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Mental well-being will suffer under changing climate, experts say

2014-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: In the wake of increasing fires, storms and drought, the most profound wounds may occur in the human psyche, according to experts. Mental health troubles are an insidious threat from climate change. Though less grisly than injuries and infections, mental illnesses can still be very costly. The World Economic Forum issued a study in 2011 that found mental health issues will lead to $16.1 trillion in lost economic productivity over the next two decades. Some of those losses stem from a changing...

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Theresa OLeary: Changing Training

2014-06-18 23:40:00| Transmission & Distribution World

One of Theresa OLearys first tasks as a customer service curriculum manager for an electric utility was the revision of the entire curriculum suite for newly hired customer service representatives. read more

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Changing face of the frozen continent

2014-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sunday Argus: Antarctica is the highest, windiest, driest, wildest and coldest continent on Earth. Now, one of its massive ice sheets is melting. Although the full environmental consequences of this profound change will only manifest globally over the coming centuries -- from 200 years to 1 000 years (still extremely rapid in geological time) -- many people alive today are likely to experience the first, early impacts. The changing face of the Frozen Continent has been documented in a number of scientific...

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In Mali, farmers scramble to adapt to changing rains

2014-06-16 05:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Talking with his neighbours under a neem tree, Madou Kone relates how he is late planting his sorghum crop this year -- even though the usual time to plant is now. "This is the right time to start farming, but I haven't sown any crop yet, as I had to finish clearing my farm. I am a bit late,' said the 56-year-old Kone, a resident of the village of Heremakono, in the country's south. Malian farmers expect to begin sowing in late June or early July, at the beginning of the rainy season, which...

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