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Farmers’ changes bypass climate debate
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 26th, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Many Australian farmers are accepting the variable nature of the weather and adapting their practices to deal with climate change, rather than getting caught up in the political debate on whether that change is natural or man-made. Farmers say the lack of water and unpredictable weather patterns over the last decade have already forced them to make major changes to their operations, a case of adapt or perish. Victorian dairy farmer Brendan Martin told ABC's Landline his ...
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Only crisis will convince climate deniers, audience told
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 26th, 2010
Lethbridge Herald: Crop failures and famine may ultimately convince people who still deny the world's climate is changing. But even then, a Lethbridge audience was warned Thursday, some leaders may refuse to act. But the longer politicians and the energy industry try to postpone real change, the higher the price to be paid by Canada's next generations. Students and experts at the University of Lethbridge debated "tipping points' during a mid-day forum, as part of the "Peak Week' examination of ...
Ireland: Rising temperatures bring threat of malaria deaths
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 26th, 2010
Independent: IRELAND can expect a rise in water- and food-borne deaths, particularly among the elderly, because of climate change. Nobel laureate John Sweeney, who is also a professor of geography at NUI Maynooth, told a conference yesterday that, as temperatures climbed, the number of people dying in the winter would fall -- but the numbers were likely to increase during summer, particularly in cities. Speaking at the Impact of Climate Change on Health conference in Dublin yesterday, Prof ...
Coffee hit by global warming say growers
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 26th, 2010
Agence France-Presse: Coffee producers say they are getting hammered by global warming, with higher temperatures forcing growers to move to prized higher ground, putting the cash crop at risk. "There is already evidence of important changes" said Nestor Osorio, head of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), which represents 77 countries that export or import the beans. "In the last 25 years the temperature has risen half a degree in coffee producing countries, five times more than in the 25 ...