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World Bank to focus on reducing short-lived climate pollutants; transport projects
2013-09-04 13:30:27| Green Car Congress
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Could More Efficient Crops Feed a Growing, Warmer World?
2013-09-04 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: In the shadow of a boisterous debate about the safety of growing crops that have been genetically modified, otherwise known as GMOs, the potential of good old-fashioned crossbreeding has been making quite a stir in the agricultural community. A group of researchers recently took a closer look at the genome of sorghum, a drought-tolerant grass crop that feeds half a billion people in Asia and parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Unlike its super-cultivated cousins--corn, rice and soy--sorghum still grows...
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Largest oil fields in the world
2013-09-04 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
It comes as no surprise that the top three largest offshore oil fields in the world are located in the Persian Gulf - two of them operated by Saudi Arabia and one by UAE. Brazil's Santos Basin and the Caspian Sea contain the other two giant oil field
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Linux at 22: Another Year, Another Step Closer to World Domination
2013-09-03 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
It seems like only yesterday that we here in the Linux blogosphere were celebrating Linux's 20th birthday, but now here we are, two years later. Linux has reached the ripe old age of 22, and its creator -- Linus Torvalds -- marked the occasion in characteristically understated fashion. Specifically, echoing his original message from 1991, Torvalds published a similarly worded note late last month.
Singapore Airlines travels the world to satisfy customers in global campaign
2013-09-03 13:11:29| Airlines - Topix.net
Singapore Airlines is releasing a series of films as part of a global campaign stressing the lengths the company will travel to please its customers.
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