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'Catastrophic' cyberattack could hit utilities like PG&E
2013-03-16 14:05:32| Energy - Topix.net
Hackers are increasingly targeting electric, natural gas and other vital utilities, threatening a disaster of epic proportions that experts say firms are doing too little to guard against.
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Study Downplays Risk of Catastrophic Amazon Dieback
2013-02-06 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In a warming world, tropical forests may be hardier than previously thought. For scientists who study the Amazon, the worst-case scenario has long been clear. As the planet warms, some models suggest, the rainforest will dry and die, sending a massive shot of carbon into the atmosphere to further warm the planet. That risk now appears to be smaller than researchers feared, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature. It estimates that for every degree Celsius of warming, the Amazon and...
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AUDIO: Leaving EU would be 'catastrophic'
2013-01-31 09:39:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Conservative minister Ken Clarke says it is "unthinkable" for Britain to leave the European Union.
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Australia: Coal Exports Would Lock in Catastrophic Climate Change
2013-01-23 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new global study has named Australias export coal proposals as the worlds second largest fossil fuel expansion, threatening to lock in worst-case projections of global warming. The 14 carbon intensive projects highlighted in Point of No Return from Greenpeace International range from massive coal expansion in Australia, China, the U.S. and Indonesia, to oil expansion in the tar sands of Canada, the Arctic and Brazil, to new gas production in the Caspian Sea and the U.S. Groundbreaking analysis...
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A 4°c Warmer World 'Will Be Catastrophic' for Forest Biodiversity - Expert
2013-01-15 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Global temperatures may be climbing at a rate too fast for our forests and its biodiversity to adapt, a scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) warned after the World Bank predicted a 4°C warming of the planet if policymakers continue to be apathetic about greenhouse gas emissions. "The long-term effects will undoubtedly be catastrophic," said Terry Sunderland, CIFOR principal scientist specialising in biodiversity. "Everything will become unbalanced and whole ecosystems...
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