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Researchers Say Only Way to Guarantee Enough Food in 2050 Is if the World Turns Vegan
2016-04-24 16:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: It is possible to produce enough food to feed a growing population without another tree being felled, according to new research. But theres a catch. The only way to guarantee enough food in 2050 is if the world turns vegan, says the study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. That way, even the most pessimistic projections for technological improvements and availability of farmland wouldnt see people going hungry. With a global transition to veganism unlikely, the study explores the...
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On the frontline of Brazils war with Zika, a mothers first question: How big is the head?
2016-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: It's 7:30 a.m. and the hallway outside the neurosurgeon's office at the Pedro I Municipal Hospital is filling with mothers and their babies. The women arrive with questions: Will their children ever learn to walk? Will they ever speak? The doctor, Alba Batista, wishes she had answers. She used to see two, maybe three cases of microcephaly a year. But since December, more than 40 newborns with the condition -- an abnormally small skull, often with an underdeveloped brain -- have shown up...
Fabulous Win for Anti-Fracking Movement as Another Major Pipeline Bites the Dust
2016-04-24 11:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
eNews: For the second time in less than a week, climate activists and fracking opponents in the northeast find themselves celebrating. The latest applause comes after a state regulatory agency on Friday--which happened to be Earth Day--announced it was denying a permit for a major fracked-gas pipeline in the state. Just days earlier, another similar project was halted in New England. Calling it "amazing news" and a "huge victory" for New York residents and the planet as a whole, the decision by the...
Neil deGrasse Tyson says its very likely the universe is a simulation
2016-04-22 22:23:13| Extremetech
Neil DeGrasse Tyson hosted a debate at which he and several other scientists expressed support for the idea that we live in a computer simulation.
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Can bulls keep the weather premium in the corn market?
2016-04-22 20:25:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Corn bulls say upcoming rounds of wet weather in the U.S. might delay planting in some key production areas and should be considered for a bullish price. Bears say the weather is nearly perfect for recently planted seed and the overall planting pace shouldn't be negatively impacted. Grain Market Viewpoint read more
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