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Climate Change Could Kill Half a Million by 2050
Posted by Bloomberg: Whitney McFerron on March 3rd, 2016
Bloomberg: The impact of climate change on food supplies and diets may cause half a million more deaths in the next few decades, a University of Oxford study showed.
At least 500,000 extra people will probably die by 2050 from health effects related to warming temperatures and dietary changes, according to a study from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food published in U.K. medical journal The Lancet.
Lower fruit and vegetable consumption and changes in body weight may raise the risk of non-infectious...
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Invasive species aren’t always a threat, some research says
Posted by New York Times: Erica Goode on March 3rd, 2016
New York Times: Invasive species are bad news, or so goes the conventional wisdom, encouraged by persistent warnings from biologists about the dangers of foreign animals and plants moving into new territories. Conservation organizations bill alien species as the foremost threat to native wildlife. Cities rip out exotic trees and shrubs in favor of indigenous varieties. And governments spend millions on efforts to head off or eradicate biological invaders. “I think the dominant paradigm in the field is still a...
Anchorage is so warm this year it has to import snow for the Iditarod
Posted by Grist: None Given on March 3rd, 2016
Grist: Take an already warming planet, stir in a dash of El Niño, and add a splash of melting Arctic ice. Voila! You`ve got a baked Alaska.
The state has experienced a warm and wacky winter, with only one-tenth its usual snowfall and temperatures 10 degrees F above average. This lack of snow is especially problematic for a cherished tradition: the Iditarod, Alaska`s annual dogsled race.
To avoid the tribulations of slushy mushing, a snow-bereft Anchorage is importing snow for the beginning of the...
Trudeau Meets With Aboriginal Leaders To Discuss Climate Change
Posted by Huffington Post: Bob Weber on March 3rd, 2016
Huffington Post: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down with aboriginal leaders Wednesday to discuss a role for First Nations in the fight against climate change.
But Trudeau may be finding that the talks with First Nations aren't any easier than they are with the premiers.
The prime minister was defending himself even before the talks began over the decision not to include the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, which represents non-status aboriginals, and the Native Women's Association of Canada.
"The federal...