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EPA to Require Air Pollution Measurements in Black Communities
2014-08-19 12:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Black Press: For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency may require oil refineries to regularly measure the air quality at their perimeters. These fence line measurements will give surrounding communities largely low-income communities of color data on the level of pollution they are exposed to each day. The EPAs proposed rule changes are the result of a lawsuit brought against them by environmental advocacy nonprofit, Earthjustice and a few grassroots groups around the country, including...
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MIT study links climate change, air pollution and decreasing food supplies
2014-08-02 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: MIT research published in the journal Nature Climate Change warns that rising temperatures and air pollution will combine to have negative effect on crop yield, placing pressure on the food system. Several separate pieces of research of linked falling crop yields with climate change. Research from Stanford University suggests that climate change makes it 20 times more likely for corn and wheat crop production to decrease, whilst a study from the University of Leeds found climate change could have...
Air pollution and climate change could mean 50 per cent more people going hungry by 2050
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Carbon Brief: The combination of rising temperatures and air pollution could substantially damage crop growth in the next 40 years, according to a new paper. And if emissions stay as high as they are now, the number of people who don't get enough food could grow by half by the middle of the century. Burning question Feeding the world's rapidly growing population is a serious concern. Research shows rising temperatures are likely to lead to lower crop yields. Other work suggests air pollution might reduce...
Climate change, air pollution may increase risk of malnutrition
2014-07-29 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: The world will need 50 percent more food by 2050 due to both an increasing population and a shift toward a more Westernized diet in developing countries. But as our need for food rises, our ability to produce that food may be lowered by climate and air quality changes, according a to a study just published in Nature Climate Change. Researchers from MIT and Colorado State University found that if everything else stays as it is today, by 2050 global warming may reduce world crop yields by about 10...
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Trees Reduce Air Pollution, Respiratory Problems
2014-07-28 18:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Trees are nature's answer to diminishing air pollution, as well as reducing respiratory problems for the human population, according to US Forest Service scientists and collaborators behind a new study. Their broad-scale estimates concluded that trees are saving more than 850 human lives a year and preventing 670,000 incidents of acute respiratory symptoms - and that's just by improving air quality less than one percent. Not to mention that trees can help save $7 billion a year in health costs...
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