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DLR wrapping up ECLIF in-flight study of emissions from alternative aviation fuels; potential for improved fuel design
2015-10-09 19:55:34| Green Car Congress
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Climate change behind mysterious kidney disease: Study
2015-10-09 03:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: A mysterious kidney disease that has killed over 20,000 people in Central America since 2002, and now spreading to other countries including India, may be caused by chronic, severe dehydration linked to global climate change, says a new study. "This could be the first epidemic directly caused by global warming," said one of the researchers Richard Johnson, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in the US. So far, the manual labourers on sugar cane plantations...
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German gaming apps market grows 54% in H1 - study
2015-10-08 14:42:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Over half (59%) of Germans who play mobile games on their smartphones or tablets are aged 30 and over, equal to almost 13 million Germans, according to the latest GfK research released by industry group BIU. This is up from 54 percent a year earlier. The number of over 50s playing mobile games has increased to 3.9 million in 1st-half 2015, up 34 percent from 2.9 million in 1st-half 2014. The average age of mobile gaming app users in Germany is 35. Overall, the market for games apps in Germany generated sales of EUR 175 million in 1st-half 2015, up 54 percent from EUR 114 million a year earlier. Revenue from in-game purchases increased to EUR 153 million, up 72 percent from EUR 89 million in H1 2014.
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Study restores consensus after controversial 2014 paper question direct effects climate change
2015-10-08 13:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: An international research team led by UCLA life scientists has, for the first time, quantified the direct influence of climate on the growth of ecosystems around the globe. The paper also restores scientific consensus to the fact that record-breaking temperatures and droughts directly affect ecosystems-which was called into question by a 2014 University of Arizona paper in the journal Nature. The new study, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, was published this week in the...
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Study adds to concerns over textile microplastics pollution
2015-10-08 13:05:25| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new study adds to evidence that textiles are an important source of marine microplastics pollution, estimating that in Europe between 500 and 2,500 tonnes of synthetic fibres are shed each year.
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