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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...
EU threatens Poland with environmental court action over fracking defiance
2014-08-01 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Poland has recently amended its fracking laws to allow shale gas excavation of up to 5,000 feet, without assessing the environmental implications, thus breaking EU law and triggering legal proceedings. Under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive, fracking sites in natural preservation areas are limited to 1,000 metres. Poland has argued, however, that this ruling greatly restricts shale gas exploration in the country, as shale gas reserves in Poland are located mostly at a depth...
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Zillow-Trulia juggernaut threatens to put 'huge percentage of real estate agents' out of business
2014-07-29 22:29:55| Real Estate - Topix.net
Zillow Inc.'s $3.5 billion purchase of Trulia Inc. will create by far the largest online real estate information company and presents a direct threat to the National Association of Realtors, which is closely affiliated with the website Realtor.com, the distant third-place site in terms of web traffic.
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Warming Threatens Roads, Ports and Planes, Report Says
2014-07-28 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The transportation sector is a major contributor to climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, and, worldwide, it's also one of the most vulnerable sectors to the effects of climate change, according to a new report. In other words, climate change could mean "sun kinks' could warp train tracks in the heat, airplanes will be more expensive to fly, highway surfaces could soften in heat waves, roadways and bridges could be washed away in rising seas and storm surges, and storms in the open ocean...
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Red Tide Threatens Gulf of Mexico Fish
2014-07-28 18:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A "Red Tide" of harmful algae has been identified just off Florida's west coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials say that it is likely behind the large number of fish and sea turtle deaths recently reported by fishermen and beachgoers. Red Tide, also known as "Rust Tide" or "Red Bloom," are most commonly characterized by a rusty red color of the blooming phytoplankton dinoflagellates Alexandrium or Karenia brevis - single celled algae. Harmful algae blooms, (HABs) have been associated with...
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