculture dominates the economies of countries in East Africa: if plans aren't made to adapt to climate change the region's rapidly expanding population...
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Lack of research linking climate change and floods is a 'scandal'
2014-01-10 19:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Questions about the link between flooding in the UK and climate change could be answered within two years, according to a leading scientist. Prof Myles Allen from Oxford University said the only thing holding back the work was the lack of investment. Around 10m a year would provide a real time attribution system on the role of humans in extreme weather. He said it was a "scandal" that the public should be denied clarity on this issue. Scientists are notoriously cautious about linking...
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Climate change rattles mental health of Inuit in Labrador
2014-01-10 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Researchers studying the mental health and well-being of Inuit populations in coastal Labrador say rising temperatures are having damaging psychological effects on people in traditional communities. 'Many people said they also felt very depressed about not being able to get out there on the land'- Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, researcher for Inuit Mental Health Adaptation to Climate Change project In an interview airing on CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks on Saturday, Dr....
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Trees destroyed as New Zealand climate change policy fails: Academic
2014-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Unwanted tree seedlings are being killed with herbicide as New Zealand's attempts to mitigate the problem of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change falter, a leading academic said Friday. University of Canterbury forestry expert Professor Euan Mason said a large number of seedlings were grown by the university's School of Forestry in response to the country's emissions trading scheme (ETS), but many were destroyed after being left unsold during the 2013 planting season. "These 2-year-old...
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White House tackles climate change and polar vortex in Google+ Hangout
2014-01-10 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The White House jumps into the polar vortex on Friday, with a Google+ Hangout to debunk claims that the Arctic blast "proved' climate change does not exist. The "We the Geeks' discussion with government and independent scientists is the second push back this week from the White House at contrarian claims that cold weather disproved climate change. The Google+ Hangout gets underway at 2pm EST. On Wednesday, Obama's science advisor, John Holdren, took on the climate change deniers in a two-minute...
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