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Despite more risks, humanity less vulnerable to floods, study finds
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science: Humanity's vulnerability to floods has eased, despite increases in population and in the value of assets located in flood-prone areas, according to a new study. The analysis notes a persistent vulnerability gap between rich and poor countries. But the gap has closed considerably, largely because developing countries have taken steps to reducing fatalities and economic losses from floods. One striking example: In 1999 and again in 2013, similarly powerful tropical cyclones struck in the same...
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Australia Could Attain 100 Percent Renewables by 2050, Study Says
2015-04-21 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Australia could reduce its greenhouse emissions significantly and transition to an economy predominantly fueled by renewable energy for very little cost, according to an analysis by the Australian National University and WWF. The country could generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewables and have zero net emissions by 2050 because wind and solar technologies have fallen rapidly in price in recent years and Australia is the world's sunniest and windiest continent. Any progress, however,...
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Amazon rainforest losses impact on climate change, study shows
2015-04-21 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Human activity has removed more than one-tenth of trees and plants from the Amazon rainforest since the 1960s, a study shows. Widespread removal of trees has contributed to a rise in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, increasing the potential impact of climate change, researchers say. Deforestation of the Amazon accounted for 1.5 per cent of the increase in carbon dioxide levels seen since the mid-nineteenth century, the team says. However, this …
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West Coast port study requested
2015-04-20 02:41:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. The chairman of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, is requesting that the Government Accountability Office examine the cost of West Coast ports disruptions that took effect during the nine months of labor negotiations. read more
Case Study: SSE Muff Coating
2015-04-20 01:01:00| Offshore Technology
Oxifree UK were asked to partake in a trial coating of the concrete 'muffs' at the base of electricity pylons to provide an environmentally safe, long term protection to the concrete. The 'muff' is a thick concrete support that bares the weight of th
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