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Climate change could damage quality and raise cost of produce, study finds
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 14th, 2015
Guardian: Future generations may have to make do with more expensive and poorer quality produce, including meat and dairy, because of the impact of climate change, according to new research.
A study of the impact of climate change on 55 foods grown in Australia, found the quality of beef and chicken may plummet, and carrots could change taste for the worse.
The report by researchers at the University of Melbourne said Australia’s dry deserts will become hotter, heavy rain will increase in areas like...
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Comments Off on Climate change could damage quality and raise cost of produce, study findsThe Arctic’s Ponds Are Disappearing Even As the Region Melts
Posted by Nature World News: None Given on March 14th, 2015
Nature World News: New research has revealed that the Arctic is losing its ponds, with the important habitats shrinking more every day. This may seem like a strange revelation for some, as past research has revealed that the Arctic continues to melt in the wake of climate change. Wouldn't more melt water mean more ponds? Now, a pair of researchers explain what's really going on.
"Plants are taking over shallow ponds because they're becoming warm and nutrient-rich," Christian Anderson, a postdoctoral fellow at the...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 14th, 2015
Guardian: 1000s of Colombians are expected to join a protest beginning today that will effectively stretch across eight months and aims to protect the River Magdalena, the country’s most important river and one of the largest river basins in South America.
One of the organisers of the protest, given the name “River of Life: Mobilisation for the Defence of the Magdalena, Territories and Life”, is Miller Dussán Calderón, from the University of South Colombia who I met last year in Peru at the launch of a...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 14th, 2015
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia's agricultural sector faces profound challenges from climate change over coming decades forcing the migration of some crops and the use of new varieties of others, a new report by the University of Melbourne researchers. A warming, largely drying climate for a range of foods from almonds to zuchinis has been identified by the The Appetite for Change study, finding few likely winners. "Food production in Australia will need to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change," said Richard...
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Posted by Mercury News: Julia Prodis Sulek on March 14th, 2015
Mercury News: There's something disconcerting about life at Lake Tahoe these days.
It's still winter, but visitors are renting bikes instead of snowshoes and kayaks instead of skis. Come summer -- without last-ditch torrential rains -- the lake level is expected to be at such a historic low that some marinas will have to dredge for boats to launch. Jumping off the end of a pier could result in a rock-hard landing.
California's epic drought, entering its perilous fourth year, has combined with a pattern of...
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Posted by New Kerala: None Given on March 14th, 2015
New Kerala: Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari has said that environmental degradation and climate change are amongst the foremost challenges confronting human civilization in our times.
The protection and preservation of environment and its sustainable management are essential for the survival of humanity and our planet.
Delivering inaugural address at the International Conference on 'Global Environment Issues' organised by the National Green Tribunal in association with the Ministry of Environment,...
Kissing Ring Of King Corn or Why Ethanol Ain’t Going Away Anytime Soon
Posted by Forbes: None Given on March 14th, 2015
Forbes: As regular readers know, I am not opposed to green, renewable energy. Yes, I like oil and natural gas but I also find the technological innovation in solar, wind and other energy forms exciting. If you are a regular reader, you will also know I am not a fan RFS. There are efforts to reform or outright appeal this very flawed law which Congress passed in 2005. There are numerous reasons to oppose this law from economic to environmental. Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virgina introduced a bill in February...
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Posted by News.com.au: None Given on March 14th, 2015
News.com.au: AID workers say eight people are confirmed dead in Vanuatu after a massive cyclone tore through the tiny South Pacific archipelago and the death toll is expected to rise much higher.
Chloe Morrison, a World Vision emergency communications officer in Port Vila, said Sunday that officials from Vanuatu`s National Disaster Management Office confirmed to her agency that eight people in and around the capital had died during the cyclone.
She says officials haven`t been able to assess the damage in...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 14th, 2015
Reuters: The U.S. government is appealing a federal court ruling that reduced the potential penalty BP Plc must pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill by almost $4 billion. The appeal, which was filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, challenges a January decision by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier that set the size of the spill at 3.19 million barrels. The appeal did not detail what aspects of Barbier's ruling it was challenging. The government had estimated the size of the spill...
Wyoming: States give Senate an earful on EPA greenhouse gas plan
Posted by High Country News: Elizabeth Shogren on March 14th, 2015
High Country News: In an ornate room on Capitol Hill this week, U.S. senators heard two wildly different views from Western states on the viability of a proposed rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation.
During the hearing, Todd Parfitt, director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan is “problematic and unrealistic to achieve.”
By contrast, Mary Nichols who chairs California’s...
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