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Small Islands Won't Accept Weak Paris Climate Deal, Maldives Official Says
2015-02-12 14:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Small island states have not given up hope of a global climate deal that restricts warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, a senior negotiator representing the Maldives has told RTCC. Maldives ambassador Ahmed Sareer, who recently assumed the presidency of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at UN climate talks, said the future of his country depended on an ambitious deal in Paris later this year. 1.5C is still within reach its clear that science has shown this is possible,...
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Rhode Island's Best Spot to Find a Decent Corned Beef Sandwich May Be Doomed
2015-02-10 11:26:20| Toys - Topix.net
Two have been elected to the state's highest office, including the late Bruce Sundlun , whose resume also included a Purple Heart, a LA©gion d'Honneur from France and the Prime Minister's Medal from Israel.
Canary Islands Benefit from Enhanced Grids
2015-01-27 19:45:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Pablo Fontela, Jorge Martinez, Alberto Barrado and Juan Carlos Ballesteros, Endesa Generación The STORE project resolves challenges inherent in isolated electrical systems. read more
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Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
2015-01-22 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The most recent eruption on the Canary Islands - at El Hierro in 2011 - produced spectacularly enigmatic white “floating rocks” that originated from the layers of oceanic sedimentary rock underneath the island. An international team of researchers, led from Uppsala University, use microscopic fossils found in the rocks to shed new light on the long-standing puzzle about the origin of the Canary Islands. Despite being violently transported through the volcano, some of…
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For vulnerable barrier islands, a rush to rebuild on US coast
2015-01-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Six years ago, Hurricane Ike nearly wiped the barrier island of Bolivar off the Texas map. A 17-foot storm surge destroyed nearly every home in some communities and killed at least 15 people. Long-time residents feared the wild, sandy spit of land between the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay would never recover. Today, Bolivar is definitely back, and bigger than ever. Small fishing cabins and trailers have given way to candy-colored homes that sit on pilings more than a dozen feet above the ground....
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