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Climate Change Could Kill Half a Million Annually by 2050
2016-03-03 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The impacts of climate change on the global food supply could lead to more than 500,000 deaths a year by 2050, according to a new study in the Lancet. Droughts, floods and other climate-related impacts will hurt crop yields and reduce the amounts of fruits and vegetables available. On average, the consumption of fruits and vegetables will drop 4 percent by 2050, leading to an increase in malnutrition and disease, particularly in less developed countries. Without climate change, the study found...
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Climate Change Could Kill Half a Million by 2050
2016-03-03 02:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The impact of climate change on food supplies and diets may cause half a million more deaths in the next few decades, a University of Oxford study showed. At least 500,000 extra people will probably die by 2050 from health effects related to warming temperatures and dietary changes, according to a study from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food published in U.K. medical journal The Lancet. Lower fruit and vegetable consumption and changes in body weight may raise the risk of non-infectious...
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Women have 'half' the pensions of men
2016-03-01 01:06:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Women have barely half the occupational pension savings of men, according to a report from the TUC.
China Mobile targets half billion LTE users by year-end
2016-02-24 10:17:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) China Mobile has announced its business targets of reaching 1.40 million TD-LTE base stations, selling 330 million 4G devices and expanding the 4G subscriber base to over 500 million by end-2016. According to China Mobile chairman Shang Bing, the company has deployed 1.10 million TD-LTE base stations by end-2015, covering over 1.2 billion population and has achieved 4G roaming with 114 countries and regions. China Mobile sold 300 million TD-LTE devices in 2015, following the addition of more than 400 TD-LTE users per minute.
Half the price in half the time: solar storage innovation harnesses new energy frontier
2016-02-23 02:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: If Teslas Powerwall is the Lamborghini of the solar storage industry, a small Brisbane company backed by University of Queensland researchers says it has hit on the formula to deliver the Toyota. Redback Technologies, which last week inked a commercialisation deal with UQ, claims to have harnessed the power of algorithmic software and efficient design to produce the most cost-effective solar storage system on the Australian market. Despite relying on a smaller battery than the Powerwall...
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