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Rising sea levels could affect one-fifth of Ho Chi Minh City by 2100
2014-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
VietNamNet: Twenty percent of the HCM Citys area could be covered with water by the end of the 21st century, when sea levels are expected to rise by one meter. And by 2050, nearly 10 percent of the city could be underwater. Dr. Le Huy Ba, Head of the Institute for Science, Technology and the Environment Management, noted that climate change was abnormal this year because the city faced three big problems, high tides, prolonged heat and more rainfall. The maximum and minimum temperatures have fluctuated...
Ending deforestation cut global emissions one-fifth
2014-06-10 12:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new study conducted by the University of Edinburgh has concluded that global carbon emissions would be significantly reduced if deforestation in the tropics were minimised. The study published in the journal Global Change Biology -- is the first of its kind. The scientists behind it calculated the total amount of carbon absorbed by the rainforests and the total amount of greenhouse emissions created by the lack of them. The team analysed data from previous studies alongside satellite imagery...
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One-fifth of Chinas farmland polluted
2014-04-18 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: As much as 16% of Chinas soil is contaminated by dangerous pollutants, according to newly released information from the national environment ministry. The report, based on a seven-year survey covering 2.4 million square miles, found that about 16% of the country`s soil and 19% of its arable land was polluted. Some 82.8% of the contaminated samples contained toxic inorganic pollutants, such as nickel, mercury, arsenic, and lead. The report said it was certain that agricultural production...
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British water vole population slumps by more than one-fifth, survey finds
2013-09-05 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The crystal-clear water races over the stones, a heron cries and the smell of wild mint rises on the warm air. But there is one thing missing from this bucolic scene: the telltale swish of the reeds or sudden liquid plop that betrays a water vole. The creature immortalised as Ratty in The Wind in the Willows is vanishing from the British countryside, with the population slumping by more than onefifth, according to a new five-year survey. On the banks of the River Chess in the Chilterns,...
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CHINA: Crackdown to cut baijiu profits by one-fifth - survey
2013-07-22 19:07:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Baijiu makers should brace for a 20% drop in profits, at least, as the Chinese Government's corruption crackdown curbs corporate entertainment budgets, according to a new report.
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