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Climate change hurting Amazon rainforest warns Nasa - Responding to Climate Change
2013-01-21 10:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Large areas of the Amazon rainforest appear to be deteriorating as a result of drought due to climate change, new research from Nasa reveals. An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California has suffered from a megadrought that began in 2005, causing widespread changes to the forest canopy that were detectable by satellite. While rainfall levels picked up post 2005, the old-growth forest in southwestern Amazonia appears to have struggled to recover before another drought hit the...
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9 Facts That Prove Joe Stiglitz Is Right About Climate Change Hurting The Economy
2013-01-08 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Economist Joseph Stiglitz recently announced that he believes climate change is the most important issue facing the U.S. economy today. Certainly, climate change is serious global issue, but how exactly will it affect the U.S. economy? What follows are some statistics on climate change's impact on the U.S. economy, gathered primarily from non-governmental organizations that deal with climate-change issues. Climate change is projected to cost the average U.S. household $1,250 per year by 2020,...
N.C. furniture industry hurting for skilled workers
2013-01-04 03:50:15| Furniture - Topix.net
Since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, the number of furniture manufacturing jobs in the Hickory area has dropped from about 29,000 in 2002 to 14,000 today.
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