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Princeton Meningitis Outbreak Prompts Vaccine Import to U.S.
2013-11-17 01:43:50| Biotech - Topix.net
A meningitis outbreak at Princeton University of a strain not covered by vaccines available in the U.S. has prompted federal health officials to approve import of the drug in an effort to stop the illness.
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'Missing heat' discovery prompts new estimate global warming: Arctic warming fast
2013-11-13 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: An interdisciplinary team of researchers say they have found 'missing heat' in the climate system, casting doubt on suggestions that global warming has slowed or stopped over the past decade. Observational data on which climate records are based cover only 84 per cent of the planet -- with Polar regions and parts of Africa largely excluded. Now Dr Kevin Cowtan, a computational scientist at the University of York, and Robert Way, a cryosphere specialist and PhD student at the University of Ottawa,...
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Philippine Typhoon Destruction Prompts UN Aid Appeal
2013-11-12 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan sought to flee a city devastated by the storm in the southern Philippines as emergency aid became bottlenecked and hungry and exhausted locals resorted to looting. The magnitude of the devastation is overwhelming and our communication lines are still down, regional military spokesman Lieutenant Senior Grade Jim Alagao said today in the neighboring city of Cebu. Two Philippine Air Force C-130 planes are making repeated round trips from Cebu to the area that bore the...
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Typhoon prompts 'fast' by Philippines climate delegate
2013-11-11 14:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The head of the Philippines delegation at UN climate talks in Poland has said he will stop eating until participants make "meaningful" progress. In an emotional speech, Yeb Sano linked the "staggering" devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan to a changing climate. Mr Sano said he was speaking on behalf of those who lost their lives in the storm and his fast would last until "we stop this madness". His speech brought tears to the eyes of other delegates and a standing ovation. Mr Sano said...
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United Kingdom: Marquess' claim to mining rights prompts 'peasants' revolt'
2013-11-08 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A wealthy and politically powerful landowner has applied to the Land Registry to assert his "manorial" rights to extract minerals from under hundreds of properties in the London commuter belt. Lawyers acting for the Marquess of Salisbury, who owns land in Dorset, Hertfordshire and London and who is worth an estimated 300m, has written to residents in Welwyn Garden City to claim his ancestral rights, which stem from a Victorian court case. These include "market and fair rights, sporting rights...
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