VOA News OSLO — Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea, scientists said Monday. Mining of sand and gravel, widely used in the construction industry, could boost the economy for Greenland’s 56,000 […]readmore
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WASHINGTON—Spencer Hartman certainly looks the part. In a black pinstripe suit, neatly parted hair and University of Nebraska lapel pin, the school’s student body president looks 21-going-on-incumbent-senator. He’s a conservative, an exotic species among his millennial peers. Hartman was one of 120 campus leaders invited to Washington this June for a conference on climate change. […]readmore
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of the likely decline in the food production in South America due to climate change, and said other risks such as increased droughts and floods. Thus concludes the report presented in Yokohama (Tokyo) and produced by about 500 scientific experts and political representatives, which examines current […]readmore