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Earth Has Lost Half of Its Trees Since Dawn of Civilization
2015-09-04 15:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: An international collaboration of scientists has just completed the ultimate green census--by calculating that the planet is home to 3.04 trillion trees. The latest estimate is far higher and almost certainly more accurate than any previous attempt. But the bad news is that humans are removing trees at the rate of 15 billion a year--and there are now about half as many as there were at the dawn of civilization. For every person on Earth, there are 422 trees--in total, more than 3,000 billion...
Peru: Scientists say climate change hastened demise of Latin America's oldest civilization
2015-06-13 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Caral, the Americas' oldest civilization, located north of present day Lima, Peru, faced a grave crisis as a result of climate change some 4,000 years ago, archaeologists said. "Droughts were so severe that they could have lasted between 60 and 130 years, which could explain why there were social crises in (civilizations like) Caral, Moche and Tiahuanaco," archaeologist Ruth Shady, director of the Caral Project, told Efe. Women played leading roles in Caral and a team led by Shady has been...
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Killing U.S. Ex-Im Bank Seen Foolish Yet Not End of Civilization
2015-06-02 13:41:02| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Once renewed regularly without controversy, Ex-Im has become a target of conservative Republicans who say it benefits only a few large corporations that don't need government assistance. The U.S. Export-Import Bank's biggest beneficiaries, including General Electric Co.
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Environment degradation pose threat human civilization
2015-03-14 21:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Kerala: Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari has said that environmental degradation and climate change are amongst the foremost challenges confronting human civilization in our times. The protection and preservation of environment and its sustainable management are essential for the survival of humanity and our planet. Delivering inaugural address at the International Conference on 'Global Environment Issues' organised by the National Green Tribunal in association with the Ministry of Environment,...
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The climate is ruined. So can civilization even survive?
2015-01-14 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Although most of us worry about other things, climate scientists have become increasingly worried about the survival of civilization. For example, Lonnie Thompson, who received the U.S. National Medal of Science in 2010, said that virtually all climatologists "are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization." Informed journalists share this concern. The climate crisis "threatens the survival of our civilization," said Pulitzer Prize-winner Ross Gelbspan....
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