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How farmers are trying a new kind of flooding to save Calif agriculture

2016-02-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Christian Science Monitor: El Nios winter rains couldnt have come soon enough for George Goshgarian and his familys orchards. It's not that his crops are failing. Far from it. Instead, he's looking to the future. The storms are providing an opportunity for Mr. Goshgarian and a handful of other growers in California's San Joaquin Valley to test a new approach to stanching the loss of their most precious resource: groundwater. Groundwater is the reservoir of last resort in a drought, after rivers and surface reservoirs...

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Will you cut crop insurance to save costs?

2016-02-19 23:16:12| Corn & Soybean Digest

Low corn prices. Low soybean prices. Cut costs. Save money. We've been reading these headlines a lot over the past months. And they don't seem to be going away. But what's coming up is the deadline for choosing crop insurance. Given low prices and cost cutting, will you cut crop insurance in order to save some money this year? Take our latest poll and let us know. Feel free to comment your thoughts below! No, I'll increase crop insurance to protect my revenue. No, I'll keep the same level. Yes, I'll cut back to save costs. Yes, I'll cut back, but because it's not necessary. I won't utilize crop insurance. Go to result page on submit: 0

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Climate change: Kiribati turns artificial islands to save nation from Atlantis fate

2016-02-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Business Times: Kiribati is hoping to build artificial islands in a bid of saving the low-lying nation from rising sea levels that look set to turn it into a modern-day Atlantis. President Anote Tong said they are seeking help from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) engineers to work out how they could feasibly create artificial islands to protect the country from future climate change. Kiribati has been on the forefront of climate-change discussions for a number of years. Comprised of 33 atolls and reef islands,...

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World Leaders Agree to Save the Planet Now Its Time to Actually Do It!

2016-02-19 16:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: The day, 12 December 2015 was historic. Following decades of negotiations, countries agreed to sign the first global, legally binding climate agreement. Every government seems to recognize now that the fossil fuel era must end and soon, said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org. Two months after the deal was reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties 21 (COP21), it is time to see to which extent these words have translated into concrete action. World leaders agreed to...

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