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Evidence for man-made climate change getting stronger

Evidence for man-made climate change getting stronger | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it
DOHA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Evidence that global warming is man-made is getting stronger, the head of a U.N. panel of climate scientists said, in a further blow to sceptics who argue rising temperatures can be explained by natural variations.

Rajendra Pachauri spoke on the sidelines of a conference in Qatar where 200 nations are trying to reach a deal to cut emissions of greenhouse gases to avert floods, droughts, heatwaves and mounting sea levels.

The influential U.N. climate panel said the probability human activity was the main cause of climate change was "at least 90 percent" in its last report in 2007.

Pachauri told Reuters late on Wednesday he expected the panel would raise the level of that likelihood even higher in its next report, due in 2013.
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Quinoa: The Dark Side of an Andean Superfood

Quinoa: The Dark Side of an Andean Superfood | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it

... The boom in quinoa is making once impoverished farmers richer but throwing greed into their once uncomplicated way of life. ... "When you transform a food into a commodity, there's inevitable breakdown in social relations and high environmental cost," says Tanya Kerssen, a food-policy analyst for the U.S.-based food and development institute Food First. ...

 


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