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Scientists say Climate Change, Dams Threaten Mekong Livelihoods
2013-03-29 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Scientists meeting in the Thai capital have warned extreme weather caused by climate change will reduce fish stocks and major crops in the Mekong River Basin if countries in Southeast Asia fail to adapt. However, they also warn dam building, much of it for hydropower, is the largest single threat to fisheries that sustain millions of people. An estimated 60 million fishermen and farmers depend on the Mekong River for its rich nutrients and abundant fish. A new study by a group of scientists...
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With Drought Season Off to a Bad Start, Scientists Forecast Another Bleak Year
2013-03-28 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Drought conditions in more than half of the United States have slipped into a pattern that climatologists say is uncomfortably similar to the most severe droughts in recent U.S. history, including the 1930s Dust Bowl and the widespread 1950s drought. The 2013 drought season is already off to a worse start than in 2012 or 2011a trend that scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say is a good indicator, based on historical records, that the entire year will be drier...
German scientists develop new DNA test to determine ingredients in foods
2013-03-28 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have developed a new DNA screening method for the accurate determination of the amount of animal, plant and microbial ingredients in foods.
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Scientists hail bio-batteries breakthrough
2013-03-25 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Harnessing bacteria to generate clean electricity from waste is quickly becoming science fact, not fiction, according to UK researchers. A team from the University of East Anglia (UEA) has shown how to "tether" bacteria directly to electrodes, bringing scientists a step closer to creating efficient microbial fuel cells or "bio-batteries". Findings published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) detail show that proteins on the surface of modified marine...
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Scientists link frozen spring to dramatic Arctic sea ice loss
2013-03-25 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate scientists have linked the massive snowstorms and bitter spring weather now being experienced across Britain and large parts of Europe and North America to the dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice. Both the extent and the volume of the sea ice that forms and melts each year in the Arctic Ocean fell to an historic low last autumn, and satellite records published on Monday by the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, show the ice extent is close to the minimum recorded...
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