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When are your piglets dying?
2016-08-08 18:19:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, Neb. To get more pigs weaned per mated female per year you need to improve total born, and make changes to save more of them by extending farrowing hours, adding people to farrowing and improving Day 1 pig care. read more
Why farmworkers are dying from extreme heat
2016-08-01 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Heat killed three women who were picking grapes in California last week. This sort of tragedy will become more common as temperatures rise, and it`s no surprise that some of the first casualties are the people forced by their circumstances into the heat. Temperatures reached 108 degrees up and down California`s San Joaquin Valley, far above the average high temperatures in recent years. California requires employers to provide shade and water to farmworkers, but workers lose money if they spend...
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Is the car culture dying?
2016-07-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Few technological breakthroughs have had the social and economic impact of the automobile. It changed Americas geography, spawning suburbs, shopping malls and sprawl as far as the eye could see. It redefined how we work and play, from the daily commute to the weekend trek to the beach. It expanded the heavy industry -- steel-making, car production -- that made the Midwest the economys epicenter for decades. And, finally but not least, the car became the quintessential symbol of American mobility,...
Dying Coral Reefs Likely To Be Walloped For Third Year In A Row
2016-06-20 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Coral reefs, already reeling from a two-year global bleaching event that has left large swaths of ocean biomes dying or dead, will likely continue to suffer during a third year of warmer oceans, researchers warned Monday. Key reefs, particularly those around the U.S., will likely face widespread destruction as the third global bleaching event in recorded history continues, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Warm oceans have wrought havoc on the planet's coral since mid-2014,...
Inside The Dying Days Of Tibets Caterpillar Fungus Gold Rush
2016-06-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Tibetan nomads who once eked out a living as farmers or yak-herders have found a lucrative new business in recent years -- caterpillar fungus. Also known as cordyceps, the fungus grows on caterpillars, killing and mummifying them underground before growing a stalk that can be picked like a mushroom in spring. The fungus is relatively rare, but flourishes in the high altitudes and low temperatures of the Tibetan Plateau. The fungus has been popular for centuries as a traditional cure for ailments...
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