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International Panel says Urgent Action Needed Mitigate Climate Change
Posted by Voice of America: Lisa Schlein on September 19th, 2014
Voice of America: A leading climate scientist warns failure to act on reducing threats from climate change will have disastrous global consequences. He said the science on climate change is solid and inaction is no solution.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to release the final installment of its 5th Assessment Report in a few weeks. The previous report lays out the risks of climate change and stresses the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere through adaptation...
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Comments Off on International Panel says Urgent Action Needed Mitigate Climate ChangeHeavy rain floods Philippine capital; markets, schools shut
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2014
Reuters: A tropical storm dumped heavy rain on the Philippine capital on Friday, flooding many parts of the city, shutting schools, government offices and financial markets.
Thousands of residents in low-lying areas were moved to higher ground, officials said, as flood waters rose quickly after the equivalent of half a month's usual rain fell in six hours.
The Philippine Stock Exchange suspended trade after the government canceled work and classes in the capital.
Trading at the electronic foreign...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Heavy rain floods Philippine capital; markets, schools shutClimate Change Means More Farmland but Fewer Harvests
Posted by Nature World: None Given on September 19th, 2014
Nature World: Researchers have recently crafted a new model of how climate change will impact agricultural production around the world, and they have found that it isn't as simple as "good" or "bad" consequences.
According to Wolfram Mauser at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, about two-thirds of all land that could even be potentially suitable for agricultural use in its current state is already in use, with the last third either part of protected ecosystems or likely going to be put into use in the approaching...