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Not So Funny: The Arctic is Leaking Laughing Gas
EcoWatch Nitrous oxide, the main ingredient in laughing gas, is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas, than carbon dioxide. And scientists believe it could be leaking from ancient reservoirs beneathArctic permafrost. Details here. Melting permafrost in Canada's Arctic. Photo: Charles Tarnocai/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
As world faces unprecedented famine threat, G7 should pay up and push for peace
OXFAM Deadly famine is already affecting 100,000 people in parts of South Sudan and threatens to extend to Yemen, Somalia and northeast Nigeria. Widespread famine across all four countries is not yet inevitable, but G7 leaders need to act now with a massive injection of aid, backed with a forceful diplomatic push to bring an end to the long-standing conflicts that are driving this hunger crisis. Details here. Africa is no stranger to famine. Except now, the crisis is even worse and more widespread than it was in 2011. That's when this image, depicting famine refugees in the Horn of Africa, was taken. Andy Hall/Oxfam