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ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average

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Climate change is exacerbating water shortages, constraining agricultural production and threatening food security, causing forest fires and coastal degradation, and increasing health risks. Under a high emissions scenario, the annual mean temperature in the four countries is projected to rise 4.8°C

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NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

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The team will begin working with marine algae called Dunaliella , which grow in brackish or salty water. We’re looking at microscopic marine algae that produce fatty acids and do not have a cell wall. Earlier post.).

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