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Has the great climate change migration already begun?
This article from the Guardian discusses the growing phenomenon of climate refugees: The island paradise is under attack. Thanks to destabilizing forces of climate change – rising sea levels and strengthening storms, particularly – some of Earth’s most picturesque locations … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate refugees, Kiribati, Pacific islands, refugees, rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, soil salination, Tuvalu
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Climate change threatens birds, pushes them north
This report by the CBC speaks on how climate change is affecting bird species in North America: The laugh of the loon across southern Canadian lakes may soon be replaced by the calls of unfamiliar birds such as white-faced ibises … Continue reading
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Tagged bird species, birds, climate change, loss of habitat
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Ozone layer is healing – but we are now contributing to climate change more than ever
The Independent reports on an unintended side effect of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which was implemented to prevent damage to the ozone layer: The Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly recovering, United Nations scientists report, but the unintended knock-on effect … Continue reading
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Tagged CFCs, climate change, Montreal Protocol, ozone layer
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Ukraine conflict death toll rises above 3,000, says UN
The Guardian reports on the cost of the conflict in Ukraine in terms of lives lost: The number of people confirmed killed in the Ukraine conflict has risen above 3,000 if the victims of the MH17 plane crash are included, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dmitry Medvedev, Donetsk, Flight MH17, NATO, Petro Poroshenko, Poroshenko, Putin, Russia, sanctions, the UN, Ukraine, Ukranian rebels, Vladimir Putin
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Future Does Not Promise Lower Food Prices In Turkey
This report by the Daily Sabah highlights some of the factors affecting food prices in Turkey: The price of food, which has been viewed as one of the main drivers behind untamed inflation by some economists and statesmen in Turkey … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, drought, economic instability, food prices, Turkey
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World is ‘losing the battle’ against Ebola, warns aid group
This report by the Toronto Star speaks on the difficulties currently being faced by those trying to help the countries affected by the Ebola outbreak: The international group Médecins Sans Frontières warned Tuesday that the world is “losing the battle” … Continue reading
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Tagged deadly disease, ebola, ebola virus, epidemic, international community, Margaret Chan, Medecins Sans Frontières, Medecins Sans Frontiers, potential pandemic, West Africa, WHO, World Health Organisation, World Health Organization
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Would you reduce meat consumption to help fight climate change?
The Guardian poses an interesting question to those who may be considering how to mitigate the effects of the changing world: Global consumption of meat must be reduced, according to a new report that warns of serious implications – both … Continue reading
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Tagged dairy, dairy consumption, food scarcity, meat, meat consumption, negative environmental impact, overconsumption
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Deforestation: Brazil is a success story for conservation
The Christian Science Monitor reports on Brazil’s successful forest conservation efforts and a change in the rate of global tropical deforestation: “Climate scientists link about 10 percent of annual global carbon increase to the effects of deforestation. But a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Brazil, climate change, conservation, deforestation, Indonesia, Mozambique, rainforest, rainforests, success, the amazon
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WHO alarmed as Ebola affects medics
This article from the Times of India reports on the situation facing health workers treating Ebola patients in West Africa: The World Health Organization on Tuesday said that the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been unprecedented in many … Continue reading
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Tagged doctors, ebola, fatalities, Guinea, health workers, India, Liberia, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Nigeria, West Africa, WHO, World Health Organisation, World Health Organization
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Iraq conflict: UN warns of possible Amerli ‘massacre’
The BBC reports on the situation facing residents of Amerli, a town in northern Iraq that has been under siege for the last two months: The UN has called for action to prevent what it says may be a possible … Continue reading
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Tagged Amerli, conflict, humanitarian crisis, Iraq, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Shia, Sunni, Turkmen, war
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