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Climate change report: Seas rising, heat waves ahead

2013-01-11 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: Climate change is already affecting how Americans live and work, and evidence is mounting that the burning of fossil fuels has roughly doubled the probability of extreme heat waves, the Obama administration said Friday. "Sea level is rising, oceans are becoming more acidic, and glacier and Arctic Sea ice are melting," says a draft of the third federal Climate Assessment Report, compiled by more than 240 scientists for a federal advisory committee. "These changes are part of the pattern of global...

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UN finds rising mercury emissions, need for treaty

2013-01-10 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international cooperation to fix, the U.N.'s environment agency said Thursday. The report by the U.N. Environment Program showed for the first time that hundreds of tons of mercury have leaked from the soil into rivers and lakes around the world. As a result of rising emissions, communities in developing countries face increasing health and environmental risks...

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22/01/2013 - Rising FM Open Building: Alexandra Palace. 22/1/2013

2013-01-10 11:26:58| BIFM Events

Join the Rising FMs to kick off their first in a series of Open Building events for 2013 at Alexandra Palace. Keith Fraser will be showing us around this enormous and iconic site.

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Chinas Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture

2013-01-08 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world`s largest importer. The soybean was domesticated some 3,000 years ago by farmers in eastern China. But it wasn`t until well after World War II that the crop gained agricultural prominence, enabling it to join wheat, rice, and corn as one of the world`s four leading crops. This rise in the demand...

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