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Helping communities in arid and semi-arid lands to respond to climate change
2016-03-05 00:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPP Media: In some parts of Singida, Dodoma, Shinyanga and Manyara regions, all of which form part of the semi-arid region of Tanzania, the rainy season in 2014/15 did not start in November as expected. This had been the case in at least six previous seasons. The situation which experts have linked to climate change has had devastating impacts of on the lives and livelihoods of many Tanzanians but dryland communities have been and are set to be among the worst affected. The people living in the drylands...
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How Ben McKenzie Has Been Giving 'Extra TLC' to Pregnant Gotham...
2016-03-04 16:47:32| Beverages - Topix.net
They probably weren't yelling that while filming this season of Gotham , but they sure could have been. Star Morena Baccarin , who's expecting her first child with her costar, boyfriend Ben McKenzie , next week, was hard at work with her bump on display while filming.
Merck and the Mectizan Donation Program Donate $1 Million to the END Fund for Efforts to Help Eliminate River Blindness in Africa
2016-03-04 16:00:00| Merck.com - Corporate News
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Since 1987 Merck Has Donated More than Two Billion Treatments of Mectizan to Help Eliminate River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the company, together with the Mectizan Donation Program, is donating $1 million to the END Fund in support of efforts in Africa to eliminate river blindness, which is also known as onchocerciasis. Language: English Contact: For Media:Jennifer Allen Woodruff, 267-305-3550orLainie Keller, 908-236-5036orFor Investors:Teri Loxam, 908-740-1986orJustin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
New Energy Works Timberframers And Pioneer Millworks Help Local Rotary To Provide Clean Water To Nicaragua
2016-03-04 05:32:35| pollutiononline Home Page
New Energy Works Timberframers and Pioneer Millworks supported efforts of the Enlace Project, a non-profit organization that promotes the economic development of small communities in Nicaragua, and theVictor-Farmington Rotaryof Western New York who lead the initiative of providing a pump, chlorination and distribution system for the town of Salales
Climate Change Could Cause Half a Million Deaths in 2050, Due to Reduced Food Availability
2016-03-03 21:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: By 2050, global climate change will have made its mark on nutritional health. New research published March 2 in The Lancet finds that by making food less available, climate change could account for more than 500,000 deaths that year. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says climate change already has reduced crop yields. For example, in Brazil corn yields are down 8 percent, and in Russia wheat yield has dropped 14 percent. When crop yield goes down, food prices go up, as do a whole...
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