Invasive Species, Climate ‘Deadly Duo’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Climate change is set to drive the spread of invasive plant and animal species, threatening forests, fisheries and crops, in a double blow to nature and livelihoods, a World Bank-funded report said on Friday. The study by Nairobi-based Global Invasive Species Programme says a warmer world, more extreme weather and higher levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide will give …
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Earthquake Not To Blame For Cholera Outbreak In Haiti
The most likely explanation for the outbreak is a rise in temperature and salinity in estuaries around Haiti’s Bay of Saint-Marc, says an expert. Shrimp-like copepods that carry the cholera bacterium thrive in those conditions.
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Sun sets on Obama’s era of grand reforms
The curtain is all but certain to drop on President Barack Obama’s era of transformative reforms, even if Republicans fall short of their dreams of a mid-term election landslide next week.
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