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Russia warms faster than rest of planet and sees disease, drought, and forest fires as a result
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: When Vladimir Putin declined to support the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty to limit carbon emissions, he famously quipped that higher temperatures might actually benefit Russia since its people would have to spend less on fur coats. Well, he`s getting his wish. Changes in wind and ocean currents caused by global warming shift heat around unevenly, causing some areas to heat up dramatically even as other regions cool. Russia, it turns out, is in the unusually hot category. Between 1976 and 2012, average...
Climate Change and Dust Increase Respiratory Disease
2014-08-24 04:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Liberty Voice: The connection between dust, allergies, and asthma is clear, but the link between the increasing problem of respiratory disease and climate change is not. The confusing lack of clarity around this issue is exacerbated by mixed messages from the very sources that should be helping to clarify it-- the U.S. government. The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a Climate and Health Program (CHP), which, according to the CDC Web site, was designed to help prevent and adapt...
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Covidien buys California vascular disease device maker
2014-08-23 17:34:08| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
As it prepares for a merger with Medtronic expected to be completed in coming weeks, Mansfield-based medical device company Covidien has itself acquired a small California-based company to makes products to treat vascular disease.
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World's last wild Siberian tigers threatened by iIllegal logging, global warming, disease
2014-08-22 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: This is the second part of series examining the impact of forest loss on Siberian tigers. Part I discussed overall forest loss in the region and its major drivers. The very fact that there are Siberian tigers in the world today is something of a miracle. In the 1940s, just 20 animals remained in the wild. Indiscriminate hunting and poaching had nearly wiped out the worlds largest cat. Creation of the 4,000-square kilometer (1,544-square mile) Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve and careful conservation...
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FAO Urges Continued Support for Animal Disease Monitoring
2014-08-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The FAO has told ministers of health and agriculture meeting in Indonesia that animal disease monitoring systems require sustained support and have a critical role to play in preventing human disease threats.
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