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Measuring How Climate Change Affects Africas Food Security
2014-10-15 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: For the past 40 years Josephine Kakiyi, 55, has been cultivating maize, beans and vegetables on her small plot of land in the remote area of Kwa Vonza, in Kitui County, eastern Kenya. Even though this has always been a hot and semi-arid region, over the last 15 years Kakiyi has noticed that the rainfall has reduced and become increasingly unpredictable. She doesn't exactly know why this is happening. The only thing she knows for sure is that "now it's harder to say when it will rain." But...
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Oil Extraction Method Affects Feeding Value of Corn for Pigs
2014-09-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Ethanol plants are getting more efficient at extracting fuel from corn (maize), and that can affect the quality of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a by-product of ethanol production often used as an economical feed alternative for hogs and poultry.
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Climate change affects restaurant menus today
2014-09-14 09:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: When I read about climate change, I learn about rising sea levels and shrinking polar ice caps -- problems for 100 years in the future. But when I talk to my friends and customers about climate change, the focus is on what is happening today. It seems little things are already adding up. As a chef, I have always believed that the completed dish will only be as good as the ingredients used. The bounty of the 12-month growing season is the main reason we decided to open our restaurant here in Sacramento....
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How conversion of forests to cropland affects climate
2014-09-09 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The conversion of forests into cropland worldwide has triggered an atmospheric change that, while seldom considered in climate models, has had a net cooling effect on global temperatures, according to a new Yale study. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, Professor Nadine Unger of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) reports that large-scale forest losses during the last 150 years have reduced global emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), which...
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Ruling affects Illinois cancer cluster case
2014-08-29 01:15:45| Chemicals - Topix.net
A Pennsylvania court ruling means a lawsuit can go forward accusing a chemical company of dumping toxins in Illinois, causing a deadly cancer cluster.
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