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Food
Posts in this category are about Food. People are often dependent on distant, unhealthy food sources; this reduces ties to the local landscape, further eroding the stability of the food system. A main priority is protecting the ability of people to access food and other resources from nearby wildlands, provided that care is taken to maintain the health of these ecosystems. Enhancing regional food systems and drawing on the entire landscape will reconnect people with place and provide a nutritious diet.
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Climate scientists: 'The urgent need to act cannot be overstated.' - "Climate change caused by humans is already affecting our lives and livelihoods - with extreme storms, unusual floods and droughts, intense heat waves, rising seas and many changes in biological systems - as climate scientists have projected."
Today, a large body of evidence has been collected to support the broad scientific understanding that global climate warming, as evident these last few decades, is unprecedented for the past 1000 years - and this change is due to human activities. This conclusion is based on decades of rigorous research by thousands of scientists and endorsed by all of the world''s major national science academies .
Although uncertainties remain, they concern issues like the rate of melting of major ice sheets rather than the broader topic of whether the climate is changing.
This is from an article in the Politico, 'The science behind climate science,' by four leading climate scientists ...
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(0)Climate change choices needed in fight vs hunger
Source: AFP - Global efforts to beat back chronic hunger and disease afflicting more than a billion people could come to naught unless merged with the fight against climate change, says a report released Tuesday.
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How to Avoid the Dangers of Conventional Herbicides and Fertilizers
