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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Unemployment to Rise – Time to Cut Migrant Worker Programs The rapid increase in Australia’s migrant worker programs over the past decade has been justified with the claim that Australia is short of workers. This claim is now clearly false. The latest unemployment rise, along with the certainty of job losses Continue Reading →
Saving the Great Plains Water Supply Dec. 13, 2013 — Significant portions of the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest bodies of water in the United States, are at risk of drying up if it continues to be drained at its current rate. Share This: In the current issue of Earth’s Future, a journal of Continue Reading →
Science News … from universities, journals, and other research organizations Save Email Print Share Pollination, Land Degradation: Top Priorities for Assessment by New UN Intergovernmental Body Dec. 16, 2013 — The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) today agreed to develop a set of assessments on pollination and food production, land degradation and Continue Reading →
Science News … from universities, journals, and other research organizations Save Email Print Share When Will Earth Lose Its Oceans? Dec. 16, 2013 — The natural increase in solar luminosity-a very slow process unrelated to current climate warming-will cause the Earth’s temperatures to rise over the next few hundred million years. This will result in Continue Reading →
Global Warming: Four Degree Rise Will End Vegetation ‘Carbon Sink’, Research Suggests Dec. 16, 2013 — Latest climate and biosphere modelling suggests that the length of time carbon remains in vegetation during the global carbon cycle — known as ‘residence time’ — is the key “uncertainty” in predicting how Earth’s terrestrial plant life — and Continue Reading →