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Simultaneous disasters batter Pacific Islands

2013-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: High tides have surged over sea walls defending the capital of the Marshall Islands, adding to the crisis situation in this tiny Pacific nation, where a state of emergency was declared only last month because of a devastating drought in the scattered northern atolls. In the last week, what the islanders call "king tides' have repeatedly flooded parts of the capital, Majuro, and its airport, in one of the countries most vulnerable to sea level rise. Near to danger: houses on the Marshall Islands...

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Cake Batter Pancakes

2013-02-23 08:33:24| Betty Crocker Recipe of the Day

Blogger Jessica Walker from Little Miss Bossy shares a new kind of pancake recipe. Bisquick and SuperMoist cake mix make these pancakes sweet, fun and a delicious birthday treat!

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Torrential rain, lack of preparedness batter Tanzania

2013-02-11 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AlertNet: When the heavy rainfall came last month, floodwaters poured into Magdalena Lweno's house and washed away her hard-won belongings: her mattresses, couches, television set, clothing and her daughter's school books. Worst of all, it took the cooking utensils the mother of three uses to run her business as a food vendor, leaving her without an income. "I can't work right now because my working tools have been swept away,' the 39-year-old resident of low-lying Jangwani suburb complained, from the...

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Climate Change Set to Batter U.S. Agriculture, Forests

2013-02-07 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Climate change is likely to transform U.S. agriculture by mid-century, reducing yields of many staple crops and the productivity of livestock operations, according to a new government analysis. Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns will also harm the nation's forests, increasing their vulnerability to fires, insect infestations and disease. Those are some of the dramatic projections outlined in a pair of analyses released Tuesday by the Agriculture Department. The documents,...

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