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Man-made Global Warming Started With Ancient Hunters

By Guest PostJuly 2, 2010Environment, Scienceadam wolf, agriculture, agu, alaska, american geophysical union, Anthropocene, asia, beringia, betula, birch trees, california, carnegie institution, carnegie institution for science, chris doughty, chris field, climate, ecology, elephants, emissions, geological age, geophysical research letters, global warming, grassland, greenhouse gas, impact on climate, mammoths, NASA, North America, prehistoric farmers, russia, science in Stanford, Siberia, yukon territory

WASHINGTON — Even before the dawn of agriculture, people may have caused the planet to warm up, a new study suggests.

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UN Predicts Global Rise of Food Prices

By Guest PostJune 27, 20103 commentsEconomyafrica, agricultural products, agronews, asian farmers, biofuel, brazil, bric, canada, Chicago, China, coarse grains, dairy products, developing countries, eastern europe, fao, food and agriculture organization, food colonization, food consumption, grain traders, India, oecd, organization for economic cooperation and development, russia, the philippines, ukraine, un, united states, us midwest, vitally salnik, Wall Street Journal, western europe, wheat

In the next ten years, prices for agricultural products in the world will grow in real terms by 15-40%, say experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. The reason for it is the increasing demand for food in developing countries and production of biofuels.

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Over 200 Russians Become Drug Addicts Every Day

By PravdaJune 9, 20101 commentCulture, Healthafghanistan, anti-drug committee, heroin consumption, opiate, opium, russia, united nations office on drugs and crime, unodc

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), last year Russia was number one country in terms of heroin consumption.

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