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Date: 18-Feb-09
Country: KENYA
Author: Daniel Wallis

NAIROBI - Up to a quarter of global food production could be lost by 2050 due to the combined impact of climate change, land degradation and loss, water scarcity and species infestation, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - Climate change is pushing American birds northward, with some finches and chickadees moving hundreds of miles (km) into Canada, an Audubon Society study reported on Tuesday.

Drawing on citizen observations over a 40-year period, the society's scientists found that 58 percent of 305 widespread bird species found in the contiguous United States shifted significantly to the north.

Coimbatore, PTI:

India is expected to experience severe water stress by 2020, according to a paper presented at a national symposium.

India is expected to experience severe water stress by 2020 with the per capita availability of water projected to be less than 1,000 cubic metres.

CANBERRA - Australia's deadliest bushfires increased pressure on the national government to take firm action on climate change on Monday as scientists said global warming likely contributed to conditions that fueled the disaster.

OSLO - Amazonian forests may be less vulnerable to dying off from global warming than feared because many projections underestimate rainfall, a study showed.

The report, by scientists in Britain, said Brazil and other nations in the region would also have to act to help avert any irreversible drying of the eastern Amazon, the region most at risk from climate change, deforestation and fires.

Washington: North America

Chandan Mitra

Will the changing climate force winemakers to explore sub-Himalayan reaches?
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