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LA River's flood role is 'paramount'
2014-12-19 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Any moves to modify the Los Angeles River, to return parts of it to a more natural setting or to capture water, need to be implemented with care. Scientists say the key job of the concrete channel, which has featured in countless films and pop videos, is to protect the city from damaging floods. And that role is likely to become more challenging if climate change brings heavier rains, they argue. Alternatives to the river's current brutalism will not be easy to find. "This is not a simple...
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Great Lakes pollution no longer driven airborne sources; land, rivers now bigger factors
2014-12-17 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A chemical oceanographer at the University of Rhode Island who measured organic pollutants in the air and water around Lake Erie and Lake Ontario has found that airborne emissions are no longer the primary cause of the lakes' contamination. Instead, most of the lakes' chemical pollutants come from sources on land or in rivers. According to Rainer Lohmann, professor of chemical oceanography at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, water quality in the Great Lakes has been slowly improving for...
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Shaw Go WiFi Access Coming to Campbell River's Public Spaces
2014-11-18 04:21:46| Wireless - Topix.net
This five-year non-exclusive deal will provide Shaw customers with greater access to Shaw Go WiFi throughout the community. "We're pleased to be partnering with the City of Campbell River to bring Shaw customers even greater access to Shaw Go WiFi," says Ron McKenzie, Vice-President, Operations, Shaw Communications Inc. "This agreement will increase the number of access points in Campbell River, while providing our customers in the community with the freedom and control to connect to Shaw's unrivalled network while on the go."
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Pine River's U.S. Equities Rise 22% to $5.5 Billion in Quarter
2014-11-15 06:22:42| Paper - Topix.net
Pine River Capital Management LP saw its U.S. equities increase by 22 percent to $5.46 billion during the third quarter, after boosting its holdings in companies including International Paper Co. and Chimera Investment Corp. The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based hedge fund manager added 1.53 million shares of International Paper, according to a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dead zones are coming for your rivers, lakes, and oceans
2014-11-10 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Halloween may have come and gone, but climate change continues to give us the creeps. A new study revealed that warmer temperatures are causing zombie-like "dead zones" in rivers, lakes, and oceans worldwide. According to the study, published Monday in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center found two dozen ways that climate change is worsening dead zones. If you`re catching up: Climate...
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