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Climate change ‘boosts plant health in China’

December 17, 2007 – 11:17 pm

Plantation in China’s Huairou district
Wang Shu and Jia Hepeng
14 December 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] Climate change has helped plants in China become more robust, according to a study by Chinese scientists.
Scientists at the Beijing Normal University studied the link between climate factors and changes in plants’ net primary productivity — a term used to evaluate the net […]

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Climate Change Shown to Be a Historical Cause Of Armed Conflicts in China

July 13, 2007 – 7:02 am

From: Climate Crisis Coalition
Climate Change Shown to Be a Historical Cause Of Armed Conflicts in China
ScienceDaily, July 10, 2007
“Climate change, and the resulting shortage of ecological resources, could be to blame for armed conflicts in the future, according to David Zhang from the University of Hong Kong and colleagues. Their research, which highlights how temperature […]

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Freak Winter is Europe’s Warmest for 700 Years.

June 24, 2007 – 12:38 pm

Climate Crisis Coalition
Freak Winter is Europe’s Warmest for 700 Years. By Catherine Brahic, NewScientist.com, June 20, 2007. “Last autumn-winter season was Europe’s warmest for more than 700 years, researchers say. The last time Europeans saw similar temperatures to the autumn and winter of 2006-07, they were eating strawberries at Christmas in 1289, according to Jürg […]

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