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Imperiled Amazon freshwater ecosystems urgently need basin-wide study, management
2016-02-02 04:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Amazons freshwater ecosystems are at risk because current policy and existing protected areas fail to protect the connectivity of the water cycle, scientists warn. The new study, published in Global Change Biology, examines the factors degrading the Amazon basins hydrological connectivity: the movement of water and with it the life-giving matter, nutrients and organisms it carries between the vast systems headwaters and the Atlantic Ocean, between the rivers and the forest, and the earth...
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Asia is imperiled by COP21s climate cop-out
2016-01-16 07:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: The nations of the world gathered at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) last month to come to an agreement on the urgent mission of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, all they produced was an attractive vision statement that is more sham than solution. It is imperative that the world invests significantly and quickly in climate mitigation strategies to reduce the human and economic cost of climate change, which is where COP21 fell short. The vague wording of the final declaration gives...
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Missouri assesses flood damage, U.S. South still imperiled
2016-01-03 04:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Saturday toured communities ravaged by flooding that killed at least 31 people in several states and forced large-scale evacuations, as the danger of rising waters shifted to Arkansas and beyond. Nixon visited Eureka and Cape Girardeau in eastern Missouri, where floodwaters caused widespread damage, and announced the federal government had approved his request to declare an emergency to help with the massive cleanup and recovery now under way. The governor described...
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National: Mapping 14 Imperiled Modern Buildings Being Rescued by the Getty Foundation
2015-07-02 06:26:02| Real Estate - Topix.net
It hasn't been an easy year for Twentieth Century architecture . The world bid adieu to Tokyo's Hotel Okura , mourned the loss of Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center , and said a tearful farewell to Josep Lluis Sert's Martin Luther King Jr. School.
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Lafarge-Holcim Merger Imperiled as Major Shareholders Reject Deal
2015-03-31 18:18:30| ENR.com: Headline News
A $44 billion merger between French-based Lafarge and Swiss-based Holcim to create the world's largest cement manufacturer received a shock on March 29 as Holcim's second-largest shareholder objected to the terms of the deal.
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