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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. A recent Georgetown University study found them moving upward in sub-Saharan Africa at the rate of 21 feet per year.

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Impossible Foods teams up with OSI to ramp up production in busy week for plant-based meat

AFN Sustainable Protein

He worked at Google from 2003-2012, overseeing more than $10 billion in sales in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, among other leadership roles. Before that, Woodside was Chief Executive Officer of Motorola Mobility, a $10 billion mobile device company, after its acquisition by Google.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In 2003, intruders broke into the office of CRPE, the small nonprofit Cole had founded. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends. Then, he flew to the tip of that continent, boarded a ship, which carried him and fellow birders across the Atlantic Ocean to South Africa.

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A brief history of money

Low Impact

The gold that the Spanish stole from South America didn’t hang around in Spain for very long. This bullion from the new world formed the springboard for capitalism and the industrial revolution, but Spain and Portugal didn’t benefit. The Great Settlement – foundation of the Bank of England.