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Warming Threatens Cut Crop Yields
2014-08-02 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: Projecting the impact of climate change on global food production is no easy task. A warming climate might result in better crop yields in one region, but cause drought and crop failure in another. A new US study, published in the journal Environmental Letters, assesses the odds of a major slowdown in global food production over the next 20 years. Overall, the studys authors say, the likelihood of a sharp drop in yields of crops vital to food supply, such as wheat and maize, is not very high-but...
Reducing cows belches and global warming gases
2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Researchers from Holland and around the world are developing a feed additive that reduces methane emissions from cows. Jake Lucas reports that the additive prevents microbes in bovine gut from making so much of the potent global warming gas. Transcript LUCAS: If cows were more polite, we'd have one less pollution problem to worry about. Whenever cows let loose a little gas--particularly when they burp--they emit methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. In fact, the EPA estimates that burping cattle...
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Global warming and need to insure against surprises
2014-08-02 11:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Postponing action on climate change will make the problem more expensive to manage later if it can still be managed at all. Thats the message of a new White House report on fighting global warming, released Tuesday. Dealing with climate change is a matter of managing risk. As the report says, its a question of insurance, which every voter understands. You insure your house against fire not because you are certain it will burn down but to guard against the risk that it might. Yes, climate change...
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Global Warming Action Delays Mean Huge Economic Costs
2014-08-01 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
US News & World Report: The U.S. faces significant and diverse economic risks from climate change. No, thats not a scary pronouncement from the Obama administration to justify its climate policies. Thats the first sentence of the report Risky Business-- from a staid committee co-chaired by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former George W. Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and retired hedge fund founder Tom Steyer -- urging the business community to rise to the challenge and lead the way...
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Want stop worst effects global warming? Give up beef rather than car
2014-07-30 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Kos: Droughts, floods, ocean acidification, rising seas, loss of species etcetera; we are hearing about the severe effects of global warming on a daily basis. What we are not hearing as much about is what we can do about it. There are solutions which don't require risky geo-engineering. Our lives are going to change. Our food, travel and our homes are in for a major energy transition. The faster this is done the less damage is done to our planet and the more chance we have of moving our species forward...
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