All News Articles for 2013-04-14
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Unprecedented Warming in Antarctica Causes Worst Melting in 1,000 Years Antarctic Peninsula ice loss 10 times more than it was 600 years ago Read more |
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World is Unprepared as Climate Change Starvation 'Disaster' Lies Ahead: Report Millions of people will die of starvation across the world as agricultural yields are expected to tank and the price of food is expected to double by 2050 scientists warned in a new report released this week. The culprit? Extreme temperatures, floods and droughts brought on by climate change, the scientists warned in this year's US National Climate Assessment . Lead researches of the study told the Observer that food insecurity risks turning parts of Africa into permanent disaster areas. Read more |
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Venezuelans Head to Polls to Choose Chavez Successor Venezuelans headed to the polls on Sunday morning to decide, once and for all, who will be the official successor of the widely beloved, and now deceased, Hugo Chavez. Read more |
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James Hansen on NASA Retirement and the Climate Action We Need The Sustainability Media Lab interviewed Dr. James Hansen on 4/10 about his recent retirement from NASA, how the energy industry is impeding urgent climate action, and the world he wants to leave for his grandchildren. (Thumbnail image: Josh Lopez / http://commons.wikimedia.org / Creative Commons License) Read more |