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Late, Dry Spring Threatens Expansion
2014-04-12 15:55:00| Beef
Five states among the top 10 beef cattle states have the largest areas (percent of state area) of marginal drought conditions. Current weather outlooks expect drought to persist into the summer from southwest Kansas to areas south and west. An El Nio is forecast to develop this summer or fall, which will likely bring some relief to much of this region but perhaps not soon enough to avoid additional liquidation in the first half of 2014, says Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specilist at Oklahoma State University. read more
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IPCC report: Climate change threatens Chile
2014-04-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Santiago Times: Environmental experts, international report says small-scale farmers biggest losers in increasingly arid future which places biodiversity at risk. Both Chiles smallholder farmers and endemic species face major challenges over coming decades due to changing global weather patterns, which are likely to place increasing pressure on the countrys already stressed fresh water resources. These are the key takeaways from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report...
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Senator Threatens Block Nominee Top Climate Post Because She Accepts Climate Science
2014-04-09 11:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateProgress: President Obama`s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency`s clean air office will be getting at least one "no" vote from a lawmaker who on Monday said he can`t support someone who accepts that climate change can aggravate extreme weather events. During Janet McCabe`s confirmation hearing, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) cited research from two Singaporean scientists and a widely-disputed political scientist to claim that there is no connection between intensifying weather and climate...
Quest for oil threatens Africas oldest wildlife reserve
2014-03-31 13:41:08| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: The quest for oil may be the latest threat to Africa's most venerable wildlife reserve, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and already hard hit by deforestation, poaching and armed conflict. Early in March, European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs warned that "with oil production there would be a major risk of pollution at this site, located near the sources of the Nile.' The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other environmental bodies, including local ones, have also voiced...
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Climate change threatens India economy - IPCC
2014-03-31 10:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's high vulnerability and exposure to climate change will slow its economic growth, impact health and development, make poverty reduction more difficult and erode food security, a new report by scientists said on Monday. The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stresses the risks of global warming and tries to make a stronger case for governments to adopt policy on adaptation and cut greenhouse gas emissions. "This is the most extensive piece of...
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