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South India Grapples with Massive Floods
Posted by Al Jazeera: None Given on December 4th, 2015
Al Jazeera: The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swaths of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leaving over 250 people dead and forcing thousands to leave their submerged homes as schools, offices and an airport remained shut for a second day Thursday.
Chennai, the state capital, received more than 13 inches of rain over 24 hours, significantly higher than the average for the entire month of December, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
At least 269 people have been killed in...
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Paris climate talks: what difference will temperature rises really make?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 4th, 2015
Guardian: Without action, climate scientists have warned that temperatures could rise by nearly 5C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. World leaders meeting in Paris hope to keep average global surface temperature rises below 2C – but their pledges to cut emissions could still see up to 3C according to analyses. While it is very hard to make firm predictions, here are some of the potential impacts. All are for possible temperature rises occurring by 2100.
1C – 2015 was the first year to reach this level...
Review of landscape conservation cooperatives
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 4th, 2015
ScienceDaily: Because fish, wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources extend beyond political boundaries, there is a national need to develop resource management strategies across jurisdictions and sectors, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs), initiated by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2009 and coordinated by the department's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), were created to address...
One in 10 globally suffer from foodborne diseases, WHO study finds
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 4th, 2015
ScienceDaily: One out of every 10 people worldwide suffer from foodborne diseases annually, and children and the poor suffer most, according to the findings of a World Health Organization task force headed by a University of Florida senior researcher.
The announcement, made Wednesday, comes after more than eight years of research and data analysis by a WHO task force composed to measure the effect of foodborne diseases on populations around the globe.
"The groups most adversely affected by the foodborne...