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China, SE Asia Should Brace for Stronger Typhoons, Study Says
2016-09-07 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yibada: China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia should expect more powerful typhoons in the coming years, a new study revealed. In a study conducted by a team of researchers from the United States, they have discovered that typhoons that hit the East and Southeast Asian regions have progressively become stronger in the last 40 years, the South China Morning Post reported. The scientists looked at the data gathered by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) run by the US Navy and Air Force and that from...
Advanced Biofuels USA receives USDA grant for feasibility study of eastern shore energy beet-to-jetfuel project
2016-09-07 22:55:14| Green Car Congress
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Study Looks At Muslim Countries With More Women Engineers
2016-09-07 19:17:00| Chemical Processing
A Washington State University study aims to understand why significantly more women study engineering in some predominantly Muslim countries than in the United States.
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Super typhoons becoming more powerful and more frequent, new study finds
2016-09-06 15:05:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The most destructive categories of tropical storms to strike the heavily populated regions of east Asia are becoming more intense and increasing as much as four-fold in frequency because of climate change, according to new research by US-based scientists. Since the late 1970s, typhoons making land in a region stretching from Vietnam and the Philippines to Korea and Japan have become 12 per cent to 15 per cent more intense. Those hitting south-east Asia with a category 4 or 5 strength have more...
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Banks pump billions into deforestation-linked firms in Southeast Asia - study
2016-09-06 07:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Banks have financed companies responsible for rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia to the tune of billions of dollars, a study showed Tuesday, and called on lenders to stop "fuelling forest crime". Southeast Asia is home to some of the world's most diverse rainforests, but they have come under threat in recent years due to large-scale expansion in industries such as palm oil, pulp and paper, rubber and timber. The new study found at least $38 billion worth of commercial loans and underwriting...
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