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Climate Change Can Hurt Globalized Economy too
2016-06-11 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MedIndia: The analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Columbia University revealed that the susceptibility of the global economic network to workers' heat-stress has doubled in the last decade. 'Climate damages do not only depend on the warming of our planet, but also on the resilience of our societies and economies.' Advertisement It showed for the first time how enhanced connectivity of the global network of supply can amplify production losses, as these losses can be spread...
Turns out, climate change hurts globalized economy too
2016-06-11 02:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times Of India: The globalization has made the economic production far more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather, including heat stress on workers, according to a new study. The analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Columbia University revealed that the susceptibility of the global economic network to workers' heat-stress has doubled in the last decade. It showed for the first time how enhanced connectivity of the global network of supply can amplify production losses, as...
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Wildlife Trafficking Needs to Be a Policy Priority in Asia Pacific Before It Is Too Late
2016-06-05 08:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: This year's World Environment Day on June 5 puts the spotlight on the illegal trade in wildlife. The problem has particular significance in Asia, which is the destination for most of the ivory taken from 20,000 to 25,000 elephants and the horns of more than 1,200 rhinos killed in Africa every year. Demand in the region is driven by fast growing middle and upper classes with an appetite for exotic pets, décor, food and fashion. While several iconic species including rhinos, tigers and elephants...
Dinosaur Extinction Event Took Out Polar Creatures, Too
2016-05-27 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Whether caused by asteroid or volcanism -- or both -- scientists now know few places on Earth offered safety from the extinction event that killed the dinosaurs. An extensive survey of ancient marine fossils from the Antarctic Peninsula proves the ecosystems to the south suffered considerably during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The survey included 6,000 marine fossils dated to between 69 million and 65 million years old. A wide range of species and sizes were included -- from sea...
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50 Years of Sex Changes, Mental Disorders, and Too Many Suicides
2016-05-25 18:58:41| Commercial Real Estate Loans & Investment Sales
Dateline Oct 4, 1966: The New York Daily News gossip column reported a girl was making the rounds in Manhattan clubs who admitted to being a man in 1965. She had undergone a sex-change operation in Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins gender clinic. By 1979, thirteen years later, enough gender surgeries had been performed to…
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