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The Pacific region especially vulnerable to climate change conditions

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization warned in a recent report that the Pacific region is particularly vulnerable to climate change, warning of coastal communities...

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World’s freshwater systems are imperilled in supporting human, plant and...

The UN report on livestock’s impact on biodiversity states that “…The world’s freshwater systems are so degraded that their ability to support human, plant and animal life is greatly imperilled. In the...

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Cost of inaction could reach US$176 billion annually by 2100 for Japan

If no action is taken now, the economic cost of climate change for Japan could amount to US$176 billion annually by end of century. A four-year collaboration between 14 research institutions led by...

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Since 1990, annual losses of around $60 billion worldwide due to extreme...

Since 1990 annual losses of around $60 billion worldwide due to extreme weather events (0.2% of World GDP) have been recorded, costing a record $200 billion in 2005 (0.5% of World GDP). Weather related...

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Climate change could cost up to $20 trillion by 2100; if warming halted at 2...

Researchers from Tufts’s Global Development and Environment Institute predict that upon reaching an increase of 2 degrees Celsius in the mean global surface temperature, “incalculable” social and...

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Southeast Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to the effects of...

Climate change is likely to be one of the most significant development challenges confronting Southeast Asia in the 21st century. Home to 563 million people, its population is rising almost 2%...

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Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe

Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter. The...

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Celebrity Chef Mario Batali, The King of Pancetta, Embraces Meatless Monday

Starting Monday and every Monday thereafter, chef Mario Batali adopts Meatless Monday in his renowned restaurants such as Babbo, Del Posto, Esca, Lupa, Carnevino Italian Steakhouse and Osteria Mozza....

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Don urges action on desertification

A university teacher, Prof. Joshua Kayode has advised Nigerians to embrace tree planting as a way of curbing the impending desert encroachment that is ravaging some parts of the country The University...

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Heat Kills 100,000 fishes in Myanmar

The heat wave that hit Myanmar killed 100 000 fishes in one day, authorities confirmed on Monday and recommended staying indoors and in places preferably refrigerated. As well as fainting and heat...

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Extreme hot weather affects daily life in Myanmar

Myanmar people have been suffering the harmful effects brought about by the extreme hot weather this summer in terms of diseases, business and water shortage in various part of the country. Summer...

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Glacier park turns 100, but age has not been kind

The gorgeous million-acre park in northwestern Montana celebrated its 100th birthday on Tuesday. But many of its glaciers have melted, and scientists predict the rest may not last another decade. The...

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Chocolate, red wine and coffee NOT on healthy heart list

The Heart Foundation says there is no cardiovascular health benefit from eating chocolate or drinking red wine. Coffee was another popular treat that also contained antioxidants, the foundation said,...

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Rains cause havoc in Kenya

The long rains pounding the country have continued to wreck havoc with reported loss of lives and destruction of property. The Kenya Red Cross Society estimates that 77 people have so far been killed...

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Japan foot-and-mouth outbreak infects top stud bull

One of Japan’s most prized stud bulls has been infected with foot-and-mouth disease, the government said Saturday, as the country’s first outbreak in a decade continues to devastate livestock. The...

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Beekeepers lose one sixth of hives

The losses are much higher than the natural rate of up to 10 per cent and reflect growing concerns that bee numbers are falling in Britain. However, beekeepers are optimistic that colonies are in...

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Infections link to bees decline

US researchers claim to have identified a new potential cause for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in honeybees. The disease is responsible for wiping out many beekeepers’ entire colonies over the past...

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Climate already helping disease spread north: study

Rising global temperatures might already be helping infectious diseases to creep north, according to a report by European scientists. The report links warmer temperatures to the spread of dengue fever,...

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Biologist Warns Of Danger From Rising Sea Levels

In his new book, Flooded Earth, Peter D. Ward argues that even if humans stopped all carbon dioxide emissions today, the oceans will still rise up to 3 feet by 2050, wreaking havoc on many coastal...

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Record-breaking heat leads more people to the doctor

The record-breaking high temperature on Saturday had crowded hospitals and clinics with patients suffering heat-induced sicknesses and symptoms. Taipei city saw this year’s highest temperature, 38.6...

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