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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil. The increase in extreme flooding and drought could hold “dire consequences” for human health, crops, and regional unrest, according to the study.

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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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The disease after tomorrow

Grist

Many of us have spent the last two-and-a-half years worried about the health risks posed by other people. As the climate warms, more health risks will come not only from other people, but increasingly from the environment around us. between 2016 and 2020. The question remains whether we will be prepared.”. this year.

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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil. The increase in extreme flooding and drought could hold “dire consequences” for human health, crops, and regional unrest, according to the study.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

According to a 2016 study by public health, nutrition and environmental experts, replacing beef with beans in the American diet would free up 42 percent of U.S. per capita per day in Africa, 77.57g in Asia, 86.09g in South America, and 102.06g in Europe. For example, while Brazilian meat giant JBS reported emissions of 7.14

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

AFN Sustainable Protein

The co-manufacturing deal comes amid rising demand for the company’s flagship product, the plant-based Impossible Burger, which debuted at Chef David Chang’s Momofuku Nishi and other world-class restaurants in 2016. The Impossible Burger, the first food ever featured at CES’ roster of game-changing technologies, won the show’s top prizes.

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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Buys Goodwill

DeSmogBlog

“It baffles us that the American Geophysical Union (AGU) continues to accept money from ExxonMobil,” wrote climate scientists Michael Mann of Penn State, Kerry Emanuel of MIT, and Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes in 2016. Filling in For Governments.