By Aimee Villalpando |staff writer| Link Discovered Between Climate Change and Violence (10/23/14) The National Bureau of Economic Research reviewed 55 different studies and discovered a link between the rising violence and climate change. Researchers explained, “deviations from moderate temperatures and precipitation patterns systematically increase the risk of conflict, often substantially, with average effects that are highly statistically significant.” Only 6 Northern White Rhinos Left in Existence (10/19/14) Suni, a 34-year-old Northern White Rhino male, recently died from unknown causes in a wildlife conservancy in Kenya, leaving only six left. Suni was one of two males left … [Read more...] about Chronicle news briefs
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Debt ceiling closing in
By Marysol Guzman |Staff Writer| With only a few weeks before automatic federal spending cuts occur, President Barack Obama presented alternative ways to innovate the fiscal plan. The fiscal plan was scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1 but was extended to March 1 of this year. At a press conference last Tuesday, Obama proposed a new package that included different spending cuts, tax increases and tax reforms. Obama said the sequester (larger cuts) will only weaken the economy and possibly even slow down the attempt to recover the country. “We can’t just cut our way up to prosperity. It hasn’t worked in the past and it wont work today,” said Obama. Obama made it clear that the … [Read more...] about Debt ceiling closing in