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Global adoption of vegan diet could save 8 million lives by 2050, says study
Posted by Fox: None Given on March 24th, 2016
Fox: Celebrities like Morrissey, Natalie Portman and even Arnold Schwarzenegger have been preaching the gospel of vegetarianism for some time.
Now, they have scientific evidence to back some of their claims.
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that widespread adoption of vegetarian or vegan diets could millions of lives and trillions of dollars by 2050.
“Imbalanced diets, such as diets low in fruits and vegetables, and high in red and processed meat,...
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Study of Saharan dust offers insights into past and possible impact on future climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 24th, 2016
PhysOrg: A small team of researchers from the U.S. and France has found evidence of cycles of Saharan dust movement into the atmosphere in the past and has used the information they gathered to predict dust level changes heading into the future. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes the nature of their study and why they believe changes in the Sahara could mean more potent Atlantic storms in the future.
Wind pulling dust into the atmosphere from the Saharan desert has more...
Has veteran climate scientist James Hansen foretold the ‘loss of all coastal cities’ with latest study?
Posted by Guardian: Graham Readfearn on March 24th, 2016
Guardian: James Hansen’s name looms large over any history that will likely be written about climate change.
Whether you look at the hard science, the perils of political interference or modern day activism, Dr Hansen is there as a central character.
In a 1988 US Senate hearing, Hansen famously declared that the “greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our climate now”.
Towards the end of his time as the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Hansen described how government...