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Report: Man-Made Earthquakes Shake Over a Dozen Areas in US

2015-04-23 15:39:06| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

More than a dozen areas in the United States have been shaken in recent years by small earthquakes triggered by oil and gas drilling, a government report released Thursday found. The man-made quakes jolted once stable regions in eight states, including parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas , New Mexico , Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas, according to researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Marshall Islands move to shake up shipping on emissions

2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RTCC: In UN climate circles, the Marshall Islands is mostly known as one of those states that will be swamped by rising sea levels. Its negligible contribution to greenhouse gas emissions makes its heartfelt pleas for ambitious action all too easy for bigger nations to ignore. At the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on the other hand, the Marshalls carry significant weight: 118 million tonnes, to be precise. That is the mass of 3,400 ships registered in Majuro, more than any other country...

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How a tiny change in the global climate could shake up the entire agriculture industry

2015-04-20 20:22:37| Agriculture - Topix.net

Climate change is going to affect agriculture across the world as rising temperatures make many dry regions even drier, hot regions hotter, and wet regions more prone to flooding. All of those changes are going to affect the way the world's food is grown.

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