Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Global warming to gift malaria to State
Various effects of climate changes, including drop in food production and submergence of coastal cities, have long been predicted by scientists across the globe. Now, scientists say that climate change can possibly affect transmission of malaria in areas that were relatively less prone to it previously.

According to the study titled ‘Climate change and malaria in India’ by Malaria Research Centre, National Physical Laboratory and NATCOM Project Management Cell, the two southern states and Maharashtra will see a massive spurt in malaria cases over the next four decades.
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As the temperature in central Indian states is likely to rise, it will become difficult for malaria mosquitoes to breed.
Rick Perry's environmental record - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post
Rank and file Democrats “know we have been experiencing a cooling trend, that the complexities of the global atmosphere have often eluded the most sophisticated scientists, and that draconian policies with dire economic effects based on so-called science may not stand the test of time,” he wrote in his book “Fed Up! The Fight to Save America From Washington” last year (page 92). This is incorrect on two counts. Politifact has reviewed similar statements and ruled both the claim that the Earth is cooling, and the claim that scientists differ on global warming, to be false. Perry has cited Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), who has called global warming a “hoax,” approvingly, and said he will refuse to watch Al Gore’s PowerPoint on global warming until Gore — whose 1988 presidential campaign then-Democrat Perry chaired in Texas — admits it contains errors.

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