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USA vs. Syria: The massive challenge of neutralizing chemical weapons from afar
2013-09-04 15:30:54| Extremetech
Unlike most military targets, chemical and biological weapons can't be safely destroyed using conventional bombs or artillery. Without "boots on the ground" the task of rendering them harmless is nearly impossible, but the US has developed several weapons that might make the task possible.
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Kiribati: Massive marine protected area is an even bigger sham
2013-09-01 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Meet President Anote Tong of Kiribati, a Central Pacific country of three-dozen postcard-pretty coral atolls that may become uninhabitable someday because global warming is causing ocean levels to rise. Tong, 61, has been in power for a decade, during which time he has become a darling of the environmental community, a fixture at climate change conferences who is showered with prizes and praise. His signal achievement? Under his leadership, Kiribati (pronounced KEE-ree-bahss) created the 150,000-square-mile...
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Yosemites Massive Rim Fire Fueled by Climate Change
2013-08-27 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last night from my neighbors deck, I watched the eerie glow of flames from one of the largest wildfires in California history. At my own house the top of the giant pyrocumulus--a cloud created by the intense heat of the fire--looms over the trees today. The airspace above my home has become a regular flyway, with DC10s soaring overhead carrying flame retardant, and helicopters buzzing by with their water filled bambi buckets. Known as the Rim Fire, to date it has burned almost 160,000 acres...
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Massive Rim Fire Continues to Reshape Lives and Topography
2013-08-26 15:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: On Day 9, the sweeping Rim fire reshaped lives and topography from pristine wilderness areas to a famed national park to mountain communities that could be in the direct line of fire, depending at any moment on which way the wind blew. In Groveland, Abby Esteres nervously puffed on a cigarette Sunday morning after her first night back in her Pine Lake Mountain home. "I haven't been able to eat not knowing if our house burned down or not," said the 27-year-old housekeeper, who went through a week...
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08.27.13 -- Radio Pulsar Explores Feeding Habits Of Milky Way's Massive Black Hole
2013-08-26 02:42:56| rfglobalnet News Articles
08/27/13RF Globalnet Newsletter
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