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Climate change will result in lesser cases of traffic accidents in West Midlands in the UK, as it was estimated to reduce the period wherein temperatures are lower than zero degrees in this area. It will as well cut the traffic accident toll—and the demand for the road maintenance for the winter may also decline [...]
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Researchers revealed on Monday that San Francisco’s coastal fog is getting thinner—a discovery that might benefit drivers but could threaten the existence of giant redwoods in the area.
It remains unclear whether variations in natural climate or human activities are to blame. What is clear though is that it could lead to fewer trees, as reported [...]
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The coffee production in Kenya has been affected by climate change, with excessive droughts and erratic rainfall patterns, resulting to terrible disease control and crop management, a researcher stated Thursday.
For example, the intermittent rainfall during the 2007-2008 crop year caused the Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) in Kenya to cut its output by 23% as rain [...]
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A recent analysis of century-and-a-half-old data states that invasive plants could become more destructive and prevalent as a result of the continuing climate change.
Published in PLoS ONE, the findings of the Harvard University scientists who made the study revealed that non-native plans, especially species that are considered invasive, seem to flourish amidst climate change since [...]
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