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Study reveals climate patterns have impact on flu epidemics
2013-02-01 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The flu season has been hitting hard this winter all across the country with nearly 30 states reporting flulike activity and over 2,200 people being hospitalized according to government health experts. Whether or not you have gotten your flu shot, chances are you or someone you know someone has come down with flu-like systems. So what can we attribute the current spike in flu cases? According to one report, climate change is starting to play an interesting role. A team of scientists led by Sherry...
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New study highlights impact of environmental change on older people
2013-02-01 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Recent natural disasters illustrate vulnerability of older people: majority of deaths from the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) occurred among older people. Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York and Simon Fraser University's Gerontology Research Centre in Canada are calling for better awareness among policy makers and the public of the impact climate change and deteriorating environmental quality will have on an ageing population....
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Arctic Cyclone Had Insignificant Impact on 2012 Ice Retreat
2013-01-31 17:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Last summer, after an extraordinary storm swirled across the Arctic Ocean, churning sea ice like some great Waring blender, much was speculated about the cyclone`s role in the enormous retreat of sea ice that followed. A new modeling study by the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington, replaying last summer`s Arctic Ocean ice conditions with and without the storm, shows that the short-term influence of all that ice churning probably played almost no role in the final ice retreat...
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Should we stop worrying about the environmental impact of flying?
2013-01-31 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It's long been a mantra among green-minded folk that greatly reducing - or even cutting out altogether - flights is an important step towards leading a carbon-lite lifestyle. After all, aviation is the fast-growing source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, as well as being the most polluting form of transport per passenger kilometre travelled. I have, quite literally, written a whole book on the subject. But this has always been a hard sell. The modern era of "cheap" flights has rapidly allowed...
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Plastic Technologies Launches Oxygen Permeation App to Help Assess Material Selection Impact ...
2013-01-31 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Holland, Ohio - Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) has launched a new free app which calculates the oxygen permeation of food and beverage packaging structures and containers. Called PackLifeO2, the app is based on the M-Rule® model and is available on iPhone/iPad and Android platforms. "We designed this app as a 'back of envelope' calculator for specific materials and combinations. While it's not an absolute decision making tool, it does give users confirmation that they are headed in the ...This story is related to the following:Food Processing and PreparationMaterial Handling and Storage Sponsored by: Dalmec Inc - The Source for Manipulators and Moving TechnologiesSearch for suppliers of: Portal Application Software | Application Systems Software | Permeation-Resistant Plastic Bottles
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