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Public's political views are strongly linked to attitudes on environmental issues
2015-07-06 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: This report examines the general public's views on a range of science-related topics and explores the degree to which political views, educational attainment, religion and demographic factors are connected to those views. It also focuses on the extent to which people's knowledge about science connects to their views on these topics. Public attitudes about climate change and energy policy are strongly intertwined with political party affiliation and ideology. But politics play a more modest, or...
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WMO: Premature to Tell If Intense Heat Linked to Climate Change
2015-07-03 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: The World Meteorological Organization said it is too soon to know whether intense heat waves sweeping Europe, parts of the United States and southern China are linked to climate change. The WMO said more investigation is needed to determine the cause of the phenomenon. Millions of people throughout Europe are wilting under temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius, in some cases. The World Meteorological Organization warned no immediate respite from the extreme heat is in sight as many parts...
Epidemic of obesity, overweight linked to increased food energy supply
2015-07-03 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Obesity -- a global health problem -- is increasing in many countries in step with increases in the food energy supply, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization today. The study, by authors based in New Zealand and the United States of America (USA), analysed increases in the food energy supply and obesity in 69 countries (24 high-, 27 middle- and 18 low-income) and found that both body weight and food energy supply had increased in 56 (81%) of them between...
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Road traffic noise linked to deaths and increased strokes
2015-06-26 12:55:37| Green Car Congress
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Report: Oklahoma Quakes Linked To Oil And Gas Wastewater
2015-06-22 13:09:35| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Newly published research adds to a growing body of scientific evidence linking Oklahoma's exponential earthquake surge to wells used by the oil and gas industry. A paper by two Stanford geophysicists is clear: The 'vast majority' of the state's quakes occur in areas where oil companies are pumping massive amounts of waste fluid deep underground.
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