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Climate-Related Disasters Will Keep Impoverished Populations Poor
2013-10-16 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Extreme weather events driven by climate change will exacerbate poverty in regions where people are already among the world's poorest, according to a study by the U.K.'s Overseas Development Institute. Where disasters such as drought are common, those events are the leading cause of poverty, the authors say, rather than poor health or societal factors. Across the globe, up to 325 million people will be living in countries that face natural hazard risks by 2030, the report says; in sub-Saharan Africa...
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The underwater internet could be an early warning system for natural disasters
2013-10-16 15:04:20| Extremetech
Using a network of sensors, a team of researchers have unveiled plans to knit the world above and below the waves together to create an underwater internet. cCombining all the disparate networks of underwater acoustic sensors into one could improve data gathering and make important early warning systems more accessible and reliable.
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10.16.13 -- Can Bacteria Combat Oil Spill Disasters?
2013-10-15 17:20:27| pollutiononline News Articles
10/16/13 Pollution Online Newsletter
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The world's worst nuclear power disasters
2013-10-07 01:00:00| Power Technology
While much has been done to improve safety, disasters such as those at the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear plants still loom large in the public psyche. Power-Technology profiles the world's worst nuclear power disasters.
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Can Bacteria Combat Oil Spill Disasters?
2013-09-30 03:36:05| oilandgasonline News Articles
Leipzig. Teams of international scientists have decrypted the effectiveness of two types of bacteria, which could be used in the future to help combat oil spill disasters.
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